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Implausibilibuddy t1_j2ebbmo wrote

Reply to comment by agate_ in ELI5 why do people refer to it as the pacific northwest rather than simply the northwest? by Longshot_Louie

> Northwest Airlines, which was based in Minnesota.

So were they just sitting around since before the Louisiana purchase waiting for someone to invent the airplane?

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That-Soup3492 t1_j2ekwzf wrote

People still refer to that area as the "Northwest" sometimes, but I would say that "Midwest" has overtaken it.

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