I'm from Chicago, and, I once met a woman from Hawaii who told me I was from the EAST !?!
That is not out of line. If you divide the USA into "East" and "West" the dividing line is traditionally the Mississippi River.
So, according to that (logical) division, you ARE in the East.
In fact, if the Mississippi is the dividing line, Minneapolis is "West" and St Paul is "East."
And, if you compare those two cities, they really are quite different, even though they are contiguous. St. Paul is old and bossy (they have Garrison Keillor for Pete's sake; the State Capital, historic districts, and they elect more Democrats), while Minneapolis is new and casual (they have sky-scrapers, the airport, modern design, and they tend to elect more Republicans).
If one views a map of the continental USA, and divides the country into a number of specific sections, of course you (and those in Minneapolis and St. Paul) live in the "Mid-West," but folks who do not live "on the mainland" or "in the lower 48" do not tend to be that specific.
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