Mideast (United States)

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Mideast is a new, yet still widely unknown geographical term used in urban studies to cluster the rough, hilly North American cities in the former Manufacturing Belt such as: Cleveland, Akron, Buffalo, Erie, Rochester, Pittsburgh, Paterson, Scranton, and Youngstown (including Sharon-Farrell-New Castle, PA).

These relatively large urban centers located between New York City and Chicago are sometimes imprecisely referred to as "Midwestern", belonging to the archaic "Middle West," when in geographic actuality these cities are more culturally and appropriately linked to the East--in most instances. They comprise the regions including the Mideast, the Northeastern Interior, the Centraleast, or the Northeastern Central States (which is the new, official U.S. Census' categorization of the region). The region can sometimes stretch as far west as Detroit or Toledo, however, this portion of the Eastern Interior is usually considered too flat of land. Niagara Falls, NY/ON, and Toronto can be considered Mideastern cities, in some sense.

All of these cities are located in the Eastern Standard Time Zone (EST).

Also See: Rustbelt for a decent map of the region. Or, see Middle East for information regarding what is known as the Mid-Eastern region in the Arab World.