Search results

There's certainly some substance to that. But I wasn't trying to argue the Great Lakes region or the Midwest were pre-eminent, just that they are relevant.

I've lived in the Great Lakes for half of my life, and it's been referred to as 'The Midwest' as well for the entirety of my life. If we're clarifying 'Midwest' to mean something like 'States South of the Great Lakes, but West of the Mississipi,' then that would change the scale, impact, and...

Strange thing to say, given states like Michigan flipping were key in 2016.

Some of them. I haven't seen indication that this is an overall trend on the scale urbanization was in the 19th and 20th centuries though. We might be heading in that direction, but it's not definitive, at least from the data I've seen.

This is before you get into the utility and linking factors of the St. Lawrence Seaway. From the tip of Lake Superior, all the way to the ocean, and a huge portion of the Atlantic seaboard is reasonably sheltered, allowing easy boat traffic along its length. The thing is, 'political...