Confessions of a California Girl

CG: Yeah, my parents from Missouri and that's like the Midwest.
Me: That's funny, because in Wisconsin, we don't consider it so much the Midwest.
CG: Wow, what's the Midwest for you?
Me: Minnesota, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois.
CG: Man, that's like the Northeast.

And then, not less than two seconds later she said:
CG:Anything that is not like ON an ocean is the Midwest.

Sigh. And I should say this was a perceivably intelligent girl, but oh the misperceptions on the West Coast...