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[–] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I believe this is closer to reality. I forgot an east coast subgroup.

edit: It's called the mid atlantic and people are big mad about its exclusion on a shitty, crude map in context to a discussion about the Midwest. lmao

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[–] wild@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Idaho should be in the Rockies and perhaps all of Utah.

[–] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'll concede Idaho. Utah is iffy.

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[–] root_beer@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey are not New England. They’d disagree with that assessment, as would those from New England.

[–] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Have they tried not being so crammed in there?

My comment said "closer to reality".

I never claimed to be the leading expert with possession of omnipotent peer reviewed literature and a Supreme Court ruling.

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

West Virginia is not the south. West Virginia exists because they were so insistent on not being the south.

[–] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The sheer number of confederate flags that fly in WV sure does make it feel southern.

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You'll also find a ton in Ohio and Pittsburgh and even Canada. At this point, the flag has very little to do with being southern.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Mid Altlantic exists as well.

[–] DarkPhysix@lemmings.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Philadelphian here...swallowing my vomit after being grouped with new england

[–] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have some water.

Nothing PA is midwestern. Nothing PA is New England. Nothing PA is The South.

So, does PA get it's own, like TX?

[–] SlicingBot@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

PA, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and maybe Maryland are considered the Mid Atlantic.

They are not New England, but they are the Northeast.

[–] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Maybe an east coast subgroup could contain ... OH I DON'T KNOW ... MAYBE NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, and most of PA????!!! mfrs are pedantic af over a finger drawn map.