OOC: TBWI=Triple Blind What If. In OTL, the North won the Civil War. We emulate people from a TL where (presumably) the East won, imagining a TL where the West won.
I suppose we'd be having the Triple Crown of Rodeos instead of horseracing! We'd also have a lot more cattle ranches than dairy farms I'd imagine. Can you imagine how clothing styles would be in such a world?