What region of the country do you call home?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

Thus far for me it's been New England. :hi:

[oshyposhy]

1. I call it

The Middle Coast

[Ava]

8. welcome to DU

:hi:

[oshyposhy]

12. thanks

:)

[mcctatas]

22. But the rest of us call it...

the Heartland! :puke:

[Ava]

2. thus far for me it's been the South East

though Alabama is a region all on its own :rofl:

[dixiegrrrrl]

68. Same as Ava

I have found the meaning of "home" here that I have been looking for all my life,
and feel very blessed.
Was born and raised and spent the first half of my life in Wash. State.
I knew and loved every foot of it , east and west, and quite suddenly 180 change to the SE, where I grew very solid roots.
Something very ancient in this land calls to something very old in me.
Constant deja vu here.

[1gobluedem]

3. Great Lakes

Sometimes referred to as Upper Midwest.

[redqueen]

4. The South.

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

5. I recently relocated to the Pacific Northwest.

Specifically, the Seattle metro area.

I spent 28 years in Texas, and prior to that, I was a wandering, nomadic military dependent.

[Shell Beau]

6. Deep south all the way babe!

[YankeyMCC]

7. Another New Englander here

You know you're a New Englander if...

"Vacation" means going South to New York City for the weekend.

You measure distance in hours.

You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a
snowsuit.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled
with snow.

You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and
road construction.

You can identify a southern or eastern accent.

Down South to you means Philadelphia.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you
might live in New England

Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.

You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

If your town has more bars than churches, you might live in New England.

You actually understand these jokes.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

10. Also: You call four inches of snow "a dusting."

:headbang:

[YankeyMCC]

11. I've been in Southern cities twice when they were "dusted"

Biloxi, MS 1993 St Pat's Day - they got about 1.5 inches maybe 2 of very slushy snow. The newscasters were telling everyone to stay in their homes.

Newport News, VA - Got their first major snow storm December 1995 as we moved in...another panic situation.

To be fair they don't budget for such things, I mean who would think to keep a fleet of sand and salt trucks around in Biloxi, MS. :)


on edit: That was 1993 not 1193 - I'm not that old :)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

15. I still laugh when I see people down south freaking out about a few inches.

:)

I sure wouldn't budget for sand and salt trucks in Biloxi, though. :D

[Critters2]

9. Midwest. I keep hopping across the river, from Iowa to Illinois, and

God willing, back again.

[bigwillq]

13. New England!

:bounce:

[justabob]

14. southwest

Texas

[Jamastiene]

16. one of the Mid Atlanic states

a blue one. :D

[Lyric]

17. Mid-Atlantic

WV

:hi:

[femmocrat]

21. Mid-Atlantic, also.

The Keystone State :hi:

[gemdem]

18. The Rust Belt

Ohio, the place I call home. Indiana, the place I live.

[ShenandoahAspen]

19. The South.

The blue state of North Carolina, to be exact.

[XemaSab]

20. WEST SIDE!

:o

[fizzgig]

23. the mountain west, i guess

i have no idea how colorado is categorized

[SeattleGirl]

24. Pacific Northwest

Seattle, specifically.

[cemaphonic]

30. Yep, same for me.

I wasn't born here, and lived in a bunch of places (including Issaquah) growing up. But I've been here for since college, so it's home now.

[XemaSab]

41. Issaquah?

Modest Mouse fan? :D

[cemaphonic]

43. eh, they're ok. Never been a huge fan.

I feel like I should too. If we hadn't moved to DC after 8th grade, I would have gone to high school with some of those guys, and some of my old friends are friends with them.

They just never clicked for me.

[gblady]

36. me, three....

Bainbridge...

[pokerfan]

50. The Palouse

[XemaSab]

66. Beautiful countryside there

I never understood "amber waves of grain" before I went there. :D

[Lucian]

25. Flyover country.

AKA the Midwest.

[yellowdogintexas]

26. well, is Texas the South or the SouthWest? Depends on the map, I guess.

but I hail from the Central South, Kentucky. Been in Texas for 19 years.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

27. Northeast.

[Arugula Latte]

28. I feel most at home on the Pacific Coast from San Francisco to Seattle

Besides California and Oregon, I've also lived in Ohio, Washington DC, briefly in Colorado, and spent a summer in Boston ... but I'm a Left Coast Girl at heart.

[unsavedtrash]

29. The South

Alabama

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. SoCal!

My home now for the last 40 years, exactly!

We moved here in December, 1968!

*whew*

:wow:

[janx]

32. WEST !!! n/t

[ccharles000]

33. South Atlantic coast (North Carolina)

[Inchworm]

34. Appalachia

Hope you have power up there (I assume you do). We do still get news here :)

:hi:

[Broken_Hero]

35. SE Alaska/Pacific Northwest. nt

[MrSlayer]

37. Mid-Atlantic Region.

Philadelphia in particular.

[defendandprotect]

38. NJ -- native New Yorker ... kidnapped --

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

60. NJ kidnapped you?

[Oldtimeralso]

39. I Can't Tell You

But if I had an extra couple of million dollars before last weak I could of been a Senator.

[PaddyBlueEyes]

40. Noo Yawk

although, where I live its New Englandy..

[mcctatas]

44. Some people think WI is kind of New Englandy

:evilgrin:

[PaddyBlueEyes]

45. Another place

I'd love to be...

[bluesbassman]

42. NorCal

San Francisco Bay Area to be precise.

[harmonicon]

46. meh.... who knows/cares?

I guess Michigan and Chicago, but I don't plan on living in either of those places again. I live in northern England, and I like it more here anyway, and I want to stay.

[RushIsRot]

47. Deep in the woods of the NW Arkansas Ozarks.

[DarkTirade]

48. Well, there's 'Home' and then there's 'Back home'.

Upstate NY is 'Home', and Orlando, FL is 'Back home.' :)

[mwooldri]

63. Same for me too.

Home for me now is central NC. Back home is Southern England.

[SoxFan]

49. New England

Also lived in New Orleans and Fayetteville, AR for a few years.

[Blue_In_AK]

51. VERY northwest.

[cordelia]

52. Southeast

Atlanta/Decatur specifically.

[azmouse]

53. The beautiful Southwest!

[abq e streeter]

54. Grew up(?) a midwesterner ( Chicago) but live in the southwest (NM) since'72

for all its flaws ,I love the "land of enchantment"

[La Lioness Priyanka]

55. india or nyc, depending on my mood or which country has been less disappointing lately

both my countries have a tendency to be disappointing

[BarenakedLady]

56. North East

My heart will always be in New England and NY is the furthest West I'm willing to live. :D

[Hangingon]

57. Southwest

[mokawanis]

58. Upper midwest

Wisconsin's capitol

[HEyHEY]

59. The lower mainland/westcoast

In Canada the "Westcoast" basically means Vancouver and the island as there pretty well ain't much else on the actual coast ceptin' bears and trees.

[mvd]

61. Mid-Atlantic would fit best

I'm in PA. :hi:

[JTG of the PRB]

62. The Mountain West... Specifically, on Colorado's Front Range.

I love me some People's Republic of Boulder livin'!

[Generic Brad]

64. The whole shebang

I feel at home wherever I go except where I came from. I am a pariah there.

[Shine]

65. Californian central coast

in the Santa Cruz mountains, to be specific.

:hi:

[UrbScotty]

67. Great Lakes!

[RebelOne]

69. North Georgia in Woodstock, just northwest of Atlanta.

I'm a Miami, FL transplant 20 years ago.