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From: axness@teldata.UUCP (David Axness)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: geography lesson
Message-ID: <386@teldata.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 11:02:18 EDT
Article-I.D.: teldata.386
Posted: Tue Jun 12 11:02:18 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 03:25:33 EDT
Organization: Teltone Corp., Kirkland, WA
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Ever since I moved here (Seattle Washington area) from Illinois, I have
been somewhat amazed that people around here refer my former place of
living as "back east".  In fact this term is generally used to refer
to anything east of the Rocky Mountains and some people use it when
talking about any place east of the Cascade Mountains (just east of Seattle).

I always thought that the following was correct:

    East:     Anything east of Ohio (approximately)
    Midwest:  Between Ohio and the Rockies
    West:     Anything west of the Rockies


A fellow engineer (born and raised here) recently informed me of my
ignorance with the following message.
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I'd like to correct your geography.  Out WEST here we can get just as
geocentric as the people back east.  So when you are here you must remember
the following definitions:

    Far West:  Everything West of the Olympic mountains.
    West:      Everything from the Olympics to the Cascades.
    Mid-East:  Everything from the Cascades to the Rockies.
    East:      Everything from the Rockies to the Mississippi.
    Far East:  Everything from the Mississippi to the Atlantic.

Now if you get out a map of the US you will find this makes equal sense with
putting Illinois in the MidWEST.  So lets keep our location in mind when talk
of geography comes up.  
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I would like to here what you people in the "Far East" think of this.


						Dave Axness
						Teltone Corp.
						Kirkland WA

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