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View Poll Results: What states make up the north?
Maine 185 92.04%
New Hampshire 184 91.54%
Vermont 185 92.04%
Massachusetts 181 90.05%
Rhode Island 181 90.05%
Connecticut 181 90.05%
New York 184 91.54%
Pennsylvania 172 85.57%
New Jersey 173 86.07%
Maryland 101 50.25%
Delaware 107 53.23%
West Virginia (even if just in part, specify in comment) 42 20.90%
Ohio 130 64.68%
Indiana 116 57.71%
Michigan 153 76.12%
Illinois 128 63.68%
Wisconsin 151 75.12%
Minnesota 153 76.12%
Iowa 116 57.71%
Missouri 51 25.37%
North Dakota 131 65.17%
South Dakota 123 61.19%
Nebraska 83 41.29%
Kansas 48 23.88%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 201. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 05-07-2017, 08:25 AM
 
Location: L'Enfant D.C. near the southern end of the megalopolis
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I agree with your map for the most part. Except that I do not consider Maryland, Delaware or a little more of northern WV southern.
Lol, you asked, "which states are northern?" And so I indicated where the north ends. Surely there is a transition, so the places on or under the band (like northern parts of W.V. or Md.) may not be southern (though most places completely under the band are IMO). Refer to how I said "questionably northern states are questionable for a reason" - I meant that while some consider these places out of the south, I wouldn't put them in the north.
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Old 05-07-2017, 12:19 PM
 
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I think every state on the poll is "northern" as in part of the NE or MidWest
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Old 05-07-2017, 05:20 PM
 
Location: New York Metropolitan Area
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I would say every state on the poll except for Kansas and Missouri. Missouri is a solid midwestern state however on the south borders Arkansas, which is a solid southern state.

Kansas is also not northern to me because it is smack dab in the center of the country, which is not northern.
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Old 05-07-2017, 10:42 PM
 
Location: Appalachian New York, Formerly Louisiana
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Lol, you asked, "which states are northern?" And so I indicated where the north ends. Surely there is a transition, so the places on or under the band (like northern parts of W.V. or Md.) may not be southern (though most places completely under the band are IMO). Refer to how I said "questionably northern states are questionable for a reason" - I meant that while some consider these places out of the south, I wouldn't put them in the north.
I didn't ask that...

In fact I'm not really sure you understood the nature of my reply?
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Old 05-08-2017, 03:35 AM
 
Location: The canyon (with my pistols and knife)
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If you're along or north of U.S. 50, then you're in the North, period. If you're along or south of U.S. 60, then you're in the South, period. This applies to everywhere east of U.S. 75.
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Old 05-08-2017, 04:18 AM
 
Location: Somewhere below Mason/Dixon
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25 to 35 percent of those polled don't believe Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and the Dakotas are part of the north. I think our geography skills are concerning when far northern states like these are not universally considered northern. Sadly there was a similar thread showing some people don't consider Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia etc are not part of the south. Very sad, basic geography we are failing at. No wonder the world laughs at our geography skills, some of us don't know our own country.
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Old 05-08-2017, 09:10 PM
 
Location: Appalachian New York, Formerly Louisiana
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If you're along or north of U.S. 50, then you're in the North, period. If you're along or south of U.S. 60, then you're in the South, period. This applies to everywhere east of U.S. 75.
I can generally agree with that.
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Old 05-08-2017, 09:22 PM
 
Location: Tippecanoe County, Indiana
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25 to 35 percent of those polled don't believe Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and the Dakotas are part of the north. I think our geography skills are concerning when far northern states like these are not universally considered northern. Sadly there was a similar thread showing some people don't consider Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia etc are not part of the south. Very sad, basic geography we are failing at. No wonder the world laughs at our geography skills, some of us don't know our own country.
That is true, but the US is fairly far south in latitude compared to Canada and the vast majority of Europe. The sun angle is far too strong for most of the year my personal preferences south of 42-43N latitude.
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Old 05-08-2017, 09:35 PM
 
Location: Minneapolis
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What seems so strange to me is that Minnesota, which is geographically the northernmost state among the lower 48, is coming in eleventh in the voting! I guess geography isn't a strong point for a great many people.
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Old 05-08-2017, 09:50 PM
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Location: Ontario
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What seems so strange to me is that Minnesota, which is geographically the northernmost state among the lower 48, is coming in eleventh in the voting! I guess geography isn't a strong point for a great many people.
Same here. Northern MN is well known as the "ice box" of the lower 48.

International Falls....Warroad.....very nippy long winters.

Maine is in second place in my mind.

Michigan's UP is very northern.

Wisconsin, very northern for not bordering Canada

North Dakota too is very northern.

And my personal fave of the bunch, Vermont...northern for sure.
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