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Re: GMLTC
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:56:30 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Kai Brodersen writes:
> A year ago I asked the Greater Midwest Lego Train Club if I could become a
> member. Their response was "We are a highly localized group in The Twin
> Cities/Minnesota area." I dont know if that was the response any other of
> you guys, but I live in Michigan IN THE MIDWEST! Surely a man from Michigan
> can join a GREATER Midwest lego Train Club?!?!?!?!? This brings me to my
> point. Why is GMLTC named Greater MIDWEST Lego Train Club???? Shouldnt it
> be Greater Minneapolis/St. Paul Lego Train Club??? What if MICHLTC were to
> expand and have members from Indiana Illinios Ohio and so forth, Would we
> call it the IN-IL-OH-MICH-LTC or the I-I-L-O-M-LTC? It seems fair that if
> GMLTC is going to be Localized in Minnesota it should be the MLTC or
> something of that matter.
Ah, the problem of the shifting Midwest. I'm taking Geography of the Midwest
for my major (in Geography) this semester, and we have discussed the issue of
the Midwest as a metaphor. Basically, the Midwest as a physical location seems
to shift in the minds of both residents and outlanders in order to keep the
Yeoman Farmer and Agrarian Ideal alive. The Midwest (and Michigan *is* indeed
the Midwest) is highly industrialized, although most Americans tend to associate
almost wholly rural ideals to the region because the idea of an industrialized
Midwest is incongruous with our idea of the Great Agricultural Democracy that is
so important to the American consciousness. OK, I'll pipe down now. Sorry.
Won't Happen Again. Right. Carry On.
james
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