As I've often said, Wisconsin's greatest strength continues to be the dedicated, hardworking people of our state. They go to work everyday, pay their taxes, and raise their kids with good, Midwestern values.
I come from the Midwest, from the suburbs - growing up hanging out at the mall and looking at the corn fields across the street. I kind of was embarrassed by it for a long time. Then I decided, 'Hey, if everyone else can embrace their homeland and where they're from, I can do the same!'
At my core, I'm a Midwesterner.
As the 29th state to join the United States of America, it is our turn to show the nation what represents Iowa. Our commitment to quality education, hard work, and small-town values are all represented in the Iowa quarter.
Chicago - it's the Midwest, and the people are not as tough or not as edgy as they are in New York.
I think there's a pedigree that comes with being from Chicago that gives you some cache outside of L.A. and New York, where, frankly, most of show business really is.
I'm from Indiana. I know what you're thinking, Indiana... Mafia. But in Indiana it's not like New York where everyone's like, 'We're from New York and we're the best' or 'We're from Texas and we like things big' it's more like 'We're from Indiana and we're gonna move.'
Detroit is beautiful - though you probably have to be a child of the industrial Midwest, like me, to see it.
I'm kind of a Midwestern snob. I think we're just nice people and have a great work ethic.
If there ever was an 'America's team,' it would be itty-bitty, little Green Bay, stuck way up there somewhere, owned by the salt-of-the-Earth citizens themselves.
They always say if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere, but I say that about Cleveland.
I'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable.
Chicago made me. They can treat me however they want to treat me anywhere else in the country. When I go back home, they treat me like I'm a star.
I come from Chicago, and the landscape of the Midwest has always meant a great deal to me.
Chicago my favourite American city. I'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable.
