The "Driving across the Midwest" Starter Pack

The “famous for leaving the Midwest” thing is so real. I lived in a town that billed itself as the hometown of a famous country singer, themed museum and all. Looked it up one time, the dude lived there for like a year when he was three.

Same thing! Famous actor for us. Most famous thing was being born there. Left when they were a teenager and never looked back

Illinois calls itself the “land of lincoln” and he isnt even from there, just worked there for a while.

Ohio and North Carolina have a license plate beef over the Wright Brothers. They lived and worked in Ohio (“Birthplace of Aviation”), but the first flight was in Kitty Hawk because of the steady winds (“First in Flight”).

Midwesterner here. This is correct. Though it’s missing anti-abortion ads and the PORN DESTROYS ALL LIVES signs that always follow the Adult Superstore ones.

Also the homemade signs on the farmers land. As a kid, I always got a kick out of a sheet of plywood that had been painted with a simple message: “outlaw sodomy.”

Painted by someone who clearly thinks about buttsex more than the average gay man.

don’t forget the giant sign that just says JESUS. Nothing else, literally just that.

There’s the same sign in NC/SC, plus the SOTB Pedro signs

And the Enormous Lower Case T.

I’m always amazed all those adult superstores can stay open with the internet, but I guess porn is only a fraction of their inventory

The answer to your query is Glory Holes. Tons of closeted gay repression in conservative parts of the world.

True.

Also, even for those of us who are out, they sell better sex toys than Spencer’s, better lube than Walgreens, and are the only place to buy Wildberry incense for some reason.

And the workers are some of the genuinely nicest people you can meet in the Midwest.

I was about to mention the Jesus Lives and Christ is the way mega posters

Ha, I’m still alive. CHECKMATE

Missing the Wall Drug 500 miles sign

See also - 7 hour drive? Oh yeah that’s a small roadtrip

I swear midwesterners have that mentality because you’ll only have that car for 5 years before it rusts out. Gotta get as many miles as you can!

I once TPed the statue of former president Ronald Reagan at his boyhood home in Dixon, IL.

That lions den has been closed for a while now. Probably since before the pandemic.

Shame, that was a staple of the cross Iowa road trip. Always kind of wanted to stop in just after seeing those signs for my entire life

I always point them out to the wife when we don’t have the kids. One of these times we might see what’s in there.

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