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New England is fully correct so no one there will be mad.

Where's the pacific northwest? It's labeled weird.

Neither is Pennsylvania, this map is way off.

I never understood why people think WV is a southern state. 1) It fucking snows and is cold af in winter. 2) We literally exist because we ain't traitors.

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.

A lot of those are overlapping, like Appalacha and the Great Lakes both extend into Upstate NY, much of lower Appalacha is also considered mid-atlantic, etc

The map labels central Texas as Texas and east Texas as Deep South. They're labeled differently. I don't understand your comment.

That's shorthand we use for people outside of the Midwest or those unfamiliar with the region.

It's similar to a person from a suburb of Boston just saying they're from Boston for simplicity's sake even if a lot of important nuance and context is lost.

That’s because the majority of these regions are horseshit. Nearly everything around the Midwest in this map doesn’t exist and we’ll just say we’re from the Midwest

I've found a lot of folks from a lot of parts of this map would just tell me they're "from the Midwest".

I would venture to say that the part of all of these regions adjacent to the Midwest could be considered subregions of it. Many people you'd meet in these areas would be likely to say they're in the Midwest.

Don't worry, living in what the map calls "lower midwest" the midwest will do its best to not include.

I live in Missouri, friends living in midwest states "Missouri isn't Midwest." They can't tell you exactly where it is, but it sure isn't midwest. And the exclusion seems to continue all the way northward until I'm convinced Wisconsin is just attempting to rename itself "Midwest" so that no one else can claim it.

And no one from Indiana says they live in the Ohio River Valley.

Yeah, I've lived in PA and NJ for 20+ years as an adult. Never heard anyone reference Chesapeake.

Mid-atlantic, sure. Never Mid-atlantic-south.

Similarly, areas surrounding DC in Maryland and Virginia should be labeled DMV, not Chesapeake.

That's a tough one because Tri-State can refer to different states. I'm guessing for you it's New York, New Jersey, Connecticut?

Having grown up in South Jersey, that was also called the Tri-State area, but it referred to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York (sometimes Delaware instead of New York).

Hard disagree. I lived in Dallas for 15 years. Longview and Tyler are classic Southern.

I've got some bad news for you hoss

Well, they don’t even get all of Texas. So, who cares what they have to say. Can’t even keep their whole state. Who knew “Texas” was just a small chunk in the middle.

Head on over to Boston and tell them that they're in the NYC Metro area, I dare you. I want to watch.

Instead, split New England into Southern and Northern. Southern includes Mass, Rhode Island, Eastern Connecticut (the NYC Metro area is fine there), and south New Hampshire. Northern is everything else. Some may argue that Portland, Maine should be included in Southern, but I argue that while the culture has some similarities to Southern New England, it's more similar to the rest of Maine. Go to a redneck party in Southern Maine and start talking about the Old Port. Pay attention to how many people have an opinion.

I'd extend what they're calling the "NYC Metro" area from Boston in the north to Philadelphia (or maybe even D.C.) in the south as a sort of east coast mega-city.

What you're describing is called the I95 Corridor.

Brave but not inaccurate.