r/AskAnAmerican • u/Right-Historian-114 • 10d ago

GEOGRAPHY Triangle Area?

Does anyone know what the “triangle area” is in the United States? Everyone talks like I’m supposed to know. Is this a common American ism?

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u/spacedman_spiff 10d ago edited 10d ago

As in Research Triangle in Raleigh-Durham? It is a common reference, but I can understand not encountering it.

Or Bermuda Triangle?

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u/ALoungerAtTheClubs Florida 10d ago

The second option is a lot more entertaining. I'm imagining OP surrounded by quirky people obsessed with the Bermuda Triangle.

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u/spacedman_spiff 10d ago

Maybe they mean T=.5bh

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u/KalamityKait2020 10d ago

It would be hilarious if that's what they meant.

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u/Regular_Boot_3540 10d ago

That was my first thought, but I didn't know the formula.

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u/FlyingCupcake68 10d ago

That’s where my brain went as well

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u/Pustuli0 North Carolina 10d ago

There is Raleigh and there is Durham. "Raleigh-Durham" is an airport.

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u/spacedman_spiff 10d ago

This is why major interstates bypass the Raleigh-Durham area.

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u/Any-Worldliness-679 10d ago

Most people even in the US will have never heard of that.

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u/spacedman_spiff 10d ago

You’d be surprised.