What U.S. state do you think of when speaking of the midwest? south? new england?

[glenn1]

Title and poll are fairly self-explanatory. A co-worker and I were discussing regional differences, and this question came up. She puts Pennsylvania in the midwest camp. I completely disagree, and feel it's not even a borderline case like Kentucky.

 

[EagleKeeper]

New York is not New England

 

[Deeko]

Illinois, Texas, Mass

PA is obviously not in the midwest, not at all, it's a north atlantic state, both in location and in culture.

 

[Descartes]

Pennsylvania in the midwest?? Maybe in the 18th century.

 

[zinfamous]

Indiana, NC (b/c that's where I'm from), and Connecticut, or Mass, or New Hampshire.

 

[Shlong]

Ohio, Georgia, Massachusetts

 

[spidey07]

http://teach.fcps.net/trt14/US...gions/regions_copy.jpg

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Illinois, Georgia, Massachusetts. But Ohio, Michigan and Mississippi were sleepers (I immediately associate New England with Mass, maybe because I lived there briefly).

 

[Sheep]

Considering Pennsylvania very nearly touches the Atlantic Ocean, I'm going to say it's not part of the midwest using any definition. Your coworker is geographically-impaired.

 

[dainthomas]

Buy your retarded coworker a map of the United States. Or even better a map of the world since she's probably even more ignorant about that.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Sheep
Considering Pennsylvania very nearly touches the Atlantic Ocean, I'm going to say it's not part of the midwest using any definition. Your coworker is geographically-impaired.

my sister thought north and south dakota we located close to north and south carolina at one point

 

[Kirby]

Nebraska, Alabama, Mass

 

[nageov3t]

PA = mid-atlantic.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Pennsylvania in the midwest?? Maybe in the 18th century.

Its the north east right...so I guess new england. Thats why I always thought of it as.

I voted for mass, because even though I live in Vermont I know no one thinks of this state first.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: spidey07
http://teach.fcps.net/trt14/US...gions/regions_copy.jpg

I wouldn't call Oklahoma "Southwest".

 

[BassBomb]

isnt NE supposed to be all the original colonies from England, I think it had 12 or 11 states

 

[Nitemare]

Minnesota, Alabimmy and Mass

 

[TwiceOver]

South Dakota, Alabama, Boston <-Yeah I know, it's not a state.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: Shlong
Ohio, Georgia, Massachusetts

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: BassBomb
isnt NE supposed to be all the original colonies from England, I think it had 12 or 11 states

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, consisting of the modern states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut

 

[Rufus12]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Descartes
Pennsylvania in the midwest?? Maybe in the 18th century.

Its the north east right...so I guess new england. Thats why I always thought of it as.

I voted for mass, because even though I live in Vermont I know no one thinks of this state first.

I'm with you there. Sometimes I wish we could just kick Massachusetts out of NE. They give us a bad rep.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Illinois (mostly because I've lived here all my life)
The South (Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi all come to mind right away.)
New England Clam Chowder, I don't like it as much as Manhattan Clam Chowder, so I voted New York.
That said, New York is not technically part of New England as far as I know.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: BassBomb
isnt NE supposed to be all the original colonies from England, I think it had 12 or 11 states

fail

edit: ohio alabama massachusetts

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: rivan

Originally posted by: spidey07
http://teach.fcps.net/trt14/US...gions/regions_copy.jpg

I wouldn't call Oklahoma "Southwest".

I grew up in Oklahoma, and we always called it southwest.

From a cultural perspective, it's a lot more like the southwest than the south or midwest.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: Shlong
Ohio, Georgia, Massachusetts

Ditto.