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[LoveTrains]

When you hear someone refer to the "northeast", what states or cities do you think of??

[seventeen]

the New England states. NY, CT, RI, MA, ME, VT, NH.

[hokiegirl82]

Aug 4, 2012 19:00:16 GMT -5 @peggyolson said:

Pennsylvania and everything directly East and North.

this

[Deleted]

Aug 4, 2012 19:00:16 GMT -5 @peggyolson said:

Pennsylvania and everything directly East and North.

This is me too

[ssmjlm]

New York and north. I don't consider PA or NJ the northeast.

[jr009j]

Aug 4, 2012 19:02:37 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

New York and north. I don't consider PA or NJ the northeast.

Agreed.

[schrodinger]

Aug 4, 2012 19:00:16 GMT -5 @peggyolson said:

Pennsylvania and everything directly East and North.

Pennsylvania belongs to the Midwest! The Northeast is everything north and east of Pennsylvania.

[Deleted]

Somewhere cold.

[chicken]

Aug 4, 2012 19:00:16 GMT -5 @peggyolson said:

Pennsylvania and everything directly East and North.

Yes, this.

[Deleted]

Aug 4, 2012 19:05:16 GMT -5 jr009j said:

Aug 4, 2012 19:02:37 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

New York and north. I don't consider PA or NJ the northeast.

Agreed.

what the what? What the hell are they then?

[315bride]

Aug 4, 2012 19:00:16 GMT -5 @peggyolson said:

Pennsylvania and everything directly East and North.

This, although I feel like some in PA have always wanted to be part of the south.

[mbcdefg]

I'm in New Jersey ... I consider everything in my area and northward to be northeast.

Connecticut and northward is New England.

[ssmjlm]

Aug 4, 2012 19:12:03 GMT -5 @iheartcosmos said:

Aug 4, 2012 19:05:16 GMT -5 jr009j said:

Agreed.

what the what? What the hell are they then?

PA is one of those weird states. Almost half mid Atlantic half Midwest for me. It's almost 2 states in one.

NJ I see as more midatlantic.

[LoveTrains]

Ok, so my contention is that the Northeast includes Philadelphia and everything north and east.

DH says the "northeast" is just New England.

I am going to go with me as the winner.

[jinkies]

I would definitely consider PA and NJ, and everything north of them, to be the northeast. I live in southeast pa, if that boosts my authority on this at all.

[womet]

Aug 4, 2012 19:00:16 GMT -5 @peggyolson said:

Pennsylvania and everything directly East and North.

Ditto this.

[Roc A Bee]

I think of PA and north and east. I'm from CA.

[mbcdefg]

Aug 4, 2012 19:21:14 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Ok, so my contention is that the Northeast includes Philadelphia and everything north and east.

DH says the "northeast" is just New England.

I am going to go with me as the winner.

I don't get the point of Northeast bring exactly the same as New England, which is why I throw NY and NJ into that mix.

FWIW, I'd also considered Philly as part of the Northeast, although I'd draw the line once you get past the Poconos area.

[insominac]

Aug 4, 2012 19:08:59 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Somewhere cold.

This.
If you asked me states, I'd say MA, VT, CT maybe NY. But that's just because I don't know geography. I'm sure there are more, but I just think of them as a monolithic block of cold liberal places with good colleges.

I have a clearer sense of the southwest.

[dr.girlfriend]

When I was growing up in the Midwest I would have considered it to be pretty much everything from Virginia on up, more or less, but the "stereotypical" cities would have been Philly, NYC, Boston. I had never heard the term mid-atlantic states until I moved here. I'm in Philly now, and we definitely lump ourselves more with NE states than mid-atlantic.

[puppiesandrainbows]

Honestly, right off I think of New Jersey. Give me another second and I'll include NY, DE, MD and PA.

[GailGoldie]

Aug 4, 2012 19:10:34 GMT -5 chicken said:

Aug 4, 2012 19:00:16 GMT -5 @peggyolson said:

Pennsylvania and everything directly East and North.

Yes, this.

another vote for this. I'm in NJ and have always been called the NE here.

[LoveTrains]

Aug 4, 2012 19:24:29 GMT -5 insominac said:

Aug 4, 2012 19:08:59 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Somewhere cold.

This.
If you asked me states, I'd say MA, VT, CT maybe NY. But that's just because I don't know geography. I'm sure there are more, but I just think of them as a monolithic block of cold liberal places with good colleges.

I have a clearer sense of the southwest.

Insom, didn't you go to college in Mass?

[cricketwife]

Aug 4, 2012 19:00:16 GMT -5 @peggyolson said:

Pennsylvania and everything directly East and North.

This me too. I grew up in northeastern PA and heck no to being midwest!!!!!!

New England = Maine, CT, Vermont, Mass, RI, NH

Northeast = New England plus Jersey, NY, and PA

[pierogigirl]

NY is part of the northeast for sure, but NY is more Mid-Atlantic and not New England (as my relatives in New England are quick to point out).

[bronxgirl]

Aug 4, 2012 19:12:03 GMT -5 @iheartcosmos said:

Aug 4, 2012 19:05:16 GMT -5 jr009j said:

Agreed.

what the what? What the hell are they then?

Anything over the GWB is the midwest. Sorry, Cosmos, you might as well live in Kansas.

I have always considered NJ the Northeast.

[Deleted]

Aug 4, 2012 19:02:37 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

New York and north. I don't consider PA or NJ the northeast.

This. PA is the mid-atlantic to me (I'm from MD).

[EmilieMadison]

Aug 4, 2012 19:00:13 GMT -5 @seventeen said:

the New England states. NY, CT, RI, MA, ME, VT, NH.

:Y:

[LoveTrains]

Aug 4, 2012 20:29:17 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Aug 4, 2012 19:00:13 GMT -5 @seventeen said:

the New England states. NY, CT, RI, MA, ME, VT, NH.

NY isn't part of New England (its not subjective).

Agreed. Can't believe I didn't notice that earlier!

[curbsideprophet]

PA is NOT midwest. That is crazy talk. I would consider PA mid-atlantic or northeast, but definitely not midwest.

So basically I agree with cricketwife.