# Poll: What Standard Federal Region do you live in?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 22, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202 "2020-09-22T04:06:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/21 "2020-09-28T22:16:52Z")

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If you look at the [map from the OP link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#/media/File:USFederalRegions.svg), though, Wyoming is dead center of the six states in Region VIII.

I was also trying to give somewhat amusing names to the regions. Sue me. The state list for each region is in the OP.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/22 "2020-09-28T22:37:36Z")

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Amusing is fine. But I still don’t get Massaginia.

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/23 "2020-09-28T22:43:39Z")

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I posted upthread that I should have named it Pennsylginia.

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**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/24 "2020-09-28T23:01:53Z")

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> [@squeegee](#):
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> I was also trying to give somewhat amusing names to the regions. Sue me. The state list for each region is in the OP.

Fair enough (although I will question what’s amusing about “southeast”). It wasn’t entirely clear you were going for amusing, though. Maybe you _should_ have called Region VI “Greater Arkansas.” 🙂

In any event, there is a perfectly cromulent name already for Region I: New England.

While I suppose “Maine-ish” is funnier, you have to realize that as far as the rest of New England is concerned, Maine (especially the rural areas) is like our [Cousin Eddie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/characters/nm0001642). 😉

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/25 "2020-09-28T23:35:49Z")

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> [@robby](#):
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> In any event, there is a perfectly cromulent name already for Region I: New England.

Fair, but I probably would have kept the goofy theme and gone with Nwingland.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/26 "2020-09-29T00:58:15Z")

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Sorry, missed it.

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**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202/27 "2020-09-29T01:57:59Z")

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> [@squeegee](#):
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> Fair, but I probably would have kept the goofy theme and gone with Nwingland.

That works. 👌

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