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I'd say it's inarguable that most of the corridor is in the Northeast, but people's opinions disagree on whether some or all of the DC metro area is in the South, or if it's some sort of "Mid-Atlantic" region which isn't in either the Northeast or Southeast.
BosWash is by far the most populated portion of the Northeast, but I dunno if that makes it the "core." That's like saying California is the core of the West.
see what you are saying but if aked to name a place in the west, think most would start with CA, same would likely go with the NE with the first thought or reference generally being the large coastal city region of the NE - to me the NE is the coastal cities and inland mountainous areas (some applachian and some not), obvioulsy there are other smaller segment within the states but those two definitions capture a majority of land and population by a long stretch
so on this OH is neither to me, its midwetern
to me DC has a better claim to be part of the NE than does OH, 7 days a week and twice on sunday
And ALL of Pennsylvania is in the Northeast. Appalachia is a sub-region.
Yes, all of PA is in the Northeast, that is a given. However, geographically and topographically a larger percentage of the entirety of PA is Appalachian. However, the plurality of the state population does not reside there. Pittsburgh is the largest metro in the northern part of the region with Atlanta skirting the southern periphery of the southern Appalachians.
see what you are saying but if aked to name a place in the west, think most would start with CA
Maybe not, the image of the West is wide-open sparsely populated places, usually semi-arid. California has those, but it's not its main image. I think many would start with someplace in the desert or mountain west rather than the west coast.
I'd say it's inarguable that most of the corridor is in the Northeast, but people's opinions disagree on whether some or all of the DC metro area is in the South, or if it's some sort of "Mid-Atlantic" region which isn't in either the Northeast or Southeast.
BosWash is by far the most populated portion of the Northeast, but I dunno if that makes it the "core." That's like saying California is the core of the West.
I'm originally from MD, and DC and Baltimore are Mid-Atlantic (although technically classified as Southern), whereas NYC, Philly, and Boston are clearly Northeastern. The MD/DC posters on here try their hardest to talk their way into the NE. Their argument for being in the northeast is that the state isn't characteristically Southern, but they don't explain how they are similar to the northeast. Being wealthy and democratic isn't enough to be characterized as northeastern. Where are the large white ethnic populations (Italians, Irish)? Where are the Puerto Ricans? Where is the large Catholic population? Where in the NE will you find large tidewater culture like the eastern shore or Southern MD? Where in the NE will you find an equivalent to PG county??
I love my home state of MD, but with lots of family living in the northeast, I realize MD is different than the northeast. It's also not as heavily southern as many of the southern states, which is why mid-Atlantic makes most sense, but since that's not an official designation, let the arguments continue..............
see what you are saying but if aked to name a place in the west, think most would start with CA, same would likely go with the NE with the first thought or reference generally being the large coastal city region of the NE - to me the NE is the coastal cities and inland mountainous areas (some applachian and some not), obvioulsy there are other smaller segment within the states but those two definitions capture a majority of land and population by a long stretch
Northeastern U.S. Population (2014): 56,152,333
Boston, NYC and Philadelphia MSAs (minus New Castle): 30,323,436
Boston, NYC and Philadelphia CSAs (minus New Castle and Cecil): 38,241,926
That's 54% of the total population of the Northeastern U.S. in the three MSAs and 68.1% in the CSAs.
see what you are saying but if aked to name a place in the west, think most would start with CA, same would likely go with the NE with the first thought or reference generally being the large coastal city region of the NE - to me the NE is the coastal cities and inland mountainous areas (some applachian and some not), obvioulsy there are other smaller segment within the states but those two definitions capture a majority of land and population by a long stretch
so on this OH is neither to me, its midwetern
to me DC has a better claim to be part of the NE than does OH, 7 days a week and twice on sunday
I dont get this whole thread but maybe is just me
I don't consider neither Ohio or DC to be Northeast.
I don't consider neither Ohio or DC to be Northeast.
I consider DC the southern tip of the Northeast and Ohio to be Midwestern.
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