Midwesternerns are the new Swiss

The comment thread on this post revealed quite a few midwesterners here in Switzerland. According to this article in the IHT, we shouldn't be surprised:

"'Midwesterners tend to be pragmatic, down-to-earth people without a lot of ego; that works well with the Swiss', said Philip Ryan, a native of Indiana who has spend 22 years at Credit Suisse."

Gah! We're not midwesterners - we're Swiss!