Midwesterners
Great Lakes region folks
Midwesterners are people from the Midwest, the north-central region of the United States stretching roughly from Ohio to the Dakotas.
The term carries cultural connotations of plain-spoken friendliness, practical values, and unpretentious manner: Midwesterners are known for their hospitality.
The stereotype includes excessive politeness and bland food preferences.
Communal meal, shared contributions
- casseroleSlow-cooked oven dish
- hotdishBaked one-pan meal
- church supperCommunal congregation meal
- county fairRegional harvest celebration
Friday fish fry · state fair · tailgating · high school football · tater tot · Jell-O salad · ranch dressing · lutefisk
Cultivating land for food
- cornfieldsCultivated grain expanses
- soybeansProtein-rich Asian legume
- harvestGathering mature crops
- tractorsAgricultural pulling machines
barns · silos · pastures · livestock · homesteads · plains · prairies · small-town
Indiana natives' nickname
- HawkeyesIowa's team nickname
- MinnesotansNorth Star State residents
- NebraskansResidents of a plains state
- MissouriansResidents of a Midwestern state
Kansans · Iowans · Ohioans · Michiganders · Wisconsinites · Dakotans · Cornhuskers · Chicagoans
potluck
Communal meal, shared contributions
- casseroleSlow-cooked oven dish
- hotdishBaked one-pan meal
- church supperCommunal congregation meal
county fair · Friday fish fry · state fair · tailgating · high school football · tater tot · Jell-O salad · ranch dressing · lutefisk · bratwurst
farming
Cultivating land for food
- cornfieldsCultivated grain expanses
- soybeansProtein-rich Asian legume
- harvestGathering mature crops
tractors · barns · silos · pastures · livestock · homesteads · plains · prairies · small-town · grain
Hoosiers
Indiana natives' nickname
- HawkeyesIowa's team nickname
- MinnesotansNorth Star State residents
- NebraskansResidents of a plains state
Missourians · Kansans · Iowans · Ohioans · Michiganders · Wisconsinites · Dakotans · Cornhuskers · Chicagoans · Detroiters
hospitable
Friendly toward guests
- neighborlyFriendly toward those nearby
- cordialWarmly friendly manner
- genialPleasantly warm-mannered
affable · amiable · warm · welcoming · sociable · congenial · mannerly · gracious · good-natured · approachable
- Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- Regional PeoplesAfricans, Asians, Australians, Europeans, Scandinavians
MidwesternersNew Englanders
Northeastern U.S. inhabitants
Californians · New Yorkers · coastal elites · Westerners · coasters
MidwesternersNew Yorkers
Residents of America's largest city
coastal elites · Manhattanites · urbanites · jet-setters · city slickers