• TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world
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    If you go up to any Hoosier (resident of Indiana) and tell them they live in the Ohio River Valley, you’re getting punched in the face

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

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      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.

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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.

  • reddig33@lemmy.world
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    Central Texas is nothing like East Texas, so that makes the rest of this map suspect.

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      Yea, this map is nonsense.

      I’ve never heard half of these names used like this.

      “Chesapeake”… First I’ve never heard it used as a region, second the region so labeled on the map would be better called Mid-Atlantic (and that wouldn’t really be accurate either) that really is the Mid-Atlantic region, and there’s no Mid-Atlantic on this map, but there’s a Mid-Atlantic South (which I’ve never heard anyone use - VA is Mid-Atlantic).

      Third, the Chesapeake doesn’t even extend to PA, let alone up to NY or Jersey, over there is the Delaware Bay, so should we call that region “Delaware”?

      I’ve never once heard anyone call that region Chesapeake - it’s the Mid-Atlantic.

      Then there’s the Texas nonsense - there’s West Texas, Central, East (sometimes jokingly referred to as Arkansas) I’ll allow Rio Grande though I’ve never heard that used.

      The West stuff… Yea, no. The Rockies, OK.

      A source would be useful, perhaps knowing the context (like how this is used) would clarify things.

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        Also, it looks like the “Central Valley” in CA extends uphill to the top of the Sierras and Lake Tahoe. Plus “Socal” is as far north as Carmel.

        No. Carmel is the Central Coast. You might as well add that to the Central Valley and add some new group for the Sierra Nevada mountains that includes northern CA above Sacramento. The north coast is culturally and geographically similar to the Sierras. “Socal” doesn’t extend farther north than Santa Barbara.

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          “Cascadia” has some unfortunate connotations in regards to white supremacy (especially in Oregon).

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      A lot of those are overlapping, like Appalacha and the Great Lakes both extend into Upstate NY, much of lower Appalacha is also considered mid-atlantic, etc

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      The map labels central Texas as Texas and east Texas as Deep South. They’re labeled differently. I don’t understand your comment.

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      I agree, but also they’re different regions on this map. I’m more upset about being lumped in with Dallas. Ultimately when you’re pumping large areas together, there are going to be dissimilar places within it, but they might also be more similar than some of us care to admit

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        I grew up in the Deep South part of Texas and moved to and currently live in Texas Texas. I have a lot of feelings about this map that I can’t really convey.

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

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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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    I’ve read a variant of this that’s little more interesting, and useful, because it includes the backstory, as well as Canada’s role (which does overlap a lot of the US).

    It’s not 100% accurate, largely because of urbanization, but you can see how we got to where we are today.

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      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.