# Mid-Atlantic Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495 "2008-10-11T18:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/21 "2008-10-12T20:29:37Z")
Northern Virginia here. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/22 "2008-10-12T20:33:05Z")
Still living in Maryland till they decide to stop renewing my visa. Just north of DC now, near Silver Spring. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/23 "2008-10-12T20:58:58Z")
Still here in West Philadelphia. Don’t drive, though. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/24 "2008-10-12T21:30:51Z")
Jersey here; but anything but Philly is a long haul for me. I’ve made two events beyond Philly I guess. I won’t be repeating Gettysburg but not because of the Dopers, just because of the drive. I did have good time. I think the Jersey Dopefests are usually too far for most beyond Philly. I plan to keep hosting at least one each spring and I would like to organize a small Restaurant or Bar type get together a little further North in Jersey. I need to really get that going if it is going to happen. Would something similar in the Trenton area be of interest to any other Mid-Atlantic Dopers? I am glad you started this **GingerOfTheNorth**. It is a great idea. Hopefully they turn back on the group function, I think that is ideal for what you are trying to accomplish with this thread. Odd question, what region is New York considered part of? I always thought it was a Mid-Atlantic state rather than New England. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/25 "2008-10-12T22:48:51Z")
> [@dbygawdcapn](#): > > I would, considering that I’m only minutes away! (that is come to an event, NOT clean your house.) Yeah, I remember you!! You were one of the first 3 Dopers to visit my home! How the heck ya been?? ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/26 "2008-10-13T01:32:25Z")
Richmond VA ---
**Author:** ![slitterst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@slitterst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slitterst)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/27 "2008-10-13T12:10:05Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Odd question, what region is New York considered part of? I always thought it was a Mid-Atlantic state rather than New England. When I lived in NY State, we considered ourselves our own region. 🙂 We spent so much time telling folks that there is more to New York than just the city we developed our own identity. 🙂 Now I’m in Delaware. Thoroughly mid-Atlantic. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/28 "2008-10-13T15:15:08Z")
Delaware does not exist. As far as I’m concerned, you live in Elkton. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/29 "2008-10-13T15:29:02Z")
I am in Frederick, which might be considered “centrally located.” Or not. I hope to be flying out about 15 November. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/30 "2008-10-13T16:47:33Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > Delaware does not exist. As far as I’m concerned, you live in Elkton. 😛 Delaware DOES TOO exist. It has a decent travel place and a decent truck stop, which puts it a bit above New Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/31 "2008-10-13T16:51:27Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Delaware DOES TOO exist. It has a decent travel place and a decent truck stop, which puts it a bit above New Jersey. And a decent beach…I have a childhood loyalty to Rehoboth. (We used to vacation there when I was a kid) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/32 "2008-10-13T16:52:01Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Delaware DOES TOO exist. It has a decent travel place and a decent truck stop, which puts it a bit above New Jersey. And Google maps has now gotten fixes so that you don’t get directions to some place in _Germany_ when you really just want to go to Delaware! Northern VA here (the Zappa/Knig family). ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/33 "2008-10-13T17:10:04Z")
I live out in the boonies in PA - north of Philadelphia ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/34 "2008-10-13T17:35:19Z")
Word up from sunny SoWeVA.\* I’d love to attend a DopeFest if one ever happened within, say, three hours of here, but D.C., Charlotte, Maryland and Gettysburg seem to have all the fun. I’ve thought about organizing a Roanoke 'fest – plently of good places in town to do it – but I don’t know what kind of attendance I’d get. I still plan to set one up in upstate New York at some point, but that’s neither here nor there. Or rather, it’s not here, but it IS there…or it will be, if it ever happens. Bah. \*We don’t really call it that, but we should. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/35 "2008-10-13T17:39:10Z")
[Resolved: Delaware does not exist.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=677024) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/36 "2008-10-13T17:40:20Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Delaware DOES TOO exist. It has a decent travel place and a decent truck stop, which puts it a bit above New Jersey. Careful there, we have Cape May and AC and many other fine beaches. We are much closer to the major destination City without having to live there. We also have far better Italian food. Your state is pretty much just a toll booth on the way to better places. No one actually goes to Delaware do they? ETA: I forgot to include this guy 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/37 "2008-10-13T18:18:46Z")
Scuba\_Ben lives in Virginia, not this so-called Delaware. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/38 "2008-10-13T18:59:08Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > Resolved: Delaware does not exist. THEN WHERE THE HELL AM I? Fortunately I only work in a place that does not exist. I live in Philadelphia. ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/39 "2008-10-13T19:31:42Z")
I am in Damascus, MD. Don’t visit the SDMB as much as I used to. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495/40 "2008-10-13T22:00:34Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Careful there, we have Cape May and AC and many other fine beaches. The Jersey Shore, including Cape May and Atlantic City, are not part of New Jersey. New Jersey consists of two north-south-ish toll roads; everything east of the Garden State Parkway is a separate entity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-atlantic-dopers/467495.md?page=3)