<p>RyanMK - I know very few people that don’t classify Missouri as being in the Midwest, which of course seems appropriate. It was a split state in the Civil War, but never officially part of the Confederacy. One can use whatever system they want, I suppose, but what I was talking about is the extremely commonly accepted breakdowns of the USA (New England, mid-Atlantic, mid-South, deep South, Mountain West, etc.) which classifies Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, et. al. as Midwest.</p>
<p>Discipulus - I wasn’t talking about you, I was referring to my own experiences. I lived in St. Louis from birth through high school, then spent time in New Orleans, Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, and some other places. I meant it was hilarious how few people knew where St. Louis really was located on a map, and how disproportionately north or south they thought it was depending on where they were raised.</p>
<p>FYI, I worked summers in high school and part of college at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. It is an excellent hospital complex and WUSTL is great for pre-med.</p>