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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #210 on: February 25, 2011, 02:13:23 AM »
Isn't New York part of New England?
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #211 on: February 25, 2011, 02:25:11 AM »
Huh.  Coulda sworn NY was part of it.
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #212 on: February 25, 2011, 02:55:37 AM »
Huh.  Coulda sworn NY was part of it.
Heh, no. Not at all
Isnt New Jersey part of New York? Sure smells like it.
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #213 on: February 25, 2011, 03:10:42 AM »
Isn't New York part of New England?

I meant all five forum members. There might be 6 if I count the one I know who doesn't pop in often.
And although NY is TECHNICALLY part of New England, the rest of NE considers them part of "not us."
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #214 on: February 25, 2011, 03:18:17 AM »
New York is a middle colony, they never have and never will be part of New England.
Cite me something that says otherwise.

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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #215 on: February 25, 2011, 03:33:26 AM »
New York is a middle colony, they never have and never will be part of New England.
Cite me something that says otherwise.

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I think they include NY because it is fairly northern. HOWEVER, try getting Mainers to admit NE includes more than VT and NH is like pulling hen's teeth! NY will nev-ah be considered New England.
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #216 on: February 25, 2011, 03:57:43 AM »
No New York is a Mid Atlantic State.
really this is killing me. New York is not part of New England
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #217 on: February 25, 2011, 04:21:16 AM »
No New York is a Mid Atlantic State.
really this is killing me. New York is not part of New England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England
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I'm not saying NY is part of NE. However many people think of the Northeast states and NE as the same thing. They also think Canada is South, so you know...
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #218 on: February 25, 2011, 06:40:11 AM »
Here's why:
York = England so: New York = New England

Simple no?   ::)   ;D
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #219 on: February 25, 2011, 11:38:32 AM »
No New York is a Mid Atlantic State.
really this is killing me. New York is not part of New England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Upstate NY bears far more resemblance to New England than to the mid-Atlantic or midwestern states. Just sayin'.
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #220 on: February 25, 2011, 01:39:29 PM »
Upstate NY bears far more resemblance to New England than to the mid-Atlantic or midwestern states. Just sayin'.
Big part of why I was thinking that.  And even after living in New England for 12 years, I still never remember where it ends.
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #221 on: February 25, 2011, 02:50:41 PM »
Big part of why I was thinking that.  And even after living in New England for 12 years, I still never remember where it ends.

The borders of NYC itself and NJ are the absolute final cutoff, in my thinking. Upstate NY fades out of New Englandism as it gets closer to the Lakes, but eastern upstate is very much New Englandish.
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #222 on: February 25, 2011, 03:10:59 PM »
Upstate NY bears far more resemblance to New England than to the mid-Atlantic or midwestern states. Just sayin'.

Sort of like southern Virginia is more like the South than the Mid-Atlantic?
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #223 on: February 25, 2011, 03:56:43 PM »
Sort of like southern Virginia is more like the South than the Mid-Atlantic?


"Mid-Atlantic", to me, is just about a myth; I fail to see any unifying aspect of the supposed "mid-Atlantic" states other than geographical convenience. The Mason-Dixon Line is actually a lot more accurate for broad grouping.
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Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« Reply #224 on: February 25, 2011, 06:08:17 PM »
Not really.  Maryland and Delaware have more in common with states above the Mason-Dixon line.  So does Northern Virginia.  Maybe Mid-Atlantic should just refer to those three.  :-D
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