When your 19year old nephew asks you to chaperone him and friends to a bar, because they have video games at said bar... and you tell them that there's a legit #arcade (called "the Arcade").

You're then informed that one of the <21ers parents "don't like them going downtown"

But to a bar with an unknown adult? #WTF? (I don't understand #midwesterners anymore)

A post about #NewYorkCity and #Omaha, NE, both of which have been home to me for nearly an equal amount of time.

I heard this said before, and it rings true to me.

By and large, #NewYorkers are kind but not nice, and #Midwesterners are nice but not kind.*

There are certainly outliers, and I surround myself with them for sure... but this generality applies to so many that I've met. How about you?

*Examples provided upon request.

#Midwest

@mckra1g Now that's the Chicago I remember working downtown over the last 40 years in IT! This is why #midwesterners are tough as nails - when that wind comes off the river at -10F, you gut it out and walk over the bridge at lightspeed.

@mistymorningme Ohio here. It's nice getting acquainted with other #Midwesterners or people displaying #MidwesternNice. I lived a while in #SouthernCalifornia, and definitely missed the small things around here.

As a Chicago native, I've often though my fellow #Midwesterners need a more passive aggressive alternative to #AmITheAsshole. So check out my new #humor piece on where you can see what that would look like! https://medium.com/slackjaw/introducing-aita-for-midwesterners-is-it-understandable-that-im-just-a-little-miffed-3ad809641f4