What Americans think the Midwest is like

[@shawndavis1480]

Menards unironically saved my life. I was in a car accident, lost consciousness, then awoke, dangling over a ravine to the sound of a Menards commercial. I thought to myself "I'm not dying listening to that", got out of the car (somehow), then woke up a day later in a hospital lol.

[@Insanonaga]

Save big lives at menards

[@nclanceman]

"Save big money at Menaaaaaard's"

[@oldjarhead386]

@@nclancemanhey, I was gonna do that!

[@yeoremuthare677]

@@nclancemanIt's like a whole other world. I'm busy thinking, "what the heck is menards?" And you guys know the damn jingle. It's wonderful.

[@AnadonAyleid]

​@@yeoremuthare677Hey, same for us. I only found out that Buccees is a thing last year. The while concept is such a trip. I mean, an indoor square plaza thing lined with like 50 immaculately-kept individal-room toilets? Oh and it's in a supermarket that's akin to an endless gas station... Oh wait, they also have a gas station! a giant one! And probably housing too. Saw a billboard once that said "Next Buccees: 698 miles away!"

[@WatchWesWork]

You forgot the part where the waitress warns you that the spicy food you are ordering might be spicy.

[@sciencecompliance235]

I think you mean mild food 😂

[@ovoam]

😂😂

[@koreanjesus1983]

She probably does that because she's tired of people that order spicy food who then complain that it's too spicy. Most restaurants have the chili pepper rating or at the very least list the ingredients, but some people just don't pay attention.

[@nathanpetrohilos]

Hi Wes!

[@acandela1294]

He was committed to that bit at the end. People staring at him in the mall 😂

[@ammarsalim1185]

A bit?

[@acandela1294]

@@ammarsalim1185 using the term "bit" as a joke or skit. Committed to the bit means committed to the joke basically. I wasn't using it as an amount or I would have said "he was committed a bit at the end" instead of he was committed to the bit at the end"

[@LivelyEngineer]

A joke?

[@Knxwledg3]

​@@LivelyEngineerhumor ?

[@2URLex]

@@acandela1294sad you have to explain words to people these day

[@Madz_e]

As a midwesterner such as myself I can confirm this is accurate. alright bybye now, tell your folks i says hi

[@olivierwery7336]

👋

[@DJ-iu5bb]

Okey then

[@matthaft2048]

Yah say hi to yours too for me. And watch for deer on your way home bud.

[@TheMrjoaoarthur]

Hi sirs

[@zizi5721]

Hi lol

[@mikejetzer4155]

You have a high-class Menard's with an escalator. In southeastern Wisconsin, we need to take steps to get up to the odd little second floor.

[@Sodali0550]

yall got a second floor???

[@mikejetzer4155]

@@Sodali0550 Most or all of the Menard's I've been in have had what I called the "odd second floor" ... architecturally, I believe it's called a "mezzanine:" It's more of a large, raised platform somewhere in the middle of the floor which has railings around it and has shelves for merchandise. The ones I've seen just have a staircase leading up to it. Don't know if there are also Menard's (in Minnesota, apparently) which have a full second story, but there's apparently at least one with an escalator.

[@Sodali0550]

dang, escalator one must be their favorite one lol

[@schwanbox]

​@@mikejetzer4155 The eden prairie one has one and even a cart escalator.

[@georgeblae5756]

Ours doesent even have a 2nd floor you lucky bastards

[@Propain4eva]

Being a mailman in the Midwest is wholesome and kinda annoying. Everyone wants to wave and expects a wave back

[@jamesmordorski4464]

Sounds like the opposite of a problem to me.

[@mguy5923]

@@jamesmordorski4464 Honestly I can be inattentive at times and people can feel stiffed if I miss their waves. I've had some folks snap at me for ignoring them and I'm just like "When did I do that?" Most folks are fine though, this one dude I almost always missed in the hallway at school and we joked about it. On the sixth time I noticed him and he was so happy.

[@JuniperWhiskeytart]

We got a second dog and I stopped the mailman to smile and ask if he's ok with it. He was visibly confused and I wondered if I had gone full Midwest on him. 😢

[@doofsdoofs]

You should probably wave back

[@Propain4eva]

@@doofsdoofs No I need new opps

[@UCGz8hv81ZQM6y4sSEWkQtAw]

Yup, $4.66 seems about enough to cover those drinks

[@RockCh4lk]

Pre-Bidenomics.

[@RockSmithStudio]

@@RockCh4lknow it’s $9.32

[@cameronspence4977]

Bidenflation could never

[@eazyplayer777]

​@@RockSmithStudioI can get a ton of beer in local shop for this prise😂

[@timbuktu8069]

Must be nice, buying the expensive stuff.

[@alexwirtz9780]

Grew up in the mid-west and grew to be 6'1". I am the shortest in my family and was always middle of the pack in height throughout grade school and high school. People will say that I'm tall, but I will never feel like I am.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

I'm 6'0" and shorter than both of my brothers. Yet, I always felt like one of the tallest people at school. Even the few years I spent in the Midwest. I am still usually the tallest person at work or anywhere I am in public, most of the time. I get called "tall" very often, and no one ever calls me "short".

[@themarlboromandalorian]

I'm closer to 6'2 than 6'1, but I'm 6'1 on all my documents. There's plenty of taller guys everywhere. I can't afford clothes and can't find anything what fits and never have. Wal-Mart's sell clothes for short fat people, not long tall sallies. And in spite of height, I've never been big. Midwest genetics suck.

[@lemonscentedgames3641]

Yeah im 6'0 on the dot and people dont believe me when i say that in the midwest. Like you have to be 6'1 or it doesnt count😂

[@user-lt1jd1ye3v]

If you’re 6’1” your genetics are good .. period

[@gudetamaminiso513]

@@lemonscentedgames3641 Wow, I must go to America's midwest to find a husband... here in France the average man is 5'9 tall

[@Motta474]

“6’3, I hate being short” every short person watching this video: 😭

[@joshuaingram571]

I'm 5 ft 7. It hurts. It hurts. 😭😭😭

[@linkaj12]

Going to high school in Michigan, I can relate; I was 6’1 and pretty short for my class

[@hridanshsurana2797]

@@linkaj12 what the f? I am 5'7- 5'8 and pretty average height

[@linkaj12]

@@hridanshsurana2797 I guess we A2 people be eating good 💀

[@danielortega7657]

Lmao as a 5'6 guy I concur. However growing up in Michigan I can vouch that there's a lot of tall Midwesterners!

[@genuineimpulse9134]

You got to show the Midwest salad bar where there’s no vegetables, only salads with mayonnaise.

[@beth8775]

Now you know some of those salads aren't mayonnaise based - we've got marshmallow fluff and cool whip based salads too!

[@KC9UDX]

The salad bar has broccoli crunch and Russian fluff

[@jamesmordorski4464]

No we have a normal salad bars, they're just for the West Coast people who only care about eating and poorly dressed leaves and wet grass( avocados ).

[@karal_the_crazy]

And cheese the salad bar must have cheese

[@KC9UDX]

@@karal_the_crazy who eats salad without cheese? And imitation bacon?

[@georgealexander1059]

Pop is so real. My buddy from New England ordered soda at a restaurant and the waiter said "Soda? You mean pop?"

[@bricktasticanimations4834]

I'm from actual England and I say "Fizzy drink.".

[@RW5583.]

@@bricktasticanimations4834I am also from England and I just say the name of the drink I want, never soda or pop Also soda sounds better imo

[@bricktasticanimations4834]

@@RW5583. Fair enough. My favourite is Ribena, you?

[@billyboy8888]

from Canada, also pop here. @@bricktasticanimations4834

[@goingtocalifornia]

I looked at a map of where people say what. And it looks like pop is actually the most common word for it. I think in Alabama everyone calls it a coke regardless of the flavor. Some southern state anyway.

[@linkly9272]

Op! Sorry, I didn’t mean to stumble upon this video of yours. Happy to see our patron saint Menards mentioned, though. Gotta go feed Ruger and Remington and get back to putting patches of mulch in my 50,000,000 acre yard now.

[@sorenbeck9371]

Ruger and Remington are too accurate 😭

[@dougduddles8464]

Nailed it!

[@pddyywoppwdachopp]

my dawg name armalite

[@donutz9]

I be waving at random people all the time. Very relatable 🤫🧏‍♂️

[@timbuktu8069]

When your car breaks down on a country road, who do you think is going to stop and help? You bet'cha I wave.

[@RionPhotography]

Especially if you have the same car - it’s like must wave then. 😂

[@mryan4452]

It has to be a country thing. The moment I leave Dublin to go back to my parents in countryside in Ireland my brain changes to wave mode.

[@francisdec1615]

@@mryan4452 It's a country thing. It's the same in the countryside here in western Sweden. City people never do it.

[@FullmoonPhantom-dn2sr]

@@timbuktu8069I would love to accept help, but I don’t think it’d be a safe choice in the city. Even though, it’s a Midwestern city. In these situations I kinda don’t want unexpected help. I’d rather find my own solution and call someone I know I can trust to help. Or call a service number for assistance. Too many dangers out there.

[@lissakaye610]

OMG, my husband is from Kansas, I met him in Oregon and he stayed at my place there. He would wave to people driving by… I’d be like “Do you know them?” He’d say no… I’d tell him “ Don’t wave at them then… they are tweekers… they are gonna think you want to help or buy something” God he wouldn’t stop. I keep telling him he was going to get us robbed. Drove me absolutely insane.

[@nomaderic]

I'm from rural Texas and it's the same for us. If I drive into town to go to the grocery store I wave at every car that passes me and they do they same. When you get to the store you end up talking to all kinds of people. That's just how we are. When I moved to Oregon ppl used to freak out on me just for speaking to people I didn't know. Pnw people do NOT like socializing with people lol

[@brettbuck7362]

Maybe Oregon should put tweakers in jail, rather than encourage them.

[@skunkwerx9674]

😂😂 too true!

[@delano62]

That's us!!

[@rosannashe6313]

I just moved to the midwest from NYC and I LOVE the people here. I am so happy I moved!

[@nunziocombattelli6311]

As a 6’5” midwesterner it’s also tough being average.

[@GrifoStelle]

As a 5'4" midwestern woman, I can relate

[@RockSmithStudio]

I’m 6 flat and when I went to Wisconsin I felt so short 😂

[@Jdirjrbtbjdi]

It's so depressing that I'm 5'7 in the midwest like everyone is taller than me I know like 2 people shorter than me and they're both girls lol

[@sirllamaiii9708]

​@@Jdirjrbtbjdisame I'm 5'11 and one of my buddies is like 5'6 so we all make fun of him but he's chill bout it.

[@1101-f6z]

I'm 6'0 and i felt like everyone is taller than me

[@GOPGOP-bk2yy]

I like the 5,000 sq ft house for $250k. My nephews thought I was kidding when I said that's probably close so I showed them houses online from where my parents were from & they freaked out about how cheap they are.

[@Mike5Brown]

Must've been an incredible location because that sounds overpriced.

[@allansunny9883]

And well built on top of it.

[@wesnohathas1993]

I mean hell, I've seen places offering free land to anyone who can build a house on it.

[@victorkreig6089]

And that's exactly why coastals are moving to the Midwest and destroying it

[@FYMASMD]

Sorry Vic but this coastal only flies over the dump you live in. ☝️

[@mikel5582]

I don't know about a lot of these behaviors but when I moved West almost 40 years ago I had to retrain myself to stop saying "hi" to strangers I'd pass on the sidewalk. I still do it once in awhile and usually get ignored; but it's always nice when I get a smile back.

[@bokunogentoo4420]

I miss that; when I first moved to Texas 20 years ago it was expected to say hi to everybody, now you're lucky if someone at least smiles back when they see you. I guess all the people from California moving in changed the culture to where Texas is a west coast state now. Maybe I should move to the midwest since this video made me feel nostalgic

[@user-lt1jd1ye3v]

Texas is a such a weird mix now and totally dominated by people who are not from Texas now

[@missano3856]

That acknowledging other drivers with one finger(not that finger!) is so Montana.

[@lennybuttz2162]

I grew up in a small town in north east WI. If I went back far enough I'd find some kind of family connection to half the people in town and I ain't kiddin. Walking downtown we always smiled and usually said hi to people even if we didn't know them. When I went to college in Milwaukee I got a job working downtown and man I never saw so many people in 1 place before. There were more people downtown than I saw at the county fair growin up. This small town boy was trying hard not to show any fear even though I was sweating bullets. I tried not to look anyone in the face so I didn't get stabbed right there on the sidewalk but I accidently made eye contact with this big broad tall black man and I nearly peed myself then he smiled, nodded and said "Hi" as he passed me and let out the biggest sigh of relief. I must said "Hi" to a 100 people that morning as I made my way to work.

[@prsguitarfreak99]

This is the most accurate thing I've ever watched in the KZbin library of stuff. Would rate 10/10 if you mentioned walking through Camp Snoopy.

[@bandlesstanner]

So accrat Much Snoopy Such Log Flume Much Legoland Hey Kirby Puckett

[@DJ-iu5bb]

Going to the Dells

[@sf4137]

It's gone.

[@JacqueCRISCOsd]

More of a documentary. Basically my ex in-laws in St. Louis, they were just Italian and short.

[@elijahbuscho7715]

You mean Nickelodeon Universe? Hasn't been Camp Snoopy since 2006

[@Chelly_Smelly]

The finger wave while driving is spot on🤣

[@afrocoolio25]

Hell yeah, brother. Can't wait to have a Busch Light and do some yard work in the snow this weekend.

[@DriftlessWarrior]

Busch Light...the official beer of Iowa. Usually bought at Fareway, Hy-Vee, or Casey's. If Fareway, be sure to hit the meat counter and get something to grill later. 😂

[@WindyshirtLover-v8m]

@@DriftlessWarrior10 years ago no one in Illinois has ever heard of Hy-Vee or Casey’s and now every small city or town has one within 5 miles from it

[@DriftlessWarrior]

@@WindyshirtLover-v8m All you guys need now is Fareway and you're all set!! 😉

[@WindyshirtLover-v8m]

@@DriftlessWarrior then we can become East Iowa.

[@j-dubb614]

As a midwesterner I can confirm this basically hits the nail right on the head.

[@Empress_Jennifer]

If your from Wisconsin, it’s all about spotted cow and Culver’s!

[@Sebman1113]

Minnesota too, I absolutely love Culver’s!

[@Ouisija]

Culver's is the best thing to come from Wisconsin. Whenever people bring up the Five Guys vs. In-N-Out rivalry, I proudly proclaim that Culvers is superior to them both

[@stevehardisty6502]

Spotted Cow is really great!

[@buzztrucker]

Some would even say Skyline Chili .

[@lifeofabronovich7792]

Culver’s is so good

[@Scyber_Official]

Fun fact - in Wisconsin your 1st DUI is only considered a misdemeanor.

[@dontworry1302]

I thought it was considered a right of passage

[@mommalion7028]

I went to a thriving midwestern mall today. I was trying to pull on my jacket but the wind blew it away and I shouted ‘Hey!’ Gen Z kid in a hoodie looking at ground looked up gave me a smile and nod and a ‘hey’ with the wave of one black nailed hand before going back to staring at ground passing beneath their converse sneakers. I love the midwest sometimes.

[@da3dsoul]

it's so real. The emo kids are polite

[@伏見猿比古-k8c]

So even goth Midwesterners are friendly.

[@chiefenumclaw7960]

Excellent documentary!

[@Radtrad1221]

Lol!!

[@thedaggonator]

You nailed it. But you forgot one thing. Midwesterners wear jeans, and running shoes.

[@Ihavemovedaccounts13817]

Real my friends family all wear hokas even though only one person runs

[@Yntsire]

Okay, *NOW* I feeled called out (lol)

[@ImSomethingSpecial]

You mean gym shoes? (Chicago area moment)

[@riven5677]

You can also substitute that with khakis or boots

[@lemonscentedgames3641]

Im wearing jeans and new balance right now lolll

[@nugsboodlepoo]

The waving part got me lol. I didn't know that was specifically a Midwest thing but it's absolutely true. When I was a kid, while waiting at the bus stop for the school bus, every car that drove by would wave at me and it got so tiresome that I would always pretend to be reading so I didn't have to keep waving lmao.

[@huskybaiano3994]

Midwesterners being taller than average is probably due to the Swedish and German ancestry many of them have.

[@Nswix]

Yeah. I'm mostly Norwegian and German, and can confirm I'm the short one in the family at 6'1". Grandpa and his brother are close to 6'8".

[@Bill-mq7wr]

@@Nswixgrandpa a tower frfr 😱

[@diodelvino3048]

This mans grandpa is a unit

[@beth8775]

I knew a guy in high school that started freshman year at 6'8". He's about 7'2" now.

[@KC9UDX]

I'm 6'2" and even. But my son's going to be 6'8". He's 5 and he's taller than the 8 year olds.

[@howlongdoesithavetob]

Supper at 6..... Then 4 hours of work, pull tabs and at least 7 drinks..... "about 7:00 I head to the mall..." He's fast!

[@josephcarlson7276]

The clapping and saying “woo” in the bar watching the Timberwolves broke me 🤣🤣

[@TheNonameHousehold]

That mall is perfect as a zombie survival building 😂

[@valeriaswanne]

2004 called... it's George Romero

[@yourregulartexan1113]

erm no no it's not

[@ChunkSchuldinga]

​@@valeriaswanneNot with that theme park in the middle of the mall. It's fuckin Zombieland there.

[@yodawgzgaming4416]

This bit is so freaking hilarious 😆 Super well done

[@Gymbrojoe]

As an Iowan I agree with all this, already waved to 15 people today

[@QuinnChester-uk3qo]

I was born in Iowa grew up in Nebraska and now a 14 year old living in NM. I am very out of my element.

[@yytyytg]

I wish I could do that over here in nyc. You'd never know the person you waving at was a crazy person.

[@olivierwery7336]

👋

[@billynitrus]

@@QuinnChester-uk3qo I bet hahah

[@ethan1point0]

As an Iowan myself, I’m not much of a waver. But when i’m at a 4 way or really any other crossroads, I’m always waving the other cars letting them know that they can go first

[@marcilk7534]

Wisconsinite here. Going to Menard’s and saying hi to strangers is pretty accurate. As a kid, my favorite store was “Farmer’s Feet” as I called it . (Farm & Fleet)

[@katie7748]

Husband and I call it Farm n Barn lol

[@dontworry1302]

It was awfully confusing going from Illinois with Farm and Fleet to Iowa with Fleet Farm.

[@chrisj5443]

Even as a native Minnesotan (who's left the Midwest), I could never understand strangers waving at me.

[@Pluhman]

As a native Minnesotan who now lives in Texas I miss people waving at me

[@Robot123abcbeep]

I’ve only lived in the Midwest for 5 years now but I’m not going to lie I love when strangers wave especially on an old dirt road to nowhere while driving 😎 👋 😂

[@maxscott3349]

I'm the guy that does it and it mostly comes down to "why not"

[@Nswix]

Asked my dad why he gives a little wave to every single car in the few miles around our house and he said "what if I know them? I don't want them to think I'm rude". 😂

[@Joseph-C]

​@@NswixYeah I think that's sorta where it comes from. If you live in a small town you most likely know a lot of the people you see on the road. Not waving at your friend when you pass them is considered rude here so you might as well just wave at everyone just to be safe lmao

[@BadMuthaFugga]

Needed to include a 4 way standoff at a stop sign where every car is waving on another car.

[@DriftlessWarrior]

LOL I mentioned that before I saw your comment. I call that the closest thing we have to "road rage." 😂

[@paolomartinelli345]

Alcohol seems cheap in the Midwest😂

[@michaelanthony4750]

cause it is

[@nhart4325]

Cause there ain't much else to do XD

[@DJ-iu5bb]

It really is Everytime I go up to Wisconsin

[@larrymartinez3611]

It's basically a food group here...

[@joeyjamison5772]

...just like the women !!!

[@selohcin]

As a 5'9" Midwesterner, life really sucks.

[@davidspagnolo4870]

I'm the same height and it's never been an issue. The only time I really think about my height is at the Dr. Office or when I renew my driver's license.

[@MidnightTrepanationClub]

I'm 5'10, but the lady at the dmv gave me an extra inch

[@dyyylllaannn]

sorry gentlemen

[@commanderboom2626]

⁠@@MidnightTrepanationClubI’m 5’11 but the DMV lady put me down as 5’10, please I’m already short enough

[@fermiticus4034]

5'9" is.....69 inches!

[@LightUpNancy]

Love the mall shot at the end with the laughter filming it

[@zachhaywood1564]

The soda/pop thing is contentious even in the Midwest itself. I'm from Missouri and call it soda, but my dad is from Iowa, and he calls it pop.

[@triciag3311]

Came to say this. Also from Missouri. It's soda. ;)

[@maryb.6647]

Born & raised in a suburb of Chicago & never heard it called soda till we moved to Colorado in the 1970s 😂

[@21aanyamathur44]

love how he says pop with a POP

[@nopejustnope3900]

0:38 Ridiculous. No Midwesterner would ever fuel up at a Speedway.

[@thomas9435]

Quiktrip or I’m waiting for the next quiktrip

[@supertornadogun1690]

Best bathoroms fo sure​@@thomas9435

[@annahgibbus8]

​@@thomas9435 You betcha & coming home with the Kwik Trip fried chicken 🍗😁👍🏼

[@DCecil21]

I do 😭

[@Andyschmidt_1913]

@@thomas9435that better be kwik trip with a k

[@averythepyro]

Bro slipped the You Betcha reference right in the end there

[@BillyONeal]

You Betcha!

[@mike223reloader]

I’ve always preferred the Midwest, Michigan to be specific. I’ve traveled all over the country and lived in the south for a couple years, the people in the south are great, their food is awesome and they waved back. Was never sure if they did it too or if they were just waving back in confusion. But the summer heat is unbearable and the bugs and snakes are much bigger than I prefer, my southern friends are always welcome to visit and I’ll visit them in the winter.

[@The13thGoddessAries]

We are taught to wave in the South. It’s a habit I have to curb myself. Especially if you make eye contact with someone, you’re expected to say hello, wave, nod, or smile 👌. Always the way it’s been since I was a kid.

[@LucidDreamer54321]

OMG. I was shopping at Menards yesterday.

[@suprememryang]

the part where he did yardwork for 4 hours straight actually looked pretty appealing ngl

[@DigadooYT]

On my way to Menards to find inner peace, pea gravel, groceries, and a back scratcher that is free after rebate.

[@AVeryAngryIronWarrior]

As someone from this midwest, 50% of this is correct.

[@bmay45]

Was just about to say the same-I’m 6’1 and the short one in my family, I drank Bud Ice in HS, I talk to and am friendly to strangers in public and know people who bought 3k Sq ft for $225k pre-Covid. That’s half I think.

[@plasmakitten4261]

As someone who lived in Minneapolis for my entire life, I can confirm that the Mall of America is peak civilization, and that the more context I get on what the rest of America is like, the more this place feels like an absolute fever dream

[@dacat8171]

Your acting skills are superb! Absolutely brilliant.

[@paulbarker4575]

As a 24 year old 6'9" Midwesterner who brought a 4 bedroom house on .6 acres last year for $135,000, this is too accurate.

[@commanderboom2626]

You got a 4 bedroom house for $135,000?! My childhood house is 2 bedrooms, one bath, on .8 acres and is valued at $340,000…

[@SoupyMittens]

@@commanderboom2626 well it's probably in the middle of nowhere

[@opa8928]

Omg, you can only buy a studio of 500 sq in Dubai with this money.

[@kornphlake79]

@@commanderboom2626Your sarcasm meter needs to be sent in for calibration.

[@Radtrad1221]

Yea we moved to Indiana from suburbs of illinois. The taxes are high anywhere you go. Our family is growing, i just had my 6th baby. We moved out of the crap hole 3 years ago. We are in rural indiana now bought, 14 acres, with a 2,000 sq ft+ home that has 4 bed, 2 bath, finished basement. The land came with a decent 2 story barn and a HUGE pole barn. We paid 300,000. Our property taxes are 1,000 a year. I wish I was kidding. I have 2 sister who live near munster and valpo. The amount of new home construction is INSANE! People are RUNNING out of illinois. It's amazing to watch.

[@Steve1766]

0:58 bro thinks he is in My Summer Car 💀💀

[@BlondeLeoLion]

What Menards has a grand piano 0:24 ? So dope! I wish more stores had this.

[@KoreyThatcher]

I unironically love Menards! I’m like a kid in a candy store!

[@Trozenator]

My Menards has a grand piano that plays itself

[@gavinomeara8390]

I love Menards!

[@Note_Creator]

I love menards, Lowes BLowes.

[@katie7748]

Quite a few, actually 😊

[@mattklassy3370]

Good ol' Knollwood applebees. I recognize that strip mall anywhere

[@mattp.272]

He forgot to go pick up his date on a tractor, or drive to the next city through 40 miles of nothing but corn.

[@DriftlessWarrior]

A tractor or an ATV. 😊

[@Iffy50]

As a Minnesotan I couldn't stop laughing the entire time. So many awesome jokes were missed on people who aren't from the Midwest.

[@kaiyugi]

Saying hi to everyone is nothing. You can go the grocery store and a stranger will just start talking to you like you have known each other for years.

[@DriftlessWarrior]

And it's actually weird when that *doesn't* happen LOL

[@P5Cowdrey]

Waving & smiling to people you don’t know - yes we do! 😂

[@sideshow1297]

Tater tots. Before I moved out here, I hadn’t had those since I was like 12 years old, now they come with every restaurant burger.

[@masont199]

I’m so midwestern that I didn’t realize calling it “pop” was a joke I thought he just called it what it is

[@Countcomfortable]

As a Canadian, I relate to this so much, except all you gotta do is replace going to the Chain Restaurant with going to the website you didn’t know they had, navigating the needlessly complicated menu, and waiting 30 minutes for your very moist food to arrive(I’m looking at you, Swiss Chalet)

[@WhatifAltHist]

You can tell he has buyers remorse of moving to cali

[@billynitrus]

Was pleasantly surprised to see you and Mr. Doolittle were acquainted

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

these videos have been making me laugh. taking up my comedy time.

[@inez745]

I recently interviewed for a job as I was moving from the Midwest to the PNW. One further coworker went to the same school in Illinois as I did and he told me, this area is different from Illinois. Don’t feel offended if you say hi to people on the street and they ignore you.

[@teamofone1219]

The waving thing is the most truest stereotype.

[@avairejustdesserts9921]

"I wave at a person I've never seen before" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@zenntron7172]

“6’3, I hate being short.” As a midwesterner myself this is pretty accurate

[@hyphen1992]

I love that format. Keep up the good work.

[@edenproductions6290]

Do you guys… NOT wave at random strangers? Midwesterner here 😅

[@Him40451]

All facts 😂🙌🏾 love being a Midwesterner 💜

[@seanpalmer2050]

Why doesn’t your character drive a full sized pickup truck with a “topper”? (Called a cap in other places). And why isn’t he wearing a cap, thin Walmart jeans and oversized work boots?

[@j-remy9832]

I've been to the Midwest, and this hilariously accurate as to what people think 😂😂😂

[@slimj091]

I've lived in the Midwest my entire life. This video is 100% accurate.

[@wifeocaster]

Hilarious. I am surprised you didn’t stop at Gander Mountain. 😂

[@katie7748]

I thought they went bankrupt or something? Hmmmm...now I need to go look..

[@wifeocaster]

@ Cabela’s is still around for sure

[@DestinyCove1527]

bro forgot to mention ranch, Dorothy Lynch, Runza, Culver's, endless crop fields, smelly cows, boring scenery when driving... what was I talking about?

[@BullMooseFox]

Only had Runza on a road trip. It was so good. We don't have them in Minnesota

[@penguinn807]

My dad is a midwesterner & despite having lived away for over 30 years now, he still says “pop” & other words I don’t understand. He waves at EVERYONE. Sometimes it’s exhausting lol

[@JLT0087]

As an Iowan, just subtrsct the mall of America and add more cornfields to the drive. Oh, and make the gas station a Casey's.

[@DriftlessWarrior]

And he needed a slice of Casey's pizza. It's the base of our Iowa food pyramid!

[@Lavendeer201]

Can't forget the random pile of wood in the shed in case you need it, tomato gardens, canning vegetables, potholes, weather going from summer to winter in an afternoon, getting stuck behind tractors, checking the weather radar when its cloudy, a bunch of old kitchen stuff, people named Larry, and Hucks gas station

[@zachwood5347]

Other than the gas prices, this is the most accurate video I've ever seen.

[@guineapiggames8208]

The non-monetary parts of this video are actually SO true. I actually drink pop for breakfast every day lmaaaaao

[@JohnGramer06]

What about Kwik Trip and Fleet Farm?

[@gretahoostal8565]

Farm and Fleet, but you say it “Farminfleet”. 😄

[@missano3856]

​@@gretahoostal8565And "save big money at Farm and Fleet" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[@jamiedorsey4167]

Lived in Minnesota my whole life. I hear stories of people who have dared venture out east. They return of tales that say when they chat up a random person said person looks at them like they're trying to con them or are crazy or something.

[@spar0035]

That looks just like the Knollwood Mall Applebee's in St. Louis Park, MN.

[@essneaks]

I lived in Missouri for a while, and this is dangerously accurate 😂😂😂

[@Sky_Firez]

I legit was at those exact 3 locations this weekend. Guess we aren't so different after all. 😂

[@BullMooseFox]

Haha. You got me with a few. I'm 6' and was the shortest of my friends as a teenager. I legitimately thought I was short until I joined the Army.

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

What about trips to Fleet Farm or Blaine's Farm and Fleet stores?

[@shark_actual]

Just moved to the Midwest within the last year from the Coast, can confirm, this is exactly what it's like

[@matthewsander5887]

As much as I'd like $1.25 a gallon, someone in California would like the reality of $2.90 a gallon

[@darkjill2007]

Just filled my tank in Missouri. It was 2.90. it hasn't been above 3 dollars in my area for about a year

[@davidspagnolo4870]

It's $3.44 in the twin cities right now. The price in the video was hyperbole.

[@robertsummers3386]

As a non-midwesterner living in the Midwest, this is exactly how I see it. The only difference is I see more Miller and Busch than Mich Goldens, but I'm in Wisconsin so that checks out. 😂

[@SeiferTV]

This sounds amazing tbh

[@MrSarcasticGaming]

"Then i drive perfectly straight and safe" dude... I'm not even fuckin mad

[@Sebman1113]

This is somewhat accurate, I’m a Minnesotan.

[@Bdakkon]

Can confirm these facts as all true. Especially the "saying hi to people you don't know" part

[@memstoraty]

Bro why is the mall of America so quiet I see more people at my local Scottish mall at 9pm on a Tuesday

[@HarrisCaron]

Malls are dying all over the States. Blame Amazon.

[@canto_v12]

It's sort of self-effacing humour. The Mall of America is a notoriously large shopping centre built in a decidedly underpopulated area, a relic from when land and operating costs were cheaper (I'm assuming financing was also looser). It's not really seen as a point of pride anymore.

[@M_Duhamel]

Underpopulated? Mall of America is in a suburb of Minneapolis/St Paul , which is the 16th largest metro area in the United States just after Orlando , AKA Disney world, and larger than Cleveland, OH . Its not LA county but it ain’t exactly podunk North Dakota or something

[@canto_v12]

@@M_Duhamel sorry, I meant insufficiently populous to support the Mall of America’s size. Foot in mouth Tuesday 😅

[@memstoraty]

@@HarrisCaron Amazon exists in Scotland too though?

[@stefani.danielle]

As someone who lived in the Midwest, most of this is an accurate depiction of Nebraskan life. Just switch out basketball with football, and the mall with downtown window shopping. Lol

[@JuanAppleseed-ge6tb]

Never knew I was a midwesterner until I found out alcoholism is just blindly ignored there 😂 I have found my people, and we will continue to astonish doctors with the fact that our livers still operate ♥️

[@missano3856]

I remember that a friend had a reletive visiting from California and we were in a bar in Moorhead MN and after a while she just said "God, you people drink a lot".

[@DriftlessWarrior]

I'm in Iowa, 15 min. south of the MN border, and my county is one of the 50 most drunken counties in the entire U.S. I believe it. Everything here is about breweries and craft beer.🍻

[@ichangedmyusernamebecausei2551]

I had some people from my mom’s side of the family from Michigan Detroit visit us in 2019 in nyc during the summer and they stayed over for a week. I had no idea what the word pop was until they visited us. I also learned how they’re so dependent on cars. Here in nyc we have a 24 hour transit system so we always have access to a train or a bus even if they delay. Also if the one we’re supposed to use is out of service, they’re always an alternative. When we took them out to visit Manhattan, they at first got their car ready. I told them how it’s a big mistake driving into Manhattan unless it’s for work purpose only like taxi. The train is your best friend if you want to get around the city. I also visited them a year back and they literally take their car anywhere if the place they want to go to is more than two blocks away. Also the houses there are so cheap I couldn’t believe the price tags. The average house in the boroughs cost about 800k or more. In Michigan they cost around 200-300k.

[@Runt3132]

Here in Nebraska you can buy running shoes, treadmills, football helmets, candy, Lego sets, and AR-15's at Scheels.

[@grbmajor6645]

That's MY favorite store. Don't forget, you can also ride the ferris wheel.

[@MidnightPolaris800]

Scheels originated here in fargo nd

[@Ihavemovedaccounts13817]

Don’t forget the dip n dots

[@missano3856]

​@@MidnightPolaris800I think it was actually a little town on the Minnesota side of the river.

[@MidnightPolaris800]

@missano3856 basically the same place. Moorhead was a tiny place then they got big with a big store here in fargo and closed mn store. They didn't get popular until they joined the good side of the river that isnt ruined by l1berals

[@thecaledoniansleeper2648]

The Midwest sure is cool. I’ve been out to Ohio where my Grandparents live, the Midwest was awesome in the winter.

[@ferretyluv]

Charlie Berens needs to confirm.

[@grbmajor6645]

Charlie would be laughing. Menard's and Applebee's???