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"Up North" could also mean other parts of Michigan, Wisconsin or Minnesota, as well as parts of New England. That section near Canada in upstate NY is often called the "North Country" and many in Minnesota and Wisconsin have camps up in the North Woods, which extend from Maine to Minnesota...
When someone says "up north," I immediately think the eastern seaboard north of Maryland. Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota are the Midwest.
When someone says "up north," I immediately think the eastern seaboard north of Maryland. Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota are the Midwest.
Would agree, maybe it is just me but in the Midwest it seemed people say either Midwest or Upper Midwest based on my experience and is how I would describe. Have never referred to or heard someone refer to themselves as up North in the Pac NW (which is technically much further north).
Up North to me always meant eastern seaboard; also back east meant the same thing and not the southeast for whatever reason. Never gave it much thought but that is always how I described or heard and people from all over seem to know the reference.
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When you mention the Northeast and the Midwest being one region, are talking about present times or civil war era?
If you are talking about now then the Midwest and the Northeast are two distinct regions. Also if you are going to combine the Midwest and the Northeast as one region then why not include the Pacific Northwest? There technically northern states right?
See, the problem is you people are missing the point entirely.
I'm not saying the Midwest and the Northeast are one monolithic region. I am saying that together they are "the north".
Evansville IN..
Definetily southern.....heard someone say they don't hear much of an accent here....i beg to differ
It's all relative. People from further North might think you sound Southern, but maybe not people from the South. I've met a few people from Evansville and they didnt sound Southern to me, they sounded neutral, but they did say "y'all"
The "north" vs "south" arguments are somewhat amusing considering all countries in Europe are at a more northerly latitude compared to the US. I always found it fascinating that European settlement patterns trended so much further south in latitude compared to their native homelands.
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No arguments here...
