Southern Iowans can have an accent and definitely Missouri.
Which state is most Midwestern?
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I've had luck doing it in the past. Especially a week or so out, cancellations will start happening often. Every year I tell myself to get a site as soon as they open, every year I forget... It's easy to cancel reservations, which is nice if plans fall through, but I think it also allows people to grab all the sites early, and then cancel later if they want.
We keep half-ass looking for a small property to build a little "getaway" cabin type house, but haven't tried very hard.
Southwestern Wisconsin and a tiny bit of NW Illinois contain the only true Driftless Landform. Iowa has "Driftless Topography," and was glaciated by an earlier ice mass to a proven extent.
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About the Driftless Area - Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center
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I went to the Dells once when I was around 7 and haven't been back since, but it was memorable for a little kid. Riding on the ducks was fun and a little terrifying, I was swarmed by some small woodland creatures while trying to feed them crackers at some kind of petting zoo, and I'm still not sure what I witnessed on our trip to the House on the Rock. That's about all I remember, but given I'm in my 40s it was one of the more memorable trips I had at that age.
I actually like the nature in that area, it's all the waterpark stuff I could skip.
Southwestern Wisconsin and a tiny bit of NW Illinois contain the only true Driftless Landform. Iowa has "Driftless Topography," and was glaciated by an earlier ice mass to a proven extent.
About the Driftless Area - Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center
The only pretty part of Illinois, if I do say so myself. But it is wild how quickly it flattens out once you leave it, at least where I grew up. I think in Wisconsin in flattens a bit more gradually.
Iowa is probably the most consistent of Midwest states throughout. While there is some variance from north to south, some east to west but not as much IMO, it’s pretty similar style of life and landscape use throughout. Many of the other states have some more drastic change through their state.
This also takes into account that our large metro is DM, which is the smallest metro of the other Midwest states out there, and isn’t really what people think of when the big cities are mentioned.
This also takes into account that our large metro is DM, which is the smallest metro of the other Midwest states out there, and isn’t really what people think of when the big cities are mentioned.
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The fact that all the other "midwest" areas of the states around us adjoin the Iowa border kind of tells you all you need to know.
That would be silly, because there’s no question, it absolutely is.Are we back to the question of is Ohio in the Midwest ?
I don't include it. Most of lower Michigan either. The Census Bureau disagrees.Are we back to the question of is Ohio in the Midwest ?
IMO, northern Oklahoma fits better than most of Ohio. Eastern Colorado feels like an extension of the Midwest too.
Just for everyone's reference, the official definition of "Midwest" by the Federal Census Bureau is Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota.
They break that down into two sub-regions based on which side of the Mississippi you're on. Outside of far southern Missouri, I think what they call the "West North Central" contains Iowa's closest analogs.
At the end of the day Iowa is the only Midwestern state that doesn't share overlap with a neighboring region, and that makes it the most "Midwestern" state in my book.
They break that down into two sub-regions based on which side of the Mississippi you're on. Outside of far southern Missouri, I think what they call the "West North Central" contains Iowa's closest analogs.
At the end of the day Iowa is the only Midwestern state that doesn't share overlap with a neighboring region, and that makes it the most "Midwestern" state in my book.
