Are DC, Maryland, and Delaware in the Northeast or the South?

[AGA]

The US Census Bureau states that they are in the South, but many believe that they fit better in the Northeast. What region should they be in?

[Goldwater]

I consider them part of the Mid-Atlantic, which I guess is more Northeast than South.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

I consider them part of the Mid-Atlantic, which is more Northeast than South.

[Illiniwek]

I consider them part of the Mid-Atlantic, which I guess is more Northeast than South.

[muon2]

The Census set up categories long ago for statistical purposes. State demographics may change making them more like regions other than their initial assignment. However, the time series of the Census statistics would be rendered obsolete if the states were shifted. so they stay where they are.

[RINO Tom]

I consider them part of the Mid-Atlantic, which is more Northeast than South.

[Xing]

I consider them part of the Mid-Atlantic, which is more Northeast than South.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

The Big 10 would have you believe its part of the Midwest

[Cubby]

They are below the Mason-Dixon line. They will always be Southern states.

Why does everyone think they're Northeastern, because they've been safe Dem since 1992? Because they're part of the I-95 corridor? None of those things matter, all that matters is whether slavery was legal there in 1860. Otherwise we'd be changing regional definitions every 5 years. The Mason-Dixon line is like the San Andreas Fault of the East.

[pikachu]

They're all Northeastern states imo.

They are below the Mason-Dixon line. They will always be Southern states.

Why does everyone think they're Northeastern, because they've been safe Dem since 1992? Because they're part of the I-95 corridor? None of those things matter, all that matters is whether slavery was legal there in 1860. Otherwise we'd be changing regional definitions every 5 years. The Mason-Dixon line is like the San Andreas Fault of the East.

Being on I-95, Acela, safe Dem since 1992, colleges generally being in Northeastern conferences, Baltimore and Washington not really following the development arc of Southern cities, Delaware pretty much just being a suburb of Philadelphia, density of a Northeastern state, they weren't part of the Confederacy, not really part of the Solid South, etc.

[Cubby]

They're all Northeastern states imo.

Being on I-95, Acela, safe Dem since 1992, colleges generally being in Northeastern conferences, Baltimore and Washington not really following the development arc of Southern cities, Delaware pretty much just being a suburb of Philadelphia, density of a Northeastern state, they weren't part of the Confederacy, not really part of the Solid South, etc.

The lack of forests in DE/MD (east of Hagerstown anyway) makes them Southern. Also the wide open fields. There are so many variables to choose from.

[Goldwater]

They're all Northeastern states imo.

Being on I-95, Acela, safe Dem since 1992, colleges generally being in Northeastern conferences, Baltimore and Washington not really following the development arc of Southern cities, Delaware pretty much just being a suburb of Philadelphia, density of a Northeastern state, they weren't part of the Confederacy, not really part of the Solid South, etc.

The lack of forests in DE/MD (east of Hagerstown anyway) makes them Southern. Also the wide open fields. There are so many variables to choose from.

Wait, the south lacks forests?

[Mr. Smith]

Voted for Dewey over Truman, have stupid fast-talking accents instead of good, smooth-like molasses ones, never joined the Confederacy, no random billboards with Bible verses, and the development is off.

Oh no, everything except the Frostburg part of Maryland is culturally durnyankee country.

[DINGO Joe]

Clearly part of the NE as it all floats out to sea thanks to global warming

[Mr. Smith]

They're all Northeastern states imo.

Being on I-95, Acela, safe Dem since 1992, colleges generally being in Northeastern conferences, Baltimore and Washington not really following the development arc of Southern cities, Delaware pretty much just being a suburb of Philadelphia, density of a Northeastern state, they weren't part of the Confederacy, not really part of the Solid South, etc.

The lack of forests in DE/MD (east of Hagerstown anyway) makes them Southern. Also the wide open fields. There are so many variables to choose from.

Wait, the south lacks forests?

Don't worry, it's been McQueened for topography fail.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I consider them part of the Mid-Atlantic, which I guess is more Northeast than South.

As any serious student of wrestling history could tell you, the Mid Atlantic states are Virginia and the Carolinas. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[ElectionsGuy]

I consider them part of the Mid-Atlantic, which is more Northeast than South.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

South geographically, but it's more divided culturally.

[Mr. Smith]

South geographically, but it's more divided culturally.

Even that's dubious given how flatland Maryland, Delaware, and DC all usually freeze in the winter, whereas the flat South is supposed to rival Not-Sierra California and Hawaii for most disappointingly warm winters.

They are also far less muggy, another characteristic of The South.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

South geographically, but it's more divided culturally.

Even that's dubious given how flatland Maryland, Delaware, and DC all usually freeze in the winter, whereas the flat South is supposed to rival Not-Sierra California and Hawaii for most disappointingly warm winters.

They are also far less muggy, another characteristic of The South.

Well they are part of the Upper South, which is still part of the South, no?

[Gass3268]

Northeastern, with some southern aspects.

Virginia however is southern, with some northeastern aspects.

[Leinad]

They're all Northeastern states imo.

Being on I-95, Acela, safe Dem since 1992, colleges generally being in Northeastern conferences, Baltimore and Washington not really following the development arc of Southern cities, Delaware pretty much just being a suburb of Philadelphia, density of a Northeastern state, they weren't part of the Confederacy, not really part of the Solid South, etc.

The lack of forests in DE/MD (east of Hagerstown anyway) makes them Southern. Also the wide open fields. There are so many variables to choose from.

Wait, the south lacks forests?

Yeah, all of these trees outside my house are leftover props from the local community theatre set up as such to confuse northerners.

[Senator-elect Spark]

NE

[Human]

DC is in the south

MD and DE are mid-Atlantic

[Antonio the Sixth]

Northeast.