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As a European, I'm confused and would love to know more about this specific area.

bluejekyll 2y ago
As an American, I’m equally confused. I will say that based on my experience, the tristate areas I often see referred to are around New York and Philadelphia. New York: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware.
- epcoa 2y ago
  Chicago: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin
- svieira 2y ago
  And if you're from a little-further-south it is (naturally) Washington DC's version of the same thing (Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia)
  - tmm 2y ago
    I guess that’s true if you’re west of DC. Otherwise it’s Delmarva (DELaware, MARyland, VirginiA).
    - krallja 2y ago
      I’ve only heard that called “the DMV,” but I’m not from there.
- bluGill 2y ago
  Tristate is used in things like radio where you are covering 3 states. "Here is the news/weather in the tristate area". They mean specifically the 3 states that the radio signal reaches, which is clear to everyone. Since they reach 3 states there is no other name that can be used for their coverage area. The people in question regularly cross state lines. It isn't a useful concept to bring up when you are not physically in a tri-state area.
itisit 2y ago
Much like residents of the bay area [0], I'm playfully suggesting there's only one tri-state area of significance [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area
- toast0 2y ago
  California has three regions known as the 'South Bay'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bay_(Los_Angeles_County) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bay_(Los_Angeles_County) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_A... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bay_(San_Diego_County) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bay_(San_Diego_County)

As an American, I’m equally confused. I will say that based on my experience, the tristate areas I often see referred to are around New York and Philadelphia. New York: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware.

epcoa 2y ago
Chicago: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin
svieira 2y ago
And if you're from a little-further-south it is (naturally) Washington DC's version of the same thing (Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia)
- tmm 2y ago
  I guess that’s true if you’re west of DC. Otherwise it’s Delmarva (DELaware, MARyland, VirginiA).
  - krallja 2y ago
    I’ve only heard that called “the DMV,” but I’m not from there.
bluGill 2y ago
Tristate is used in things like radio where you are covering 3 states. "Here is the news/weather in the tristate area". They mean specifically the 3 states that the radio signal reaches, which is clear to everyone. Since they reach 3 states there is no other name that can be used for their coverage area. The people in question regularly cross state lines. It isn't a useful concept to bring up when you are not physically in a tri-state area.

itisit 2y ago

Much like residents of the bay area [0], I'm playfully suggesting there's only one tri-state area of significance [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area

toast0 2y ago
California has three regions known as the 'South Bay'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bay_(Los_Angeles_County) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bay_(Los_Angeles_County) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_A... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bay_(San_Diego_County) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bay_(San_Diego_County)