Why do people often forget about the northern Appalachians?

[CookieSkoon]

Originally Posted by nei

Do New England mountains (White / Green / Longfellow) look distinctly different from the more southern Appalachians? Besides that the southern ones don't have a treeline.

The north mountains in New England do tend to have rocky tops more often than the southern ones, but I chalk that up to climate. But the Mountains and hills in southern New York and Pennsylvania are all wooded like the south, so it does raise a good question.

As far as other differences I would say there aren't too many I'm aware of aside from variety of plants. The New England Mountains look very much like the East Tennessee/North Carolina mountains to me. Pointy clusters rather than long ridges like the Blue Ridge region.

[aughwick]

If you see my name you will know where I am from if you know that region.I can certainly confirm everything south of Mt Union in Huntingdon has alway been different.We did not like most of them people near the river and north of that.They laughed the way we spoke.Then flatlanders moved in from the east and took over what little we had,including destroying the way we spoke.its sad to see culture die.I learned to speak with a flat tongue for business .The south end of Huntingdon county where I grew up once hd a very colorful dialect rich with local colocalisms ,but it is dying fast ..

[ki0eh]

Originally Posted by aughwick

If you see my name you will know where I am from if you know that region.I can certainly confirm everything south of Mt Union in Huntingdon has alway been different.We did not like most of them people near the river and north of that.They laughed the way we spoke.Then flatlanders moved in from the east and took over what little we had,including destroying the way we spoke.its sad to see culture die.I learned to speak with a flat tongue for business .The south end of Huntingdon county where I grew up once hd a very colorful dialect rich with local colocalisms ,but it is dying fast ..

I must admit I once looked into buying a historic property in the Aughwick Creek watershed (at least it would have been from another "flatlander" ) and it is among beautiful areas, honestly probably somewhat overlooked by the outside world compared to other areas as close to the beltways. One can hike through both northern and southern Huntingdon County without buying any property on The Standing Stone Trail

[CookieSkoon]

Originally Posted by aughwick

If you see my name you will know where I am from if you know that region.I can certainly confirm everything south of Mt Union in Huntingdon has alway been different.We did not like most of them people near the river and north of that.They laughed the way we spoke.Then flatlanders moved in from the east and took over what little we had,including destroying the way we spoke.its sad to see culture die.I learned to speak with a flat tongue for business .The south end of Huntingdon county where I grew up once hd a very colorful dialect rich with local colocalisms ,but it is dying fast ..

That same kind of thing happened up here too. What once was a relatively unique culture in the southern tier has been generally washed into the standard over years of tourists and transplants from downstate.

It still exists though depending on where you look. Take a trip around Beaver Dams/Monterey and you'll see and hear remnants of hill-country NY in its people. It is from this lingering sort that I gathered my Appalachian identity.

In other words, I know how you feel.