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In NC, it's usually the Mountains, the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain. The most notable subcategories among those three would include the Sandhills and the Outer Banks.
Pretty much the same for Georgia, except people do sometimes break out the Sea Islands as a separate category.
Tennessee has it's three Grand Divisions and they are very different in look, feel, and culture. You have West Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and East Tennessee.
Middle Tennessee: Nashville and everything else. Rolling hills, green pastures, country music, blended with new transplants, yuppies, hipsters, and corporate money.
West Tennessee: Memphis and everything else. Flat topography, rural/agricultural, gateway to Delta blues culture, distribution and freight hub.
East Tennessee: Knoxville, Chattanooga, and the Tri-cities. Mountain topography and culture, heart of Appalachia, tourism magnet, often neglected in terms of state money (especially infrastructure), greater cultural difference between Middle and West Tennessee.
I have residence in Oklahoma and also live in Texas a good part of the time.
One thing I have noticed is that in Oklahoma regions are classified as "northern, southern, eastern and western" while in Texas regions are classified as "north, south, east and west."
I'm curious how other state's residents classify their specific regions?
Good thread topic, EG, ...but I would quibble a bit with your delineation of Texas (acknowledging you did a good job of generally defining them). Personally, I would say it is more like: East Texas, West Texas, Central Texas, South Texas, Panhandle, and Far West Texas (this one has always been a little "odd man out"), and Gulf Coast.
Colorado:
Denver metro (or Front Range for all cities dotted along I-25 from Ft Collins down to Pueblo)
Eastern Plains = anything east of Denver
Mountains = Anything west of Denver
San Luis Valley = SW part of state
Good thread topic, EG, ...but I would quibble a bit with your delineation of Texas (acknowledging you did a good job of generally defining them). Personally, I would say it is more like: East Texas, West Texas, Central Texas, South Texas, Panhandle, and Far West Texas (this one has always been a little "odd man out"), and Gulf Coast.
I agree. Texas is a little more defined than "north, south, east, and west." Usually I hear Hill Country, West Texas, Big Bend, Panhandle, South Texas/Rio Grande Valley, Gulf Coast, East Texas/Piney Woods, and North Central Texas.
Good thread topic, EG, ...but I would quibble a bit with your delineation of Texas (acknowledging you did a good job of generally defining them). Personally, I would say it is more like: East Texas, West Texas, Central Texas, South Texas, Panhandle, and Far West Texas (this one has always been a little "odd man out"), and Gulf Coast.
People took this thread to a little more detailed level than I intended.
My original intent was questioning why people don't identify say "East Oklahoma" instead of "eastern Oklahoma", or why not " western Texas" as opposed to west Texas.
For instance I know it's "north/south/east/west in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi but I don't know how Georgia and Louisiana identify. It's east/middle/west Tennessee but it's eastern and western Kentucky.
I realize that some states (say South Carolina) don't use directions but most do.
I agree. Texas is a little more defined than "north, south, east, and west." Usually I hear Hill Country, West Texas, Big Bend, Panhandle, South Texas/Rio Grande Valley, Gulf Coast, East Texas/Piney Woods, and North Central Texas.
Good post, Orlando C. I left out North Central Texas...which is unforgivable as I LIVE in NCT! (Wichita Falls). .
My apologies to all who care a lick; North Central Texas is a sub-region of its own in Texas...something between East Texas and West Texas -- a transition zone -- with characteristics of both but completely of neither one.
Colorado:
Denver metro (or Front Range for all cities dotted along I-25 from Ft Collins down to Pueblo)
Eastern Plains = anything east of Denver
Mountains = Anything west of Denver
San Luis Valley = SW part of state
You're leaving out one notable region. Though the parameters of the area could be debated, a broad area of the state, past Vail west on I-70 where the High Rockies transition to a much more southwestern look (canyons, high mesas) and ranch-like feel- is known as the Western Slope. No one from Grand Junction, for example, claims to live in the mountains.
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...but I would quibble a bit with your delineation of Texas (acknowledging you did a good job of generally defining them). Personally, I would say it is more like: East Texas, West Texas, Central Texas, South Texas, Panhandle, and Far West Texas (this one has always been a little "odd man out"), and Gulf Coast.
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