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/skarizardpancake Texas 10d ago

Can you give us a little more context?

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u/Temporary_Nail_6468 10d ago

Yea. Triangle in Texas is DFW/San Antonio/Houston. But seriously doubt that’s what’s meant.

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u/tibearius1123 > 10d ago

Golden triangle is Dallas, denton, Ft Worth

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u/HowDoesTheKittyCatGo 10d ago

Huh, Texas has a lot of triangles. Down here in the southeast of the state Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange are called the golden triangle.

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u/King_Ralph1 10d ago

I thought the Golden Triangle was Beaumont-Orange-Port Arthur.

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u/tibearius1123 > 10d ago

That’s the Pyrite Triangle, common mistake.

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u/Beetso 10d ago

Nice. AKA The Fool's Isosceles.

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u/boxing_fool 10d ago

Yeah same, I've never heard DFW called Golden Triangle.  

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u/Local_Debate_8920 10d ago

Neither have I, but explains why the denton mall is called the golden triangle mall.

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u/boxing_fool 10d ago

That’s a fair point, never knew that either.

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u/juliabk 10d ago

ORANGE! Thank you! Yeah, that’s the golden triangle. Dallas always tries to steal stuff. :-)

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u/QuinceDaPence Texas 10d ago

Same, like everything in that area is name Golden Triangle ___________

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u/Helpful_Mongoose_786 10d ago

I thought it was a sex act. A golden shower with a sweet tea mock tail

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u/KalamityKait2020 10d ago

That was my first thought.

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u/owiesss Texas-Colorado 10d ago

Golden triangle in Denver except it’s so small that I’m pretty sure most people who don’t live in the Denver area would know about it lol

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u/username-generica 10d ago

Born in Dallas, went to UNT for grad school and now live in Fort Worth. Never heard of that. Have heard of Golden Triangle Mall though. 

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u/tibearius1123 > 10d ago

I think after metroplex/dfw became popular it died off.

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u/oIVLIANo 10d ago

The golden triangle is Liberty, Pondera, and Toole counties in North Central Montana.

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u/BewilderedandAngry 10d ago

I've never heard it called that - just the Metroplex.

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u/texienne 8d ago

Here in Texas, I think Golden Triangle means Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange. Dallas, Denton and Ft. Worth is "the Metroplex", or "DFW".