How to Know You're From the Midwest 

Walking by someone and doing the half-smile. LOL, that is me every time

Being from the Midwest is definitely a culture unto itself! It took me a long time to realize that but all I have to do is step outside the Midwest or meet someone whose not from here for the stares to start. Lol

I live in Kansas. When the tornado sirens go off it’s time to go visit with the other neighbors coming out to look at the sky.

Apologizing to the door that you walked into, yup, been there done that. Ope...

Ha! The tornado siren is so true. We do go out to watch it. We also go out to watch blizzards. I remember when I was young, my grandparents had put a screen all the way around the front porch just to sit out and watch heat lightning. Being from Ohio and moved to North Carolina for nine years, it was really a huge culture shock. Then I moved to Indiana and have discovered that even in the Midwest, each state is a culture unto itself. And this is how we have snow days... There are so many rules for the Midwest, but this is my favorite....if the Principal can get out of his driveway, then we still have school. You should do one on Midwest Rules. One of them should be "coleslaw is a side dish, not a sandwich topping".

When I travel, people will ask where I'm from, and when I say "Minnesota", they say, "I thought so, I spotted the accent." And, I'll think or say "what accent? I don't have an accent!"

the "no worries" and the "Ope" is 100% legit midwestern politeness

Replace the ketchup with ranch

I’m from Ohio and this is so accurate is hurts! I love this Midwest.

Raised in SE Kansas live in KCMO, damn near everything on here is relatable. So glad to hear you say Pop!

That part of going outside during a tornado warning is so true 😅

Minus ketchup it’s dead on 🤣🤣

the accent thing is so true, there's nothing like constantly being told you say words wrong then not being able to tell the difference when they explain the two ways to say it.

If you're truly from Chicago you don't even have ketchup, we put mustard on everything that's the German/polish heritage

This video makes me feel personally attacked🤣🤣

Greetings from... Poland. Which (after watching this quite funny movie) I can surely say... appears to ba a Midwest of Europe.

It's "excuse me while I just skooch past ya." 😉

Yes I tell how cheap all my stuff . Lol 😂

I'm with you: 48 degrees is T-shirts and shorts weather! And sometimes, the inanimate objects do get out of control!

I’ve traveled to 4 states in the Midwest and people for the most part have a generic accent just like you guys. I’ve grown up in Dallas and sometimes people with a Southern accent ask me where I’m from because I too, have no accent and when people asked me where I’m from in the Midwest they’re shocked to hear I’m from Dallas. I’ve met a number of Chicagoans and they’re pretty chill. From my understanding people from the Midwest love Ranch dressing, is that true? Cheers you guys!

Friend 1: Wassup? Friend 2: Nothin' Friend 3: Yea, got time to kill. Friend 4: *produces a deck of cards* Euchre?

What's with the ketchup? Are you out of Ranch?

48 degrees is shorts weather in the spring

I recently moved from Buffalo, New York where I completed my grad school to Naperville, Illinois and I must say that the people here are really welcoming and nice , I really loved this video

If you love no nonsense shoes, false sincerity, competitive, humility contests & whispering The Middle is the place for you OH & creativity is only what people do when they are thirsty for attention. Bring the Family 🎉

I am from downstate. I think there, its butter on everything vs ketchup. After living in San Francisco area, I think the "no worries" comes from there more. Thank you for your creativity and humor. Remember, "Look out for deer!"

KCMO suburbanite here. Big nope to the ketchup. Where’s the ranch? Big yes to the sirens. If it isn’t pelting hail yet and there’s no debris there’s time to go take a look. We don’t go to the basement until the weatherman points out our neighborhood on the radar

Blizzard day...let's go to the mall. Stay behind the snow plows.

Most of these could describe the town i live in… and I live in southern VA! Even the comments about ranch hahaha

I know someone is from Chicago when they say pop

As a Midwesterner, I didn’t hear “no worries” until I lived in the Bay Area.

I'm from Pittsburgh, PA and we are...Weird. Being at the "crossroads" of the Northeast AND the Midwest, AND the South (A few miles from the Mason-Dixon line) AND Canada! We have a Hodge podge of these linguistic things, BUT a majority IS "Midwest" with the other's thrown in. For example the sandwich IS a "Hoagie" BUT the drink is "Pop". In Philly, "Hoagie" is valid "pop" is NOT. We also do this thing that seems to be a Midwest (Great lakes?) thing where we add "the" to the start of a store's name AND often an unnecessary "'s" at the end: "Giant Eagle" becomes "The Giant Eagle's". an Eastern Ohio version makes "Kroger", "The Kroger's" It's a subtle thing, But I notice it! BTW, read the label of yinz's Ketchup bottle, LOL

This makes me strangely proud to be a Michigander. 😎 I didn't realize all the Midwest mannerisms I have until i was older. 😂

I have lived for over 20 years in the Midwest (Indiana). The ketchup bit didn’t land with me, at all. Haven’t seen that and don’t know anyone like that.

I’m from the widest and I don’t think I ever relised how much of a stereotype it can be. 😂

Where’s your Ranch? Go Hawkeyes!!!

I’m around 15 miles from the south shore of Lake Superior and, yes: “float copper” really IS a thing! 😄

That’s how give directions we describe things we love road trips. I love extra ketchup

Oh I gotta get back for the weather 😭😭😂😂😂

Except for pop, tornado sirens, and ketchup this is like New England too!

Walking out and checkin' the sky during the tornado siren is dead on...lol

P.S. The ketchup thing in the comments, there must be some really young people commenting. Ok, from Western Ohio, ketchup was used for french fries, hot dogs, hamburgers, bologna sandwiches, eggs, meat loaf and steak. People also ate cow tongue, cow liver, cow heart and cow kidneys. My grandfather, a 5th generation German-English Mennonite/Quaker/ Church of the Brethren/Nazarine American Ohioan, loved pickled pigs feet and cucumber pie. He made made homemade noodles. And farmers in Ohio had piles of manure as lawn ornaments and you knew what time of the year it was by the smell in the air.

Mmmmm, Mac and cheese…..with a side of tater tot casserole?

yes the winter and construction joke lmao

I'm from the Midwest, I don't put ketchup on everything, but the rest of it tho 👍

Portillo’s. Awesome!

"46... Fahrenheit? Tuu blaaszinh; hotesst tolrabl degree issz 32 Fahrenheit far mj riemaininh skinn."

I'm an Ohioan and good lord, did I feel this.

"What kind of pop do you have'!!!! LoLing...Yep.. We still call it PoP, up here in Northern Wisconsin...

People up here are so reserved. It’s the fucking twilight zone. I hate it

Except... The Packers still own the Bears and if you live in the midwest you MUST know that

LOL! “ Taking the kids to the Dells” 😀

So relatable it makes me uncomfortable lol coming from roscoe illinois

Everything is true except the Ketchup on everything. Even more then Hotdogs. It goes on a lot but not everything. Great video!!!

Indiana says howdy to my Midwest brothers and sisters love you crazy Midwesterners.And Casey's has the bestest cheeseburgers and pizza ever now that's some good goings ons.

Yes

U got ketchup mistaken for ranch

Dear God this hurts how true it is.

At 1:32. I have the best slight-nod-hello. That’s why I hate masks.

Me watching midwestern videos to see if I really do seem like I’m from the Midwest bc I now live in Mississippi

I grew up in Han(g)over Park / Schaumburg ... there were a few you missed but they might be "age restricted" if people understand them. Hey hey!!!!

Up until about 5-6 years ago, no one said "No worries". It was always "No problem" or "No big deal" perhaps "Don't worry about it." Was it the Lion King revival that brought about the no Worries/hakuna matata thing?

OMG! I didn't realize I WAS THAT MUCH of a Midwesterner!

Are they really this nice? If so, I gotta move lol!

Winter and construction...hehehehehehehe......tornado siren? I don't see anything....

Mac n Cheese and MUSTARD.

Raised in Indiana now I live in Duluth Minnesota lol this is rich

Yep, the “oop, sorry”.

lol, apparently this transcends locality, hello from Md.

If you agree with everything else, but are disgusted about the ketchup part, you’re probably from Chicago.

I feel called out 🤣

Too funny. And very accurate!!

Air raid sirens 🚨

Which cornfield you talkin' 'bout?✌️😆

Born and raised in KCMO metro I relate to a lot of this lol

Everything is pretty accurate except for the ketup part...I don't understand that at all. Whenever the sirens go off in our town during the day, and it's clear skies, it usually means fire or medical emergency, I'm from a really small town in NE.

sorry ... Hoosier here that transplanted to Florida first (jeepers) ope, sorry bout that. Then on to South Carolina. They're much friendlier here. Sorry

Fries & Ranch Mmm. Yum.

Everybody knows but yeah you're right witches....🤔. But... I don't know why they're doing it....

Southern Ontario is exactly the same|

Hahah the dells!

You say youre from Midwest but yont mention Euchre

Ketchup?? Bring on the ranch!! Only if it's homemade

In the video they say they are from Chicago thats in the Mid East.

Previous was not a dig just funning you

Tired of fast food, let's go to Portillos!! LOLOL,

Not ketchup should be ranch

Why did youtube recommend this?

mid western

😂😂😂😂😂😂

319 Iowa City up in this bitch

I don’t think I’m that Midwest..

the audio quality is terrible

Shes an absolute keeper 😍 so hot, dangerously hot!

Damn, shes a babe 😍

how rude

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Would've been great except the whole 'ignorance' to veganism/vegetarianism. I am not vegan/vegetarian, but still: it makes it look like we mid-westerners aren't educated in different beliefs/values.