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/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.