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« on: April 27, 2016, 04:05:34 PM »
It's been said that Indiana is not flyover country by some unnamed atlasian Hoosiers. I say it is. Who is right?
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2016, 04:07:35 PM »
'Flyover country' is a disgustingly metrocentric and supercilious concept (not NYMillennial).
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2016, 04:08:30 PM »
Not you, that's for sure. Indianapolis is a pretty prominent city in regional and media terms. Also, Indiana and West Virginia don't size up well together in a comparison.


Also, flyover country is a moronic, useless term.
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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2016, 04:09:37 PM »
Quote from: What shall make their sap ascend? on April 27, 2016, 04:07:35 PM
'Flyover country' is a disgustingly metrocentric and supercilious concept (not NYMillennial).
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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2016, 04:09:53 PM »
Yes.
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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2016, 04:10:42 PM »
Personally I love that part of the country and enjoy living in a rural area.
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« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2016, 04:12:29 PM »
Yes, absolutely.
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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2016, 04:13:12 PM »
No, "flyover country" is a disgusting concept.  I'm surrounded by people who believe in it everyday and it kills me.  Send help!  Corn-on-the-cob or something!
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« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2016, 04:18:34 PM »
I lived in Indiana and enjoyed it. Nice people.
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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2016, 04:19:52 PM »
No such thing as 'flyover country'. My favorite parts of New England are the more rural, scenic areas.
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« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2016, 04:44:42 PM »
No, it is drive-through country. Nebraska & Kansas are examples of flyover country.
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« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2016, 05:16:34 PM »
Of course the idea that "fly over country" is worse than non-fly over country is silly, but I've just assumed the tiny fraction of people that buy into it think everything more than 50 miles from a coast is in fly over country.
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« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2016, 05:38:37 PM »
I'd say it's far more "flyover" than West Virginia. When I think of WV, I think of kindly hillbillies, porchfront bluegrass jams, mountains, and my grandmother's drunken brothers being walked down to the Braxton County jail circa 1955.

When I think of Indiana, I think of JCL, bathroom rest stop gloryholes, abandoned factories, large rural areas that don't seem to have anything growing in the farm fields, and of course, extroverted blonde High School girls preparing to skip college and move to South Florida to take up the position of trophy wife.
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« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2016, 05:40:53 PM »
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on April 27, 2016, 05:38:37 PM
When I think of Indiana, I think of JCL, bathroom rest stop gloryholes, abandoned factories, large rural areas that don't seem to have anything growing in the farm fields, and of course, extroverted blonde High School girls preparing to skip college and move to South Florida to take up the position of trophy wife.
That's an export to be proud of.
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« Reply #14 on: April 27, 2016, 06:13:05 PM »
Quote from: dead0man on April 27, 2016, 05:16:34 PM
Of course the idea that "fly over country" is worse than non-fly over country is silly

Well of course a Nebraskan would think that.

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« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2016, 06:14:13 PM »
Voted no.  (Indiana is a small part of flyover country, but it is not flyover country by itself.)

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« Reply #16 on: April 27, 2016, 07:34:24 PM »
You forgot to color Charlotte yellow.
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« Reply #17 on: April 27, 2016, 08:14:19 PM »
Being called ''flyover country'' is a compliment. If left-wingers dislike a place, that place is clearly doing something right. For example, the constant bashing of Oklahoma by left-wingers on this forum only makes me like it more.
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« Reply #18 on: April 27, 2016, 08:20:14 PM »
Yes

Anywhere that's mostly flat, grassy or cornfield-y and rural regardless of politics is flyover.

Need mountains, forests, canyons, and cities to not be flyover material.
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« Reply #19 on: April 27, 2016, 08:22:20 PM »
If Ted Cruz becomes President, Indiana will no longer be flyover country, it will be fly-to country.
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« Reply #20 on: April 27, 2016, 09:03:30 PM »
Indiana was founded in order to fill the void between Illinois and Ohio.
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« Reply #21 on: April 27, 2016, 09:04:49 PM »
I've always understood flyover country for states that aren't on the coasts, specifically rural ones.  However, I don't care what Indiana is (and I can only speak for Indianapolis), I like it!
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« Reply #22 on: April 27, 2016, 09:47:01 PM »
Quote from: whyCarly? on April 27, 2016, 04:07:35 PM
'Flyover country' is a disgustingly metrocentric and supercilious concept (not NYMillennial).
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« Reply #23 on: April 28, 2016, 07:42:28 AM »
Quote from: IceSpear on April 27, 2016, 06:13:05 PM
Quote from: dead0man on April 27, 2016, 05:16:34 PM
Of course the idea that "fly over country" is worse than non-fly over country is silly

Well of course a Nebraskan would think that.

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Don't worry, your food will keep coming big guy.
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« Reply #24 on: April 28, 2016, 09:11:07 AM »
No.  Only Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming are in that category.
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