# 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:** 3
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/41 "2006-04-21T21:44:00Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > I vary between indolent, manic and embittered. You must live on my street šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/42 "2006-04-21T21:46:54Z")
> [@jali](#): > > When I lived in NY it was **NY, NJ and Ct**. I assumed ā€œtri-stateā€ was a local term and was surprised to hear it when i travelled. (go ahead laugh) > > In Delaware it was **De., NJ, and Pa**. > > Now in Georgia itā€™s **Ga., Tn., and Al**. > Whatā€™s yours? CT, MA, NY We are the great thoroughfare between Boston and NYCā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/43 "2006-04-21T22:26:10Z")
We donā€™t use the term ā€˜tri-stateā€™. We donā€™t use any term. There arenā€™t enough states for it to be a common thing. If, however, you were to leave Sydney and drive hard for a day and a half or so, youā€™d get to a place called [Cameron Corner](http://www.outbacknsw.com.au/cameron_corner.htm), which is where New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia meet. Thereā€™s umā€¦ not much there. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/44 "2006-04-21T22:28:48Z")
University: WI / IA / IL Now: MN / WI / IA Brian ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/45 "2006-04-21T22:30:54Z")
Itā€™s not really called tri-state, but around here it would be New Mexico, Texas, and Chihuahua ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/46 "2006-04-21T23:07:23Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > For small values of ā€˜tri-ā€™. Yeah, not really anything else around New Orleans unless you want to count the Gulf. ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/47 "2006-04-21T23:50:39Z")
I used to work in the previously mentioned Ark-La-Tex, but currently reside in Cal-Neva-Ha. The former was commonly used, the latter less so, but Iā€™ve been in two completely unrelated national organizations with ā€œCal-Neva-Haā€ regions. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/48 "2006-04-22T01:25:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Los Angeles, San Diego, Inland Empire. > > No other state is near enough to matter. Bay Area, similar answer. Many forms around here donā€™t even have a space for state, which, having lived in NJ a few exits from PA on 95, I consider very odd. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/49 "2006-04-22T03:11:06Z")
When I lived in Charleston, it was WV-OH-KY. Now that Iā€™m in Morgantown, itā€™s WV-OH-PA. For my in-laws over in Martinsburg, itā€™s WV-MD-VA. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_O\_Malley\_s\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Mrs\_O\_Malley\_s\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_O_Malley_s_Cow)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/50 "2006-04-22T03:14:54Z")
> [@WVmom](#): > > When I lived in Charleston, it was WV-OH-KY. Now that Iā€™m in Morgantown, itā€™s WV-OH-PA. For my in-laws over in Martinsburg, itā€™s WV-MD-VA. For me, one of those. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/51 "2006-04-22T09:07:37Z")
Lebanon, Syria, Jordan. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/52 "2006-04-22T10:08:01Z")
N.D. , Minn. , S.D. Though South Dakota is a bit south of hereā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/53 "2006-04-22T12:02:29Z")
Mentioned already: when I grew up in Charleston, ā€œtri-stateā€ meant the WV-OH-KY area. I donā€™t hear the term tri-state here in Lexington very often, but if I do it usually refers to KY-OH-IN. A ā€˜tri-stateā€™ you want to avoid is VA-WV-KY :eek: That area is a nasty hole especially Grundy, VA. ---
**Author:** ![mrald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mrald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrald)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/54 "2006-04-22T12:22:16Z")
Depending on where in Arkansas you are fromā€¦ AR, LA TX or AR MO and OK ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/55 "2006-04-22T12:51:55Z")
MI-IN-OH. Not that the latter two are worth a bucket of spit. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/56 "2006-04-22T13:00:49Z")
Well, NSW is only a short (30 minute) drive from the Gold Coast, and about an hour from Brisbane. Thereā€™s not much reason to go there, though, now that X-rated porn is freely available up here and you canā€™t buy Fireworks in Tweed Heads anymore. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/57 "2006-04-22T18:59:27Z")
I always thought the only tri-state was NY-NJ-CT until I went to college. Out in Pittsburgh its PA-OH-WV. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/58 "2006-04-22T23:13:18Z")
KHQA Keokuk [IA]-Hannibal [MO] Quincy [IL] Area was the only tri-state are I was familiar with growing up. The first time heard the of NY-NJ-CT tri-state seemed wierd. ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/59 "2006-04-23T01:28:41Z")
In this part of N. FL it is FL, GA and AL. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647/60 "2006-04-23T08:03:05Z")
There are other states? (Said the native Californian). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tri-state-area/353647.md?page=4)