Cool Guide to Regions of the USA - eviltoast
  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Yea, this map is nonsense.

    I’ve never heard half of these names used like this.

    “Chesapeake”… First I’ve never heard it used as a region, second the region so labeled on the map would be better called Mid-Atlantic (and that wouldn’t really be accurate either) that really is the Mid-Atlantic region, and there’s no Mid-Atlantic on this map, but there’s a Mid-Atlantic South (which I’ve never heard anyone use - VA is Mid-Atlantic).

    Third, the Chesapeake doesn’t even extend to PA, let alone up to NY or Jersey, over there is the Delaware Bay, so should we call that region “Delaware”?

    I’ve never once heard anyone call that region Chesapeake - it’s the Mid-Atlantic.

    Then there’s the Texas nonsense - there’s West Texas, Central, East (sometimes jokingly referred to as Arkansas) I’ll allow Rio Grande though I’ve never heard that used.

    The West stuff… Yea, no. The Rockies, OK.

    A source would be useful, perhaps knowing the context (like how this is used) would clarify things.

    • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Also, it looks like the “Central Valley” in CA extends uphill to the top of the Sierras and Lake Tahoe. Plus “Socal” is as far north as Carmel.

      No. Carmel is the Central Coast. You might as well add that to the Central Valley and add some new group for the Sierra Nevada mountains that includes northern CA above Sacramento. The north coast is culturally and geographically similar to the Sierras. “Socal” doesn’t extend farther north than Santa Barbara.

      • Drusas@kbin.run
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        4 months ago

        “Cascadia” has some unfortunate connotations in regards to white supremacy (especially in Oregon).