But he's not a native midwesterner; he came here from Portland, Oregon, in 1973 to become an architecture student at the U. of I.
Source: wiktionary
Midwesterner
Synonyms for "midwesterner"
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People from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Kentucky are often considered Midwesterners.
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