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Originally Posted by pj3000
Ok, but that eliminates a lot of what is actually the Northeast.
And there are definitely many cities within your described Northeast region that are undeniably “rust belt”.
Scranton, Reading, Schenectady, Allentown, Bethlehem, Harrisburg, Utica, Springfield, among others.
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Well there is the “northeast” broken up by state borders which would require all of Pennsylvania and New York to be northeast which certainly is a workable definition
However other than just an easy dividing of states like a company might use to organize its operations or sales territory there is also the regional northeast that’s a little more specific based on geography, culture and economics
I think much of upstate New York and interior Pennsylvania would not be “northeast” but the areas close to the Atlantic coast are. Likewise at this point I generally think of Maryland and DC to be the southern end of the northeast though back in the day they were considered southern and plenty of people in northern Virginia and Maryland would scoff at being called northeastern