re: what is the difference between southern and midwestern culture?

For all those saying "food", do you eat southern food at every meal? Even at home here in the bland midwest we eat BBQ, mexican, chinese, italian, southern, grilled, fried, baked, etc. We also have all kinds of different restaurants representing about every type of culture.

I will agree that some of the northern european food traditions are pretty weak. But you need to stop trying to convince everyone that grits and over-sugared watery tea is something special.

Someone gave the correct answer above. The regions are too broad and diverse to answer this question. Mobile, Atlanta and Charleston are as different as Kansas City, Des Moines and Chicago (better food than anywhere in the south). And the cities are completely different from the rural areas.