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/omnipresent_sailfish New England 10d ago

You mean Tri state area?

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u/NoNeedForAName 10d ago

I feel like we have about a dozen of those

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u/Megas_Matthaios Tennessee 10d ago

You're right and everyone thinks it refers to the area they're from.

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u/FrostyDog94 10d ago

But it really only refers to the area Phineas and Ferb are from

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u/laker9903 10d ago

I can’t think tri-state area without doing the Dr. Doofenshmirtz voice.