# What's your tri-state area? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 21, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647 "2006-04-21T16:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/21 "2006-04-21T18:48:40Z")
New York, New Jersey, and either Connecticut or Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/22 "2006-04-21T19:03:31Z")
Until 6 years ago mine was NY/NJ/CT. Now there really isn’t a tri-state area where I am, the state is so damn big. I do hear reference to a tri-_county_ area around here every now and then though. That would be Lake, Mendocino, and Sonoma. (I live in Sonoma County.) ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/23 "2006-04-21T19:38:21Z")
When I was growing up it was MN-IA-WI Then I went to NE-IA-MO Now I live near the Hub of the Universe, so we don’t acknowledge other states. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/24 "2006-04-21T19:42:01Z")
The UK has a similar term, in “three counties”. [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Counties) claims that it’s Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, but [BBC Three Counties Radio](http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/local_radio/) covers somewhere else entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/25 "2006-04-21T19:53:16Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > When I lived in Memphis it was Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. In the old American Basketball Association, there was a team called the Memphis Tams, with “Tam” being an acronym for [Tennessee-Arkansas-Mississippi.](http://www.remembertheaba.com/Memphis-Tams.html). The Ohio-Indiana-Michigan area mentioned by **Antinor01** is the home of Tri-State University, which is in the Indiana town of Angola. The closest state boundary to Lafayette is the Illinois-Indiana line. If pressed to declare myself a resident of a tri-state area, I’d add Michigan to the mix, as I occasionally attend basketball games at Notre Dame and thus spend time in [Michiana.](http://www.poddys.com/michiana.htm) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/26 "2006-04-21T19:57:44Z")
> [@Edward The Head](#): > > There’s also WV, MD, and PA. And MD, PA, DE. And then there’s DelMarVa. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/27 "2006-04-21T19:58:06Z")
NY/NJ/CT centered on NYC or NJ/NY/PA centered on where I live. Speaking of which, Shameless Plug for a NJ DopeFest. > **[Jersey Area Dopers: Dopefest Saturday May 20th at 2pm.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=368245)** > > So, if there is an interest I am willing to host a Dopefest at my house as a Barbeque or help plan one out. I am convenient to two Parkway exits (of Course). Maybe we can figure out a weekend and gauge interest. I would hope to see people from NJ,... Jim ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/28 "2006-04-21T20:01:39Z")
> [@jali](#): > > In Delaware it was **De., NJ, and Pa**. Same for us in Philly (and close by). ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/29 "2006-04-21T20:16:53Z")
I was born near Columbus, Ohio where there is no “tri-state” area. Grew up in northeastern Kentucky where it was Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia (the news came out of Huntington). Lived in Lexington during college and Birmingham, Alabama next where there was no tri-state grouping. Now live in northwestern Kentucky where it is Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois (the news is out of Evansville). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/30 "2006-04-21T20:16:58Z")
Los Angeles, San Diego, Inland Empire. No other state is near enough to matter. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/31 "2006-04-21T20:31:00Z")
> [@jali](#): > > Now in Georgia it’s **Ga., Tn., and Al**. > > What’s yours? I’m in Georgia as well, but don’t have a “tri-state area”. Where I am located is 100 miles from Alabama, 120+ miles from Tennessee and North Carolina, 130 miles from South Carolina, and 230 miles from Florida. I feel cheated. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/32 "2006-04-21T20:33:06Z")
In Western PA its PA, OH, and NY. I don’t think Boston has a Tri-State area since it basically is at the intersection of four other states (NH, VT, ME, CT and RI) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/33 "2006-04-21T20:33:34Z")
I vary between indolent, manic and embittered. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/34 "2006-04-21T20:59:46Z")
I’m in two tri-state areas - since I’m about equidistant from New York and Philadelphia, I’m in both NJ, PA, DE and NJ, PA, NY. I feel special. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/35 "2006-04-21T21:10:01Z")
We don’t have a tri-state area, although if we did it might be GA, SC, and NC. We do have “the Carolinas”, however, which is a little silly because we have very little in common with the other one. We’re more like Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/36 "2006-04-21T21:12:56Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Los Angeles, San Diego, Inland Empire. > > No other state is near enough to matter. I’ve always heard Inland Empire on Couer D’Alene, Idaho, tv stations. Never anywhere else. Neato. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/37 "2006-04-21T21:13:00Z")
I used to live in Cincinnati, so of course that tri-state is Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana. But now where I am is almost closer to other countries than two other states. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/38 "2006-04-21T21:15:36Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > '83 - '88: LA/MS For small values of ‘tri-’. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/39 "2006-04-21T21:16:42Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Los Angeles, San Diego, Inland Empire. > > No other state is near enough to matter. I actually would have said LA, Inland Empire, Vegas. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/40 "2006-04-21T21:21:11Z")
Depends on your plans for the weekend, I guess. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647.md?page=3)