[Allison31440]

I found this question very interesting, and the responses even more so. I grew up on the East Coast and currently live in a suburb of Cleveland, OH. I think ‘coasters’ look down on the Midwest because the Midwest doesn’t have the ‘go-go’ mentality; there is no need for it. Geographically, there’s large distances between undynamic cities, the roads are straight and flat, and compared to NYC or LA, food, shopping, etc. is rather generic. I also think that being hundreds of miles from the ocean is rather unsettling (personal observation). Apart from the weather (tornadoes, blizzards) coasters don’t see the Midwest as a challenge to live here. That being said, Midwesterners are a generous, helpful, community-oriented, surprisingly open-minded,ethnically-mixed, hardworking bunch. They do have an inferiority complex, because no one ever visits their cities to get rid of some stereotypes! (Have you ever been to a Midwestern Rib cook-off?)Sure, I miss the mountains and the Atlantic; but if anyone ever gets a chance to be on any of the Great Lakes (Lake Erie in our case) being on a body of fresh water where you can’t see the far side is incredible.

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Name : Allison31440, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 34, City : Solon, State : OH, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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