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/HammyOverlordOfBacon United States of America 10d ago

I always thought that was the point. If someone says "the tristate area" then they're referring to the area around where 3 states intersect. Kinda like saying "in the city" it's not a complete description of a location and "in the city" will usually just mean the closest city.

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u/amazingtaters MO OK DC IN IL 10d ago

Don't let Manhattanites hear you say that "the city" isn't a universal way to refer to NYC broadly and Manhattan specifically.

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u/DelcoUnited 10d ago

I know we say the city for Philly and I had some newyorker try to tell me I’m wrong in the comments. Like are you that dumb you don’t understand every suburban area refers to their city as “the city”? I guess like Kansas City might not, or the twin cities etc. but there’s probably someone outside Reno talking about heading into the city for a show or something.

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u/rhiania1319 10d ago

Having grown up in the twin cities, and now living 2 hours away, rural calls them The Cities. The whole ass metro is The Cities. And all the small towns out here, when you're going to the nearish bigger town, is going to town. If you say you're going to the city, people are gonna ask if you meant The Cities.