Clicky Poll: Where do you live?

[mrs.jacinthe]

I think I covered all our local regions, but it's possible I missed one or listed one twice.  (It's been a long morning already).  If you feel you DON'T fit in anywhere, feel free to post your region below.

[wawa]

I like that california gets to be two regions all on it's own, but everybody else has to share. ;-p

[kaylie]

Does "Atlantic" mean the ocean?

[wawa]

Jan 29, 2013 15:16:37 GMT -5 kaylie said:

Does "Atlantic" mean the ocean?

I'm on a boat!

[mrs.jacinthe]

Jan 29, 2013 15:10:07 GMT -5 wawa said:

I like that california gets to be two regions all on it's own, but everybody else has to share. ;-p

LOL.  I actually struggled with that one as I typed it.  I swear it's not favoritism, though - I would have separated it out prior to living here too.  Its a big state with VERY different regional areas.  And those regional areas don't really fit in with any other region.  I mean ... SoCal is VERY different from the southwest.  And NorCal isn't the same as the Pacific Northwest.  But yeah.  

ALSO, in the interest of full disclosure, I realize that Canada is also decidedly regional, but I don't (honestly) know enough about the different regions to name them without sounding like I'm quoting wikipedia. I'm also not entirely sure how many canadians we have ... at least two, but possibly 5 or 6?  So Canadians, if you want to post your region, that would be good too.  My apologies to you for my obligatory american cluelessness.

I do realize upon re-reading that I've missed Alaska and Hawaii.  Do we have any non-continental H&Gers?

[mrs.jacinthe]

Jan 29, 2013 15:17:44 GMT -5 wawa said:

Jan 29, 2013 15:16:37 GMT -5 kaylie said:

Does "Atlantic" mean the ocean?

I'm on a boat!

Hahahaha.  And derp.  It was supposed to be mid-atlantic (which is already listed) but apparently I only half typed it, gave up, moved on, and then didn't notice on re-read that it was there.  Just ignore that one.  

[sierramist03]

Technically im Great Plains but I'm on the border between Midwest and Great Plains.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Jan 29, 2013 15:23:28 GMT -5 FormerlyRR said:

I'm thinking Texas coast isn't really southern. So I'm the SS.

I was considering Texas as South Central.  Or Southwest, depending on how far across you go.  But yeah, I probably could have included "Gulf Coast" ... 

[minniebee]

Is OH Great Lakes or Midwest? Really, I'm asking for real. I'm new to OH, and always considered it Midwest until I moved here and realized how different it is from MN, which is also considered Midwest. maybe OH is really Great LAkes?

[mrs.jacinthe]

Jan 29, 2013 15:38:13 GMT -5 minniebee said:

Is OH Great Lakes or Midwest? Really, I'm asking for real. I'm new to OH, and always considered it Midwest until I moved here and realized how different it is from MN, which is also considered Midwest. maybe OH is really Great LAkes?

Ohio is Great Lakes.  At least most of it is.  Some of it is a little more southeastern, some is a little more midwest (if you live WEST of Dayton, I'd probably go with Midwest)

[poisonkisses]

The maritimes in Canada.

[aimeedyan]

I don't know where I fit - I'm such a doofus!

We're new to the East Coast; live in North Carolina. Help? Is that mid-Atlantic? Atlantic? Or Southeast?

Doh.

[minniebee]

Hmmm. I was closer to a Great Lake in Minnesota than I am in Ohio, so it seems weird to me that MN is Midwest but OH is Great Lakes :-)

In any case, I voted Midwest, but apparently I'm really Great Lakes, so your count is messed up.

[carifly]

I think of North Carolina as being part of the South East. VA/MD/DC/PA/DE are what I think of as mid-atlantic. I suppose NJ too? Or is it part of New England? Really I suppose parts of VA could be considered the south east.

My head is now officially spinning. Who knew regions could be so complicated

[boiler717]

Am I Great Lakes or Midwest?

[kaylie]

Jan 29, 2013 16:22:29 GMT -5 carifly said:

I think of North Carolina as being part of the South East. VA/MD/DC/PA/DE are what I think of as mid-atlantic. I suppose NJ too? Or is it part of New England? Really I suppose parts of VA could be considered the south east.

My head is now officially spinning. Who knew regions could be so complicated

NJ is Mid Atlantic, so is NY. CT and up is New England.

[tarheels]

Ok, I LOVE that everyone else is having a hard time with this lol. I almost posted earlier asking for a glossary. For me, while you can distinguish midswest, great lakes and plains, they're sorta all the same. I had to look up south central, bc I've never heard of it, and that doesn't fit me, and neither does southeast, so yes indeedy, I'm an SS bc I need deep south bc it's its own cultural territory. Don't you just love when a simple poll turns into a bunch of questions?

[mrs.jacinthe]

tarheels - I still can't figure out how to edit the actual poll, or I'd switch deep south for Atlantic. LOL

[stephm0188]

Welll... I said midwest for Ohio, so...

[gnomesweetgnome]

I think Texas needs its own category, honestly. We're not really "the South", nor are we the Southwest. I suppose you could say south-central, but what does that really mean?!

[mrs.jacinthe]

Jan 29, 2013 17:35:22 GMT -5 gnomesweetgnome said:

I think Texas needs its own category, honestly. We're not really "the South", nor are we the Southwest. I suppose you could say south-central, but what does that really mean?!

Well, in my world, South-Central is Texas, Oklahoma, etc.  

[sratsey]

ETA: DOH! Mid-Atlantic

[statlerwaldorf]

Well crap. I put Midwest for Ohio too. I didn't realize there were so many other Ohio people on here.

[emjacobs]

I'm VA and we are midatlantic. I usually consider Pa MD Wv and DE to be in on that too

[Deleted]

Who's the other NorCal person? Me, MrsJ, KTZ...come out, come out...

[heygrey]

I'll represent British Columbia with peach, wherever she is lately. Maybe with a baby :-)

(Or have I just not been around much lately? I'm missing her.)

[TBM]

Jan 30, 2013 0:26:44 GMT -5 heygrey said:

I'll represent British Columbia with peach, wherever she is lately. Maybe with a baby :-)

(Or have I just not been around much lately? I'm missing her.)

I've been missing her too.

[thewop]

Living in Michigan, there's no question which area I represent

[kristilynnmy]

Everyone here in PA considers it the North East. I've never heard anyone call it Mid Atlantic but hey who am I to say...

[emjacobs]

Wiki's Definition of Mid Atlantic (because they can NEVER be wrong)
Composition
Delaware
Washington, D.C.
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia