• 11111one11111@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This might belong in no stupid questions but, what is the significance of Columbia? There seems to be no geographical consistency, it seems to be used accross several countries and languages. What’s the deal? Lol

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    4 months ago

    I don’t think New England is a useful category anymore, since modern-day Maine doesn’t has more in common with the Boston area than it does with upstate New York. I’d extend what they’re calling the “NYC Metro” area from Boston in the north to Philadelphia (or maybe even D.C.) in the south as a sort of east coast mega-city.

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      4 months ago

      Head on over to Boston and tell them that they’re in the NYC Metro area, I dare you. I want to watch.

      Instead, split New England into Southern and Northern. Southern includes Mass, Rhode Island, Eastern Connecticut (the NYC Metro area is fine there), and south New Hampshire. Northern is everything else. Some may argue that Portland, Maine should be included in Southern, but I argue that while the culture has some similarities to Southern New England, it’s more similar to the rest of Maine. Go to a redneck party in Southern Maine and start talking about the Old Port. Pay attention to how many people have an opinion.

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        I’m not saying it would be called “the NYC metro area”. I’ve lived in Boston and I’ve lived in NYC and I think that while people in Boston would indeed object, the cultural differences are largely superficial. In my experience, Boston is more different from southern New Hampshire than it is from NYC.

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      I’d extend what they’re calling the “NYC Metro” area from Boston in the north to Philadelphia (or maybe even D.C.) in the south as a sort of east coast mega-city.

      What you’re describing is called the I95 Corridor.

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      That’s a tough one because Tri-State can refer to different states. I’m guessing for you it’s New York, New Jersey, Connecticut?

      Having grown up in South Jersey, that was also called the Tri-State area, but it referred to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York (sometimes Delaware instead of New York).

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    4 months ago

    I’ve never heard anyone refer to the mid Atlantic south, but the piedmont is common.

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    4 months ago

    Neat!

    Though, I’ve found a lot of folks from a lot of parts of this map would just tell me they’re “from the Midwest”.

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      4 months ago

      That’s shorthand we use for people outside of the Midwest or those unfamiliar with the region.

      It’s similar to a person from a suburb of Boston just saying they’re from Boston for simplicity’s sake even if a lot of important nuance and context is lost.

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      That’s because the majority of these regions are horseshit. Nearly everything around the Midwest in this map doesn’t exist and we’ll just say we’re from the Midwest

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        4 months ago

        I’ve started hearing Great Lakes more and more from people in MI, MN, and WI in the last several years.

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      4 months ago

      I’ve found a lot of folks from a lot of parts of this map would just tell me they’re “from the Midwest”.

      I would venture to say that the part of all of these regions adjacent to the Midwest could be considered subregions of it. Many people you’d meet in these areas would be likely to say they’re in the Midwest.

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      4 months ago

      Don’t worry, living in what the map calls “lower midwest” the midwest will do its best to not include.

      I live in Missouri, friends living in midwest states “Missouri isn’t Midwest.” They can’t tell you exactly where it is, but it sure isn’t midwest. And the exclusion seems to continue all the way northward until I’m convinced Wisconsin is just attempting to rename itself “Midwest” so that no one else can claim it.

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    Absolutely never will you catch a southern Illinois saying we’re from/in the south. We say Midwest or southern Illinois to be more specific.

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      It’s funny because I don’t know anyone east of Springfield that would consider themselves the “Ohio River Valley” either. I feel like the borders should be closer to state lines. I would like a reference for this map if anyone has it.

    • unphazed@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I never understood why people think WV is a southern state. 1) It fucking snows and is cold af in winter. 2) We literally exist because we ain’t traitors.

  • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It would be pretty interesting if voting was broken down by these regions. It would probably be a lot more culturally representative.

    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      Don’t trust it. At best, some of it used to be accurate in a useful way. But even then, the terminology wouldn’t match well.

      The closest you could get in comparison would be placing outlines of Prussia over modern Europe and saying that it was still a region. Yeah, there’s some connections, but it ain’t gonna help you much

  • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    This guide is inaccurate. The region labelled midwest is actually in the east. And the region labelled deep south is actually in the northern hemisphere.

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      4 months ago

      Well, they don’t even get all of Texas. So, who cares what they have to say. Can’t even keep their whole state. Who knew “Texas” was just a small chunk in the middle.