Flyover Country: Difference between revisions

[[File:newyorker america 4403.jpg|frame|People actually ''live'' out there? Who knew?]]

 

{{quote|''Boasting some of the most spectacular public restrooms, gas stations, and 24-hour Hardee's drive-thrus in the country, America's Midwest is conveniently located between where you are and where you are going.''|'''''[[The Onion]]: Our Dumb World'''''}}

 

{{quote|''They've never drove through Indiana

 

 

That's Flyover Country—American slang for the states which trendy coast-dwellers only see from the window of an airplane.<ref>Ironically, none of the states in "Flyover Country" are the most flown-over - thanks to the [[Toronto]]-[[Atlanta]] and Toronto-[[Cuba]] traffic, the most flown-over state is Virginia.</ref> Containing roughly half the country's population (if you're using a narrower definition) but much more of its landmass, this region includes everything between [[Viva Las Vegas|Las Vegas]] and [[The Windy City|Chicago]] at a minimum—and is often extended to everything east of the Sierra Nevada and [[30 Rock|west of the Alleghenies]] (if not the Hudson River). Sparsely populated, largely rural, and lacking in mediagenic glamour, it rarely shows up in works which attempt to appear trendy or up-to-date. It gets much more play in political circles, however, as the quirks of the American electoral system make appeals to smaller states essential. When one talks about the "red state/blue state" divide in American politics, this is what is meant by "red state".

* [[New York State|Upstate New York]]<ref>Technically outside the region, but often given the same treatment, especially by people from [[New York City]].</ref>

 

 

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