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A Wall Street Journal map of the US shading each state by the percentage of respondents who consider themselves in the Midwest. Title: "Percentage of respondents who consider themselves in the Midwest." Pink handwriting reads "real midwesterners" with an arrow, and "mental illness" over the Plains states.

Real Midwesterners: Drawing the Line Through Mental Illness

A WSJ map of who calls themselves Midwestern gets pink marker edits: a squiggly line around the Great Lakes states labeled "real midwesterners" and "mental illness" over the rest.

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A Wall Street Journal map of the US shading each state by the percentage of respondents who consider themselves in the Midwest. Title: "Percentage of respondents who consider themselves in the Midwest." Pink handwriting reads "real midwesterners" with an arrow, and "mental illness" over the Plains states.

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