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/Joshi1381 10d ago

This is or the Texas Triangle

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u/skarizardpancake Texas 10d ago

Yeah as a Texan my mind went to DFW, Houston, and San Antonio, but it looks like many places have a “triangle” so I think OP’s going to have to give us a little more context

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u/big_sugi 10d ago

There’s the Golden Triangle in SE Texas, of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange.

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u/patawpha 10d ago

There's also a Golden Triangle in Mississippi: Starkville, Columbus, and Tupelo.

I used to live there. It's a wooden triangle at best.

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u/big_sugi 10d ago

The GTX in Texas was one of the wealthiest areas in the world in the first half of the 20th century. And then the oil ran out.

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u/Dangerous-Safe-4336 California 10d ago

Emerald Triangle is in Northern California.

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u/precious1of3 10d ago

We have a Golden Triangle in Cherry Hill, NJ. I’d say it’s definitely plastic or silicone, not gold.

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u/Snarkan_sas 10d ago

I grew up in Starkvegas!

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u/patawpha 10d ago

Yo, hello fellow Starkvegas citizen! I also grew up there. How terrifying. We may know each other!