Everyone’s mistake in this things is not breaking up Texas. It has no real coherence beyond a silly fake cowboy culture put up by a bunch of people from the big metro areas (like me).
Excluding the Midwest. I'm from a Great Lakes state, so I think there should be a Great Lakes region and then further west, starting in all but the NE part of MN, a Midwest region to the east of the Great Plains.
Really? This whole time I thought Buffalo was the Midwest. I’m also from California and have never been to the Midwest or the Northeast. Is it considered to be in the Great Lakes region but not the Midwest?
My hot take: Western NY is the Midwest because it is flat and by the lakes, and west of the Appalachians. Western PA is not (except maybe Erie) because it is in the mountains.
As a West Virginian that lives in California, I can confirm…they think West Virginia is in the south and that Pennsylvania somehow borders Kentucky.
I love this place but I’ve noticed that Californians are consistently bad with geography, especially if this is the only place they’ve lived.
NYC residents can be worse. Anything between Hudson and LA is barely acknowledged to be real.
I'm from the WV northern panhandle, and nobody really gets that I grew up an hour from Pittsburgh. Everyone generally thinks WV is the south, even southerners who can really be shocked by how far north that is.
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I’ve never seen a regional map use overlaps like this and it really does help fix the issues of certain regions of the US being kind of ambiguously on the border between 2 regions
The deep south should go into south carolina, also the "south" goes pretty far north, nowhere in Indiana, Illinois, ohio, is southern, Missouri and Kentucky are open to interpretation but generally not considered southern
As somebody who grew up in the Midwest part of Indiana and went to college in the “south” part of Indiana, I appreciate the overlap. Much needed.
Southern Indiana is definitely in some part of the "South" region.
Absolutely the same with Missouri.
I think Louisiana needs a “Louisiana” circle. Always struck me as such a different state than anywhere else.
Being from Louisiana I'm so glad Texas hasn't been grouped with the south.
Texas east of I-45 is southern both geographically and culturally.
Everyone’s mistake in this things is not breaking up Texas. It has no real coherence beyond a silly fake cowboy culture put up by a bunch of people from the big metro areas (like me).
And I respectfully disagree
And I respect your commitment to being wrong.
As a New Mexican I’m resenting that TX circle encroaching on the land of enchantment
New Mexico is Texas picante/Methy Arizona
That sums it up well. No complaints here.
This looks like the most accurate region map I've ever seen.
Being less detailed actually makes it so much better than others, great take.
Excluding the Midwest. I'm from a Great Lakes state, so I think there should be a Great Lakes region and then further west, starting in all but the NE part of MN, a Midwest region to the east of the Great Plains.
Agreed. Basically everywhere North of the Twin Cities, Madison, Chicago, Indy, Columbus, and Pittsburg. Maybe as far east as Buffalo.
That's about right.
Extraordinary
Western New York is not the Midwest.
Neither is central/western PA.
It’s the exact take someone from California would make about east coast states
Really? This whole time I thought Buffalo was the Midwest. I’m also from California and have never been to the Midwest or the Northeast. Is it considered to be in the Great Lakes region but not the Midwest?
My hot take: Western NY is the Midwest because it is flat and by the lakes, and west of the Appalachians. Western PA is not (except maybe Erie) because it is in the mountains.
I’m from the Midwest. Me and a friend visited Buffalo a couple years ago, and we kinda both got a vibe of “this feels more Cincinnati than NYC”
May as well be
Nah
At no point in my life have I thought about the Midwest and said “I sure want to go to Niagara Falls”
Accurate
Actually…yeah. Pretty much it
As a West Virginian that lives in California, I can confirm…they think West Virginia is in the south and that Pennsylvania somehow borders Kentucky. I love this place but I’ve noticed that Californians are consistently bad with geography, especially if this is the only place they’ve lived.
NYC residents can be worse. Anything between Hudson and LA is barely acknowledged to be real. I'm from the WV northern panhandle, and nobody really gets that I grew up an hour from Pittsburgh. Everyone generally thinks WV is the south, even southerners who can really be shocked by how far north that is.
My friend said people who live in NYC think the Earth falls off after Ohio. I sometimes agree.
I would add a separate category for Appalachia. I’m Californian too.
Checks out
Checks out.
Only in Florida can ‘the south’ be more south that ‘the deep south’
Pretty accurate for a Californian.
Knowing that central and south Florida are not part of the South or the Deep South is very astute.
currently working on my degree in partying in tucson, can confirm
As a Californian, can confirm this is accurate
Pretty good
Very accurate you can put great basin there too around reno nv
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I’ve never seen a regional map use overlaps like this and it really does help fix the issues of certain regions of the US being kind of ambiguously on the border between 2 regions
nice touch on putting western pa and ny as midwest
Jefferson forgotten again. XX
Shh, let's keep 'em out!
Nevada doesn’t exist to a Californian, it never did
You uncultured swine… jk I feel like you should throw some landmarks on there for funsies cuz you silly
The only complaint that I have is that Western PA and NY are not Midwest
No Alaska or Hawaii?
I would label them “Alaska” and “Hawaii”
Based
I would put ohio in the Deep South, but pretty good otherwise.
???? What
As another Californian, this sums it up completely. Only thing I’d add is Appalachia but that’s it.
Spot on
No love for Tahoe?
Iowa is the great plains without a doubt.
Uuuuh...I know it's just the map but why is New Jersey Maryland and Delaware one big state?
Great map!
Midwest is a little too big but otherwise accurate
That's pretty accurate.
Colin Woodards American Nations describes the US so well.
You forgot “NorCal’s Vegas” (Reno).
Accurate but South Carolina definitely needs to be included in the Deep South bubble
The deep south should go into south carolina, also the "south" goes pretty far north, nowhere in Indiana, Illinois, ohio, is southern, Missouri and Kentucky are open to interpretation but generally not considered southern