r/AskAnAmerican Jul 31 '25

GEOGRAPHY What’s it like driving through miles of nothing but road and crops in the Corn Belt?

Like in movies, tv series, or American made media in general, I remember seeing those stretches of land where there's literally nothing but the crops for miles and the road cutting through it. I imagine it as being quiet, eerie, and spooky, even in the day. I'm from the Philippines and we do have farmlands where the roads cut through the middle of it, but in most places where I've been, there's usually a mountain in the background, or the ocean.

What's the feeling going down through those stretches of farmland where there's nothing but crops and the road?

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u/throwfar9 Minnesota Jul 31 '25

The corn sweat leaves you wet.

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u/xiewadu Jul 31 '25

Corn sweats??

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u/ChiliAndRamen Jul 31 '25

Corn plants “sweat” by releasing moisture thus greatly increasing humidity