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I just found this. The Northeast is usually the most prestigious part of the nation due to the capital being located there.
Examples of countries with capitals in the northeast:
United States (Washington)
China (Beijing)
Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Ireland (Dublin)
Germany (Berlin)
South Africa (Pretoria)
Can you give me more countries that have their capitals in the northeast?
The Northeastern US is not the most prestigious region because DC is there or even near there.
Also, when Washington became the capital, the US looked vastly different than it does today. Of the then states (I'm not talking about sparely populated territories), it was more in the middle: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...04-1790-05.png
I went through 160 countries whose capitals I could easily remember the location of (which leaves out a lot of dinky island countries), and came up with this breakdown:
Central 44
North 23
Northeast 6
East 19
Southeast 12
South 20
Southwest 4
West 29
Northwest 3
True but Mid-Atlantic is a more recent ambiguous term. Having said that, if it were to be just northeast and southeast, I don't think DC would qualify as northeast under those criteria either.
By now, DC will most likely be classified as Mid-Atlantic. Honestly, DC shares more in common with Philly, Baltimore, and Richmond than it does with New York, Boston, Savannah, and Birmingham in my opinion.
You can consider yourself whatever you want but you were in fact born and raised in the South.
Uh no. Most people in DC consider themselves East Coast or Mid-Atlantic over Southern. Washingtonians have Southern influences but it's not prevalent enough to warrant them as such. Me being from Maryland just across the DC line, I never once considered myself Southern. The accent and lingo is distinctly unique from both regions. And don't even think about bringing up the over-used Mason-Dixon Line garbage because it wasn't established to draw the dividing line between North and South but it's true purpose was to help settle a land dispute between Pennsylvania, Maryland, and IIRC Delaware. Fact of the matter is, around here, your not really in The South until you travel 30 miles south of Fredericksburg, VA.
I think invincible was just trying to stir the pot. No logical person considers DC the south LOL very droll. If there are four areas it would be northeast but otherwise, most call that area "mid-Atlantic".
New England (Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and most of Connecticut) , Interior Northeast (western/central upstate New York and western/central Pennsylvania), New York Tri-State (New York City, Southwest CT, North Jersey, and Long Island), and the Mid-Atlantic (Philadelphia, South Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, DC, Northern Virginia, and arguably West Virginia, at least the WV panhandle).
I believe that's how the four parts of the Northeast are divided into.
The Northeastern US is not the most prestigious region because DC is there or even near there.
Also, when Washington became the capital, the US looked vastly different than it does today. Of the then states (I'm not talking about sparely populated territories), it was more in the middle: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...04-1790-05.png
The DC area does play a very strong role in the Northeast's prestigious-ness, or at least Northeast Corridor/East Coast section of the region, along with the NYC area, Boston area, Baltimore area, and Philly area.
By now, DC will most likely be classified as Mid-Atlantic. Honestly, DC shares more in common with Philly, Baltimore, and Richmond than it does with New York, Boston, Savannah, and Birmingham in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by tcave360
New England (Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and most of Connecticut) , Interior Northeast (western/central upstate New York and western/central Pennsylvania), New York Tri-State (New York City, Southwest CT, North Jersey, and Long Island), and the Mid-Atlantic (Philadelphia, South Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, DC, Northern Virginia, and arguably West Virginia, at least the WV panhandle).
I believe that's how the four parts of the Northeast are divided into.
How is what you're saying and what I'm saying different other than your versions being longer?
I think invincible was just trying to stir the pot. No logical person considers DC the south LOL very droll. If there are four areas it would be northeast but otherwise, most call that area "mid-Atlantic".
There have been numerous forumers on the General US forum that have argued otherwise, or at least not northeast. It's been tradiationally considered the south, its location was chosen so to place the capital in the south, and has numerous charecteristics that don't fit in with other northeastern cities. In general, it seems blacks find it more southern than whites do. Realisitcally, it's a transition zone between north and south.
There have been numerous forumers on the General US forum that have argued otherwise, or at least not northeast. It's been tradiationally considered the south, its location was chosen so to place the capital in the south, and has numerous charecteristics that don't fit in with other northeastern cities. In general, it seems blacks find it more southern than whites do. Realisitcally, it's a transition zone between north and south.
This is the wise answer, I've learned in history class that they compromised to built the capital in the South. But if you have to choose only between Northeast and South, it's obviously the South.
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