Have you ever traveled somewhere and while you are traveling have someone ask you where you’re from? Then when you answer and you say where you are from and then they look dumbfounded or they automatically think you are a hick? Yeah if you are from almost anywhere in the Midwest or especially from Iowa or Nebraska you will understand. People that are from big cities don’t understand that there is a world outside of where they live! Just because we don’t live in a huge city or state doesn’t mean we live on farms or don’t know what it’s like in to live in a big city. When I used to get this question I was very hesitant to answer but by now I state it with full confidence because even though I am from the Midwest does not mean that I have been living under a rock for my entire life. When I get asked this question, almost every time they ask me if I live on a farm after they have stopped laughing, and you may think I am over exaggerating but it has happened to me before. Yes I live in Iowa but no I don’t ride my cow to class that’s held in a cornfield. Thanks for asking though.
Another bias that people who live in big cities have against people in the Midwest is that we are all stupid or incompetent, and that’s not true. The Midwest has the highest test scores than all of the states in the US. We are not incompetent, stupid, people and to be honest if it weren’t for these states the US would be agriculturally starved. So whenever you get the question when you are out of town of where you are from, and they laugh at your response, just laugh right back at them for being so stupid and not living outside of their “world”. (318)
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