Hi suspended, I'm Midwest US. Very depressing
A fellow Midwesterner!
mid 30s with the mental age of a toddlerI thought @boxedjoy was mid 30's?
Can confirm that Wisconsinites are shockingly friendly. And not in the bullshit smalltalk way. In the, "if you car breaks down on the side of the road, there'll be 8 people within 3 minutes who have pulled over to help out." Have seen this happen enough times to have a statistically significant nThere’s nothing like the heartland of America. The Midwest includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. It comprises about 20 percent of the United States population — and that 20 percent is probably the friendliest group of people you’ll ever meet.
In the Midwest, you’ve got your weird slang (wtf is a bubbler?), love for everything cheese (cheese curds, anyone?) and that eagerly given heartland smile (do I know you?).
All of these quirky characteristics are what make the middle of America so wholesome and, well, so gosh-darn great. What are the other signs that you’re from the Midwest? Let’s dive in…
I read an account of a woman in Green Bay, she was from somewhere else, and pregnant, and embarrassed to be holding up the line at the car wash because she did not have the proper change. And the guy behind her got out and put a dollar in for her. She was confused and said "But how will I pay you back?" And he answered: "What do I care, it's only a dollar!" And look what he bought with that dollar. He made that woman so pleased she will remember it forever.
Not all, but for the broad strokes.Which of course not all rural people are. Often very hostile and paranoid.