article_snippet: It's how a lot of my friends in New York describe Midwesterners.
article_snippet: we supposedly represent all that is wholesome in America.
article_snippet: If you think I'm being a tad harsh, ask anyone who isn't from The Midwest to describe someone born and raised in America's Heartland.
article_snippet: Even my fellow Midwesterners have a hard time coming up with interesting descriptors.
article_snippet: Even my new friend, Jared Zak, from Wisconsin struggled.
article_snippet: the processed-food delights that, for decades, characterized the cooking of the Midwest.
article_snippet: Stop trying to bond with the Midwest Midwest with your bowling prowess (or lack thereof) and for goodness' sake, stop eating corn dogs at state fairs.
article_snippet: I'm not maligning bowling (my dad, Tony, is in the Amateur Bowling Hall of Fame) or corn dogs, but those things don't represent the MidwestMidwest.
article_snippet: As my pal from Wisconsin puts it, "sarcastic, pretentious and exclusionary."