2012 US News & World Report Law School Rankings Forum

[You Gotta Have Faith]

Let's put this debate to rest. The only regions that matter in the US are: Southeastern, Atlantic Coast, Pacific 10, Big East, Big 12 and Big 10.

That was pretty good.

[Hey-O]

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Are you kidding me? Not one useful thing has been said in this thread? It's a useless mix of speculation and a pointless argument about the names and amounts of America's regions.

[HowdyYall]

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Are you kidding me? Not one useful thing has been said in this thread? It's a useless mix of speculation and a pointless argument about the names and amounts of America's regions.

welcome to TLS

[legal_eagle]

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[dr123]

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[legal_eagle]

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[Hey-O]

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You're wrong. You're wrong!

[fatduck]

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You're wrong. You're wrong!

your right, their wrong

[Hey-O]

your right, their wrong

your right, their left

[legal_eagle]

your right, their wrong

your right, their left

your left, their right

[Hey-O]

your right, their wrong

your right, their left

your left, their right

I think the likelihood that this thread is going to contain useful information is decreasing by the minute. Lol.

[unc0mm0n1]

What are you guys smoking??? and more importantly can I have some?

[legal_eagle]

your right, their wrong

your right, their left

your left, their right

I think the likelihood that this thread is going to contain useful information is decreasing by the minute. Lol.

lol its starting to look that way

[Fark-o-vision]

I think it's cute when the Midwest pretends like it matters enough to be a region. Really, though, region is a state of mind. Chicago is East, despite its longitude. That New York patronizes it like a little sister that just won't grow up doesn't help, but neither does the fact that no one else even cares in the slightest.

five regions: South, East, Florida coast, shore-less flatland blob that occupies the heart of our nation, Southern California and Northern California.

If you don't think the numbers add up, blame my state school education.

[FiveSermon]

Prediction: Cornell jumps into t10.

[AreJay711]

I think it's cute when the Midwest pretends like it matters enough to be a region. Really, though, region is a state of mind. Chicago is East, despite its longitude. That New York patronizes it like a little sister that just won't grow up doesn't help, but neither does the fact that no one else even cares in the slightest.

five regions: South, East, Florida coast, shore-less flatland blob that occupies the heart of our nation, Southern California and Northern California.

If you don't think the numbers add up, blame my state school education.

It depends what constitutes a region. If it were importance than you' be close but not if you were talking states of mind. That the midwest THINKS it is important separates it from the mountain west for instance.

[harrijust86]

your right, their wrong

your right, their left

your left, their right

I think the likelihood that this thread is going to contain useful information is decreasing by the minute. Lol.

No One else has a massive headache from people using your and their instead of you're and they're ??? unless we are all assuming that these rights and lefts and wrongs are being possessed by the respective persons

[Hey-O]

your right, their wrong

your right, their left

your left, their right

No One else has a massive headache from people using your and their instead of you're and they're ??? unless we are all assuming that these rights and lefts and wrongs are being possessed by the respective persons

That's the joke.

[jonillson]

tagged for future migraines.

[09042014]

I think it's cute when the Midwest pretends like it matters enough to be a region. Really, though, region is a state of mind. Chicago is East, despite its longitude. That New York patronizes it like a little sister that just won't grow up doesn't help, but neither does the fact that no one else even cares in the slightest.

five regions: South, East, Florida coast, shore-less flatland blob that occupies the heart of our nation, Southern California and Northern California.

If you don't think the numbers add up, blame my state school education.

Midwest = win. It's an industrial and agricultural center of the US. The people are nice, the living is fairly cheap, and we don't have southern problems like evangelical majority or racism.

Also the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas aren't the midwest.

[buckilaw]

I think it's cute when the Midwest pretends like it matters enough to be a region. Really, though, region is a state of mind. Chicago is East, despite its longitude. That New York patronizes it like a little sister that just won't grow up doesn't help, but neither does the fact that no one else even cares in the slightest.

five regions: South, East, Florida coast, shore-less flatland blob that occupies the heart of our nation, Southern California and Northern California.

If you don't think the numbers add up, blame my state school education.

Midwest = win. It's an industrial and agricultural center of the US. The people are nice, the living is fairly cheap, and we don't have southern problems like evangelical majority or racism.

Also the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas aren't the midwest.

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[TheTopBloke]

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Are you kidding me? Not one useful thing has been said in this thread? It's a useless mix of speculation and a pointless argument about the names and amounts of America's regions.

Welcome to law school.

[juliachild-ish]

I think it's cute when the Midwest pretends like it matters enough to be a region. Really, though, region is a state of mind. Chicago is East, despite its longitude. That New York patronizes it like a little sister that just won't grow up doesn't help, but neither does the fact that no one else even cares in the slightest.

five regions: South, East, Florida coast, shore-less flatland blob that occupies the heart of our nation, Southern California and Northern California.

If you don't think the numbers add up, blame my state school education.

Midwest = win. It's an industrial and agricultural center of the US. The people are nice, the living is fairly cheap, and we don't have southern problems like evangelical majority or racism.

Also the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas aren't the midwest.

Actually, people from Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Oklahoma believe they are the Midwest, whereas Illinois deserves to be lumped more into a category of "Great Lakes" states or "Upper Midwest." I think Nebraskans feel they more embody the stereotypical Midwestern spirit: friendly, rural, family-focused. Basically, if your state has a major metropolitan area (I'm looking at you, Chicago!), you shouldn't be part of the Midwest. And no, Omaha is not a major metropolitan area.

The Dakotas, on the other hand, are possibly their own category, but I think it's more likely they belong with Wyoming and maybe Montana and Idaho as part of the "Plains" states/the Upper Mountain West.

Regional categorization debates: almost as fun as grammatical ones!

[NonTradHealthLaw]

Those on the eastern half of SDak consider themselves Upper Midwesterners. Those on the Western half consider themselves Westerners.

Most of the rest of the world doesn't consider SDak anything - NDak and SDak were left out of the 1989 Rand McNally atlas despite it being the Centennial year. I know, I know, cool story bro. It was traumatic for us SDak-ers...all 15 of us.

[09042014]

Actually, people from Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Oklahoma believe they are the Midwest, whereas Illinois deserves to be lumped more into a category of "Great Lakes" states or "Upper Midwest." I think Nebraskans feel they more embody the stereotypical Midwestern spirit: friendly, rural, family-focused. Basically, if your state has a major metropolitan area (I'm looking at you, Chicago!), you shouldn't be part of the Midwest. And no, Omaha is not a major metropolitan area.

The Dakotas, on the other hand, are possibly their own category, but I think it's more likely they belong with Wyoming and maybe Montana and Idaho as part of the "Plains" states/the Upper Mountain West.

Regional categorization debates: almost as fun as grammatical ones!

You are misinterpreting what Midwestern is. It's not entirely rural. It's large, industrial cities, with large spans of farm/ dairyland in between. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin all fit. Iowa is the only outlier. Have large metro areas is damn near a requirement for being a midwestern state.