The Midwest is a region of the U.S.A. famously known as “America’s Heartland,” which refers to its main role in the country’s manufacturing and farming sectors.
You can read many articles about the Midwest but Twitter user @mackenziem317 describes the Midwest’s lifestyle in layman’s term and in a hilarious way. She cleverly lists down things that sum up what living in the Heartland feels like. So if you’re planning to visit some of the places in the region, Mackenzie’s list may come in handy.
“welcome to the midwest” starter pack: a thread
— mackenzie ☀️ (@mackenziem317) May 30, 2018
2. corn
-colorado has mountains, florida has the beach, arizona has deserts … and the midwest has cornfields
-literally everywhere
-soybean fields are also common pic.twitter.com/UOj2B0FqUW
— mackenzie ☀️ (@mackenziem317) May 30, 2018
4. taco in a bag
-i jut found out recently that this is a midwestern thing
-meat, cheese, lettuce, and salsa thrown into a bag of crushed up doritos
-the best school lunch pic.twitter.com/FhKHTID7pe
— mackenzie ☀️ (@mackenziem317) May 30, 2018
6. apologizing for everything
-saying sorry for something they have no control over
-ex: “omg they forgot the lettuce on my taco!!” “sorry”
-other people yell at us for apologizing, and we apologize for apologizing pic.twitter.com/zOJyRaduZO
— mackenzie ☀️ (@mackenziem317) May 30, 2018
8. bags (also called cornhole which sounds more midwestern)
-game played at picnics and barbecues; mostly by dads
-we spent like 3 weeks playing it in gym and held a tournament
-2 teams throw bean bags and try to make them in the hole pic.twitter.com/dbVsn87gkJ
— mackenzie ☀️ (@mackenziem317) May 30, 2018
10. john deere
-gotta harvest all that corn
-we have a whole museum about him where i live
-sometimes you just see tractors driving down the street pic.twitter.com/NM2c1onzkS
— mackenzie ☀️ (@mackenziem317) May 31, 2018
12. yelling about seeing animals
-when you see a farm while on a road trip, you yell “cows!!” so everyone else can see them
-also applicable for horses, pigs, ducks, deer, etc.
-idk if this is only midwestern but we have most of the farms so pic.twitter.com/i5xXS4VZxO
— mackenzie ☀️ (@mackenziem317) May 31, 2018
14. cheese curds
-literally just deep-fried balls of cheese
-you can also buy them at the store un-fried and just enjoy hunks of cheese
-sooooo good
-bonus points if you dip them in ranch 😉 pic.twitter.com/etEuEWzas4
— mackenzie ☀️ (@mackenziem317) June 1, 2018
