When you hear “the tri-state area,” what area do you think of?

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1. Jersey, New York, Connecticut, but in South Jersey it’s jersey, Delaware, Penn. I don’t know though

2. New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

3. NY, NJ, CT

   alternatively the fictional one from Phineas & Ferb.

4. New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, I think. It’s in reference to the states that are partially covered by the by the NYC metro area.

5. That’s NY, NJ & CT, right? I really only hear it on TV, it’s not something that comes up around here

6. Maine borders one state… this is an impossibility.

   I think if I had to pick one tri state area it would be the OH, KY, IN one just because that’s what I heard growing up.

7. I honestly don’t think of an area. it’s just a term I hear from time to time

8. Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana.

   Or more specifically, the Tri-State Tollway.

9. Even more ambiguous is the tri county area.

10. Wherever it was that Phineas and Ferb lived.

11. Phineas and Ferb

12. NY, NJ, CT
    PA, MD, WV
    Del Mar va

13. Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana, but only because :tri state” reminds me of the tri state tornado back in the early 1900s that went through that area. I live on the west coast btw

14. I always thought nj/ny/pa because half of nj was nyc suburb and the other half was Philadelphia suburb. Took me until high school to realize Connecticut was the other 3rd. Made sense but no sense given they’re also part of New England, but whatever

15. Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

16. OH, KY, and IN

17. IL, Missouri, Iowa

18. NY, NJ, CT

19. Hum, I think Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas, Joplin Mo basically.

20. I always think of NJ, NY, PA.

    I grew up in north NJ.

21. Laughlin, Nevada; Bullhead City, Arizona; Needles, California

22. New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania.

    I love how many comments there are for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. But I was a child of Central Jersey. It’s telling how much of an impact my experiences had on my understanding of the phrase “tri-state area.” “The City,” was by default New York, but could mean Philadelphia given the right context. I had one set of grandparents in New York State, and the other set in Pennsylvania. NJ-NY-PA just makes sense to me. These were the three flavors of the Neapolitan mix of states that occupied my childhood world.

23. 🎶 Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated. 🎵

24. Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota. Basically all of sioux city.

25. Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska

26. Texas Louisiana, Arkansas

27. Illinois, Iowa and Missouri.

28. PA, NJ, DE

29. NY, NJ, and PA (this comes from someone who grew up in NJ)

30. Chicago area for us, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana.

31. We have a designated tri state area in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, otherwise known as Delmarva.

32. Heinz Doofenschmirtz (I probably spelled it wrong)

33. 104 days of summer vacation

34. Idaho/Oregon/Washington

35. Ohio, West Virginia & Pennsylvania.

    I live in the northern panhandle of WV in the Ohio Valley so I constantly hear the phrase tri-state area. I can drive 10 minutes down the road to be in Ohio or Pennsylvania.

36. California/Arizona/Nevada

37. Being right in the middle of NJ, there are three possibilities:

    * NJ, NY, and CT
    * NJ, NY, and PA
    * NJ, PA, and DE

    #1 and #3 are most common, unsurprisingly based on whether it’s the New York or Philadelphia area.

38. Ohio

39. New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania

40. NY NJ PA, I’ve never heard tri-state used to describe any other three states but I looked it up on Wikipedia. TIL.