Who is from the US and can talk me through the politics of the phrase "flyover country"?
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Replying to @DawnHFoster
It is used, allegedly, by the costal folks to describe the land they literally fly over when traveling from one interesting coast to the other. In practice, it seems to be used more by those who live in it to say “no one cares about us, you know.”
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Replying to @linabeaudry @DawnHFoster
So when a candidate for, say president, is campaigning there - regardless of party - they try to assure those living there that “this isn’t just flyover country” and “there are real, hardworking Americans here” to appease them.
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Replying to @linabeaudry @DawnHFoster
In actuality, no one living on the coasts uses it in a derogatory way as folks living there like to infer. No one thinks people living there are lesser. Coastal folks just don’t visit because there is nothing to draw them there when they have limited time to spend vacationing
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Thank you! Really interesting. Seen it used by Brit journalists of the sort who mainline West Wing & wondered if it was used in US similarly
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