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On 1/23/2025 7:51 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>> the whole tri-state area
> 
> Is there only one such area? I've heard the term before and
> just assumed that people close to any point where 3 states
> come together at a point would locally call that 'the try-state area'.

When I tell people where I am, I usually say "right next to the tip of 
the West Virginia pan handle", to make it easy to visualize on a map. 
(Alternatively: "an hour from Pittsburgh".)  Since I'm less than a 10 
minute drive from both Ohio and Pennsylvania, I reference "the tri-state 
area" frequently.