Hawkeyes land #4 ranked player in Nebraska

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by vailpass

Nice East Coast bias there Saul Due to population concentration the majority of highly rated recruits come from the left and right coasts along with Texas and Florida. That is by no means an indicator that there is no talent in the Midwest. If you doubt that just bring your hoops shoes to the court of your choice in downtown Chicago.

I know it is futile point that I have been trying tell people here in Chicago for years. Chicago is actually in the "Mid-East" of the U.S. It is an hour and a half flight to New York and a Four and half hour flight to L.A.
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio all claim to be Mid-West. WTF, get a map people!

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

I know it is futile point that I have been trying tell people here in Chicago for years. Chicago is actually in the "Mid-East" of the U.S. It is an hour and a half flight to New York and a Four and half hour flight to L.A.
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio all claim to be Mid-West. WTF, get a map people!

Hi Ed,
I'm from Iowa, I've been going to games at Wrigley since 1975, have a ton of relatives in IL (father from Wheaton), and am kind of familiar with Illinois although I haven't been there in three years. Illinois people. landscape, agriculture, etc. are all representative of the Midwest and I have always heard of Illinois as being part of the Midwest.
I have never heard the term Mid-East applied to anywhere in the US. Is it a term you hear a lot? You learn something new every day.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by vailpass

Hi Ed,
I'm from Iowa, I've been going to games at Wrigley since 1975, have a ton of relatives in IL (father from Wheatfield), and am real familiar with Illinois. Illinois people. landscape, agriculture, etc. are all representative of the Midwest and I have always heard of Illinois as being part of the Midwest.
I have never heard the term Mid-East applied to anywhere in the US. Is it a term you hear a lot? You learn something new every day.

Hi Vail, always a pleasure!
Nope, I made it up. When I moved here, one of the advertising reps that I had dealt with at my previous employer in Kansas greeted me with: Welcome to the Mid West. Kind of started me off wrong! I told her that I had just left the Mid West, what the hell was she talking about.
It is just a geography thing with me. Here is how I see it:
Eastern Seaboard should remain the same, East Coast.
Penn to Illinois should be Mid-East, and of course the states North and South of them.
Minn on down to Texas should be Mid.
Colorado to Nevada should be Mid West and the states above an below.
Left coast should be West Coast.

It is so hard to change the world.

As far as Chicago being like Mid Westerners, are your light switches on the right when when you walk in a room, especially the bathroom?
Are your outlets put in the wall sideways instead of vertical?
Are you expected to end a sentence in a preposition?
Do you have four or five complete product lines of Pasta in the grocery store?
Can you buy Olive oil in a five gallon pale at the same store?

Oh well, just having fun. Wheaton is a very nice town, one village over from me.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

Hi Vail, always a pleasure!
Nope, I made it up. When I moved here, one of the advertising reps that I had dealt with at my previous employer in Kansas greeted me with: Welcome to the Mid West. Kind of started me off wrong! I told her that I had just left the Mid West, what the hell was she talking about.
It is just a geography thing with me. Here is how I see it:
Eastern Seaboard should remain the same, East Coast.
Penn to Illinois should be Mid-East, and of course the states North and South of them.
Minn on down to Texas should be Mid.
Colorado to Nevada should be Mid West and the states above an below.
Left coast should be West Coast.

It is so hard to change the world.

As far as Chicago being like Mid Westerners, are your light switches on the right when when you walk in a room, especially the bathroom?
Are your outlets put in the wall sideways instead of vertical?
Are you expected to end a sentence in a preposition?
Do you have four or five complete product lines of Pasta in the grocery store?
Can you buy Olive oil in a five gallon pale at the same store?

Oh well, just having fun. Wheaton is a very nice town, one village over from me.

When you put it like that it makes perfect sense!

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by vailpass

When you put it like that it makes perfect sense!

Yep, I think the times zones almost have it right. I can drive for an hour and be in the Eastern TZ. I think it is about 700 miles or so to the end of Central time zone . If you changed Rocky Mountain to Mid West, all would make sense.