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At the risk of getting seriously offtopic, my map shows bits of Ohio being closer to the Atlantic than parts of Oregon and Washington are to the Pacific, so perhaps we should say "Ohio is the East Coast only if Spokane is the West Coast".

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Yet, Ohio is considered part of the midwest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States

And if you've ever driven coast-to-coast, you know why.

And this is what I was referencing actually. I should have included the link, but I thought it was common knowledge that Ohio was the furthest east state that is a part of the Midwest.

Ah, now I understand why you mentioned Nebraska.

My US geography is still a little iffy. I've never understood why that bit is "midwest". To me "midwest" looks like, y'know, Montana.

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