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37 Things Growing Up in the Midwest Has Taught You

Midwest? More like Midbest!

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37 Things Growing Up in the Midwest Has Taught You

1. There is only one relevant Mayor: Fredrick Kristian Hoiberg.

2. Don’t take nice weather for granted.

3. Midwest hospitality >> Southern hospitality.

4. Snow Days. The best.

5. We actually greet people when we pass them on the street.

6. It is not just fields of corn, there are soybeans too.

7. Iowa is not completely flat.

8. A truck with 4x4 is more desirable than a Chevy Camaro.

9. Interaction is a competition between one’s stubbornness and politeness.

10. A lil dirt never hurt anybody.

11. You don’t know anything about giving birth to babies, unless it’s a calf.

12. Few things rival a tenderloin sandwich, fries and a cold beer.

13. Don’t walk to class in August unless you have a spare shirt in your backpack.

14. We can properly pronounce the word “Missouri” and “Diabetes”.

15. You can ride a motorcycle without a helmet.

16. Going 25 in a 55 is completely acceptable behind a tractor.

17. Variety in seasons is always a good thing.

18. We end our sentences with prepositions.

19. When the sky turns green get to your basement.

20. Summers on lakes are as good as it gets.

21. If there is a snowdrift on the road you know it will get busted.

22. Our meditation is traveling on gravel.

23. How to be rich but not look the part.

24. A car vs. a deer. The deer will always win.

25. The Big 12 is the best conference – hands down.

26. High School sports are taken more seriously than they should be.

27. Portillo’s is Gods gift to Chicago.

28. 45 degrees is acceptable shorts weather.

29. Soda? Not sure what that is but I’ll take a pop.

30. If we could banish the existence of Mosquitos we would.

31. Fried cheese curds are the best late night snack there is.

32. You want to corn-hole?! Come at me bro.

33. Backroad snow tubing behind an ATV is the cat’s pajamas.

34. Broomball is the most official unofficial sport there is: “Dontchaaa knoww?”

35. We all wanted “Grillz” as youngsters courtesy of Nelly.

36. Farmers tans are unavoidable.

37. You shouldn’t live anywhere else. 

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