Are Chicagoans True Midwesterners?

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

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4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Chicago is geographically in the Midwest. But many people believe that being “Midwestern” is something else entirely.

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0:00.0	It's Curious City's Asia Singleton.
0:05.0	A few years ago, Curie City got a question from an anonymous question asker.
0:10.0	They asked, are Chicagoans true Midwesterners?
0:14.0	And if not, why?
0:20.0	Now I know different people draw different maps of the Midwest.
0:23.6	Some include Nebraska and the Dakotas, others leave out Ohio or southern Indiana.
0:29.6	But all of those maps, all of them, include Chicago.
0:34.2	So of course Chicagoans are true Midwesterners, right?
0:38.3	We sent producer Jesse Dukes out to confirm the obvious.
0:45.3	Are Chicagoans true Midwesterners?
0:48.3	No, no, definitely not.
0:50.3	No, I mean, I don't think so.
0:52.3	No, I don't.
0:53.3	Uh, okay, that was surprising.
0:55.8	Maybe this is a matter of debate.
0:58.2	But why, though?
0:59.7	Again, look at the maps.
1:01.6	Chicago is always there, usually right in the middle.
1:05.8	So just what in the Middle West is going on here.
1:09.5	Jesse's going to find out.
1:11.6	That's next.
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