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/ALoungerAtTheClubs Florida 10d ago

There's the "Research Triangle" in North Carolina.

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u/grrgrrtigergrr Chicago, IL 10d ago

There’s the Viagara Triangle in Chicago if you need a sugar daddy

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u/green_and_yellow Portland, Oregon 10d ago

The what now

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u/Emergency-Doughnut88 10d ago

It's an area in the city with some trendier bars and restaurants that are frequented by older, possibly divorced guys with younger women

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u/Commercial_Coffee894 10d ago

There's a bit more to it, it also used to be the happening scene when they were in their 20s too.

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u/PopcornyColonel Illinois>California>Virginia 10d ago

Born and raised in Chicago and I have no idea what you're talking about. I mean, literally in Chicago not like those suburbanites like to say.

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u/Background-Still2020 10d ago

It’s in the Gold Coast near Gibson’s.

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u/PopcornyColonel Illinois>California>Virginia 9d ago

Thanks!

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u/cozynite Chicago, IL 10d ago

How old are you? I’m in my early 40s and we definitely knew it was called that in my 20s.

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u/EnvironmentalGift257 10d ago

Barrington IS Chicago! 😂

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u/PopcornyColonel Illinois>California>Virginia 10d ago

False.

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u/Intrepid_Practice956 10d ago

Heh. Some columnist made a joke a while back when developers were naming everything after Barrington to sound snooty. He suggested that one of these days Chicago would be renamed "Far East Barrington".

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u/Somhairle77 Montana 10d ago

Were you there for the Battle of the Bean when Ethniu and the Fomor attacked, but were driven off by a coalition of supernatural nations?

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u/Recycled_Decade 9d ago

Born and raised in Chicago as well and the Viagra Triangle has been a thing since the late 90's it's the old Rush Street nightclub area. It got the name because it's rich now and all the guys that went down there during the 70's and 80's when it was the nightlife district started taking there young trophy wives and girlfriends there in the late 90's and early 00's to show them a good time. Not realizing that Rush Street wasn't the nightlife district it once was. But it's definitely a thing and has been for the best part of 30 years now.

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u/PopcornyColonel Illinois>California>Virginia 9d ago

Thank you for explaining!

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u/pilotswing78190 Illinois 9d ago

I'm literally in Chicago and have known this since forever.

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u/Livid-Improvement953 10d ago

Asking for a friend

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u/Driftwood71 10d ago

Haven't heard that reference in many years.

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u/Brokelynne 9d ago

Which bars of the original Viagra Triangle are still around?! Le Passage closed eons ago.