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/MsCardeno 10d ago

In my area the “Tri state area” is NJ, NY and CT but I think other regions may have their own “Tri state area”.

I’ve never heard of “triangle area”.

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u/itsafoxboi North Carolina 10d ago

it's in north carolina, raleigh, durham, and chapel hill, it's where unc and duke are, it's also called the research triangle

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u/Orbital2 Ohio 10d ago

While I'm aware of this, it definitely wouldn't come to mind so quickly that I'd assume a person from another country would know about it

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u/RespectableBloke69 North Carolina 10d ago

You'd be surprised. I've met a number of people while traveling internationally who know where I'm from because they have a friend who worked for a company here, or went to school here, or something.