Why do all the countries of Great Britain get their own soccer teams but they only get one Olympic team? I have also always wondered why Puerto Rico gets its own team for stuff, tho I suspect any Puerto Rican player is also just eligible for team USA if they want to be.
Objectively correct with the possible exception of including the St. Louis metro area. I also argue western PA/Buffalo area share many similar characteristics, but that’s really just “rust belt” stuff.
This may be a hot take, but following many travels, I've determined that THIS is the Midwest.
Dakotas are amazing, but are nothing like the Midwest.
Missouri feels more like a Southern state than Midwest.
Kentucky is more like Tennessee and Virginia than the Midwest.