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abrod520
·When I seed someone say "tri-state area" I just smh...every 3 adjoining states seem to have one...
This is true, though I think many businesses with locations in the New York - NJ - CT corner actually do use "Tri-State _____ " as their marketing tags. Might be similar elsewhere though of course
Just looked it up, it’s originally a Westchester, NY thing, that has infiltrated Fairfield County.
Have spent more than enough time in Westchester, have never heard "wedge" unless used as an example like this. Maybe further north in Westchester, towards Putnam?
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Dan S
·When I seed someone say "tri-state area" I just smh...every 3 adjoining states seem to have one...
Al, it goes along with the same attitude that inspired this famous cartoon. All previous generations of my family in the US never strayed more than 20 miles from Manhattan, and I lived in that area for my first 18 years, so I understand it well. My grandmother once took a bus from Manhattan to Maine for a vacation, and occasionally saw glimpses of the Atlantic Ocean (or perhaps other large bodies of water) during the ride. She later said, "I had no idea that the Hudson River was so long". So of course, there is really only one tri-state area. 🙄
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abrod520
·Al, it goes along with the same attitude that inspired this famous cartoon. All previous generations of my family in the US never strayed more than 20 miles from Manhattan, and I lived in that area for my first 18 years, so I understand it well. My grandmother once took a bus from Manhattan to Maine for a vacation, and occasionally saw glimpses of the Atlantic Ocean (or perhaps other large bodies of water) during the ride. She later said, "I had no idea that the Hudson River was so long". So of course, there is really only one tri-state area. 🙄
I personally know multiple people with that framed on their walls. Love it
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerAl, it goes along with the same attitude that inspired this famous cartoon. All previous generations of my family in the US never strayed more than 20 miles from Manhattan, and I lived in that area for my first 18 years, so I understand it well. My grandmother once took a bus from Manhattan to Maine for a vacation, and occasionally saw glimpses of the Atlantic Ocean (or perhaps other large bodies of water) during the ride. She later said, "I had no idea that the Hudson River was so long". So of course, there is really only one tri-state area. 🙄
Yes, I understand this type well.. Family on my father's side (Uncle Lou and Aunt Annie and their kids - Aunt Annie made the best cabbage rolls!) lived in the Bronx. For them any excursion outside any of the Burroughs was considered international travel. 😀
Of course "the" tri-state area is so local, it virtually has no meaning...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-state_area
There are plenty of them. As a Canadian, this always makes me chuckle, because in pretty much every state I've been to (more than 1/2 of all US states), some local TV spot will talk about being the "largest (insert relevant business type here) in the tri-state area!"
It gets my attention mostly because we don't have such a thing here - first being the lack of "states" and second being that I would have to drive for 5-6 hours to get to the next closest province going East. Going West it would be 18 hours...oh, and by the way, Texas just isn't very big at all...
Cheers, Al
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Dan S
·It gets my attention mostly because we don't have such a thing here - first being the lack of "states" and second being that I would have to drive for 5-6 hours to get to the next closest province going East.
It's not really a thing in the western US either, for the most part. Colorado, where I live, shares boundaries with 7 other states (8 if you count Arizona, which abuts Colorado at one point), and there is even one place where four states meet ("four corners"), but there is no significant population near any of those borders.
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pdxleaf
··"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"Here in the New Haven area the Italian bread sangwiches are usually called subs or grinders. I haven't seen them referred to as wedges yet but with my electronic ankle bracelet I don't get out of the house much.
If you decide to make a run for it get to Philly and order a hoagie or better yet a pizza cheesesteak with extra sauce. Mmmmmmm.
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pdxleaf
··"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"It's not really a thing in the western US either, for the most part. Colorado, where I live, shares boundaries with 7 other states (8 if you count Arizona, which abuts Colorado at one point), and there is even one place where four states meet ("four corners"), but there is no significant population near any of those borders.
Tri-cities in Eastern Washington. (City is relative)
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Scooterino36
·Of course "the" tri-state area is so local, it virtually has no meaning...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-state_area
Cheers, Al
It’s funny that they have Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire listed as a tri-state. I’ve never heard anyone make that reference before. If you aren’t referencing a single state it’s simply “New England”.
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pdxleaf
··"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"Yes, I understand this type well.. Family on my father's side (Uncle Lou and Aunt Annie and their kids - Aunt Annie made the best cabbage rolls!) lived in the Bronx. For them any excursion outside any of the Burroughs was considered international travel. 😀
Of course "the" tri-state area is so local, it virtually has no meaning...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-state_area
There are plenty of them. As a Canadian, this always makes me chuckle, because in pretty much every state I've been to (more than 1/2 of all US states), some local TV spot will talk about being the "largest (insert relevant business type here) in the tri-state area!"
It gets my attention mostly because we don't have such a thing here - first being the lack of "states" and second being that I would have to drive for 5-6 hours to get to the next closest province going East. Going West it would be 18 hours...oh, and by the way, Texas just isn't very big at all...
Cheers, Al
If you live in Alaska then everything else is dismissed as the lower 48. Canada isn't even mentioned unless you are talking about the Alcan, which is just a way to get to the lower 48, although the Yukon gets an honorable mention. No tri, just the bush and town.
The mention of Texas being big is a trigger for me. Alaska is 2 1/2 times bigger than Texas. If laid on the continental US the pan handle and Aleutians would stretch from East coast to West coast.
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wsfarrell
·Al, it goes along with the same attitude that inspired this famous cartoon. All previous generations of my family in the US never strayed more than 20 miles from Manhattan, and I lived in that area for my first 18 years, so I understand it well. My grandmother once took a bus from Manhattan to Maine for a vacation, and occasionally saw glimpses of the Atlantic Ocean (or perhaps other large bodies of water) during the ride. She later said, "I had no idea that the Hudson River was so long". So of course, there is really only one tri-state area. 🙄
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janice&fred
·Oh man sorry about this guys. This thread went from "flipper" to "tri state" all because of my big mouth 😁
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JwRosenthal
·We're reffered to as Delmarva (DEL-MAR-VA) down here- we don't count that third-world district that doesn't have any representation despite being US citizens. 😵💫
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gbesq
·Maybe in Canada. In the tri-state area we paesans call it a sangwich. 😁
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rcs914
·It's not really a thing in the western US either, for the most part. Colorado, where I live, shares boundaries with 7 other states (8 if you count Arizona, which abuts Colorado at one point), and there is even one place where four states meet ("four corners"), but there is no significant population near any of those borders.
And then you get to the technicality that the "4 corners" aren't really where the 4 corners actually meet up. The monument is the legally defined border between the states, but it's not exactly where it should be.
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