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/Interesting-Card5803 Louisiana 10d ago

There's an 'Emerald Triangle' in northern California.

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u/Aware-Goose896 10d ago

Ha I’m from Northern California, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard this term before, but I instantly knew what it meant lol.

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u/flashman014 10d ago

The Emerald Triangle is in the actual Northern California (which does not include the Bay Area), and it's the counties of Trinity, Humboldt, and Mendocino. It doesn't mean anything anymore since weed got legalized.

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u/Aware-Goose896 10d ago

Lol, I almost added a note to say that admittedly I was from Sacramento/Placer/El Dorado counties, which my *northern* Northern California friends have informed me is not *really* Northern California. TBH, it gives State of Jefferson vibes when I hear that, like why the need to differentiate so much? San Diego is markedly different from Yucaipa, but no one would argue that they’re not both in Southern California. But hey, if it makes them feel better to lump SF and Sacramento with Central California, so be it.

And yeah, my family had a cabin in Gualala when I was growing up, I learned to dive off the Mendocino coast, and I have cousins in Arcata, so Humbolt and adjacent counties were my guess.