Going OT here . . .
While I know that some Natives of Kansas, USA refer to it being a "mid-western state," historically speaking Kansas is Western State in the Central Plains. (During the school term, 1965-66, I taught in a small school system in Norwich, Kansas, 30 miles SW of Wichita. I taught art in the elementary building and to teach how to draw outdoor pictures with the sky in them, I had to take some of the boys and girls to the classroom window to show them that the blue color of the sky came all the way down to the ground in the distance. I never expected my students to be perfectly correct as artists, I just encouraged them to pay more attention to detail. I create another thread to discuss this.)
The historical "Mid-West" is actually EAST of the Mississippi River.
Some people also think that Oklahoma is a Southern State; but, there was no State of Oklahoma until 1907 and it was the 1st of the last South-Western Territories in the USA to become a state. New Mexico and Arizona became states in 1912.
The eastern side of Tulsa, Oklahoma is called "Tornado Alley" by the local old-timers. That's because the land is flatter on that side of town. Downtown Tulsa is actually up on high hill above the Arkansas River. But, there have been tornados all over the Tulsa Metro Area.
Oh, there are a number of town in Oklahoma which have more Italian-Americans than any other ethnic grouping.