I realize it’s not as populous or well-known, but I’ve heard the junction of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin called “the tri-state area.” But only by local TV stations.
Hampton Roads… but better known as the Southside…
Austin is located in “Central Texas”, which seems to at least partially overlap the “Hill Country” to the west. Oddly, though, Central Texas is not the center of Texas. That point is near Eden, which is near Brady (which usually takes the credit), both of which are on the other side of the Hill Country, towards the Panhandle. Makes perfect sense, right?
Hey, neighbor! Why is that area collectively called “Hampton Roads”, anyway? (And isn’t it also called the “Tidewater”?)
Re: the OP, I just moved from a city in the “Big Bend” (TX) to the “Albemarle Region” (NC).
Lubbock, Texas and the outlying areas are usually referred to as “the South Plains.” At least, when I hear them referred to by TV weathermen and the like.
According to Look Magazine this is Hometown USA.
FTR the ‘Quad Cities’ exist is a junction of Iowa and Illinois that encompasses Clinton, Davenport, Moline and Rock Island. Nice area. There’s a good concert venue in Moline called “The Mark”. I had 8th row tix to Rush and Primus there once.
I live in the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area. Don’t let Weirddave or anyone try to tell you it’s Baltimore-Washington. That’s a sin.
Alternately, we’re all in the Mid-Atlantic. Sort of an ill-defined region encompassing Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, DC and North Carolina.
Hey, that’s why we’re the MAD’s! (Mid-Atlantic Dopers)
La région métropolitaine.
Valley of the Sun
Hey! I’m one of those 5 people from the ** Illiana ** area! 
(Yes, I ** do ** live between Danville and Covington!)
Don’t forget the Champaign-Urbana area of Chambana or Twin Cities.
And down in Southern Indiana, they refer to the Tri-State area as Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.
Damn, but it’s a small world, ain’t it?
St. Louis, MO and East St. Louis, IL are often referred to as the Bi-State area’. AL, GA, and the FL panhandle are also the ‘Tri-state region’.
Nope, the original line up (Davenport and Bettendorf, IA and Moline and Rock Island, IL) was correct. Clinton is a town of about 22k about 45 minutes up-river. I should know–I had the misfortune of living there for about 10 years.
I grew up in the tri-cities of St. Charles, Geneva, and Batavia, IL. As far as I know it’s the Greater Denver Metro Area.
The Canal Area
Keep dreaming, mountain boy. Balto/DC. Biggest city first, sewer pit second.
Da UP, eh!
That is, da UP as of last week. Before that, it was the “Front Range” of Colorado.
(The UP, of course, is the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. You know, that part that looks like it should belong to Wisconsin.
I grew up about 35 miles north of San Francisco. We were part of the Greater Bay Area, the fourth largest metro area the country, with a population of six million. We were also part of the North Bay, which means it was the boonies. Also, part of the Redwood Empire, a term that apparently applies to everything from Sonoma County to the Oregon border, and implies lots of very tall trees, foggy coastlines, and marijuana farms. Finally, we were part of the Wine Country, which means that after a hard day stomping on grapes, we liked to go home to our quaint cottages and compare Merlots and Zinfandels while eating crumbly cheese on fresh-baked bread (I learned this from TV!).
It all depends on which image you want to project.
Now I live in Southeastern Michigan. Go me.
I live not too far from Memphis, Tennessee. This area is referred to as the MidSouth.
I have family that have lived in two different areas of West Virginia – the Fayette Plateau, and the Kanawha Valley.
I’m from Montreal.
Smack in the middle of the Dead Zone.
(local economics joke)
My general area is the Mahoning Valley, named after the Mahoning river.