Hells yes. I'd vote option 2, but the OP foolishly listed "Easterners" rather than "Southerners".
Not foolish to stick with convention. The convention is foolish of course. Ohio is clearly in the northeastern quadrant when looking upon a map, but it is still part of the Midwest. Don't blame me. I didn't invent it. I'm just propagating it.
And yes, Easterners are apparently wimps, although given Reaganfan's observations, Midwesterners are becoming pretty wimpy as well. 
I may be influenced by where he lives- if he's from the Appalachian part of Ohio, it'd make sense- my corner of the world is similar topographically and has been doing something similar.
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