What part of the country are you from?

[Perky]

Some small gaps here but I only had ten fields to play with.

[H2O Man]

1. Other n/t

[babylonsister]

2. From, or live in? nt

[Perky]

3. Live in

[terrya]

4. Midwestener here

Born and raised in Illinois. Currently live in Chicago.

[devilgrrl]

5. What's the Rust Belt?

eom

[hedgehog]

24. It's a hard area to describe,.

It includes areas ringing the Great Lakes. There is a lot of heavy industry, but enough small family farms around that a lot of people are big into hunting. You may live in an urban area and have a camp on a lake or on the lake. There is a big "ethnic" population as well.
Since the mid-70's, this area has been going though hard times. We never saw prosperity under Reagan or Clinton, but we get by. Too many of our collage grads have to leave to find work elsewhere.

[mod mom]

25. a derogatory term.

[baldguy]

28. bingo

Like calling the Gulf Coast "Cancer Alley" because they get too much sun.

[devilgrrl]

33. You damn right it is!

:grr::mad::grr:

[sufrommich]

42. It certainly is.nt

[Le Taz Hot]

6. My area isn't listed.

We're neither Northern California or Southern California, we're Central California and yes there is a big difference.

[Perky]

7. I agree... and I am sorry....

but I was limited to ten options.

[notadmblnd]

34. How about Great Lakes area?

[sufrommich]

43. I think that's "the rust belt".

[FourScore]

13. True. But for the sake of simplicity

I'd go with Northern...it's more hip.

[rucky]

18. SLO is the cutoff. n/t

[stimbox]

19. If Santa Cruz is the dividing line.

Fresno would be SoCal.

[Autumn Colors]

8. Originally from NY state, now live in New England (nm)

[pampango]

9. Checked Midwest, but we are part of the Rust Belt, too. n/t

[rucky]

44. Howdy, neighbor!

:hi:

[bdamomma]

10. why not include other countries or ex pats.

[Perky]

11. Limited to ten options

sorry.

[bdamomma]

15. thanks for explaining.

[helderheid]

12. Utah

[Perky]

40. lol there are only three Dems in the enire state

[helderheid]

45. sometimes it feels that way! SLC is VERY progressive though

[NOLALady]

14. I am from New Orleans.

I live about 45 minutes away from the city.

[SunDrop23]

16. NC

[ceile]

17. TX n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

20. Alaska

which I suppose is VERY Pacific Northwest.

[hedgehog]

21. Yea! The Rust Belt finally gets recognized.

I'm not really a New Englander and I have more in common with someone from Chicago or Cleveland than I do with someone from NYC. I think NYC deserves a section all its own, too.

[Perky]

48. So does the San Francisco area but they only give you

10 slots

[mnhtnbb]

22. Live in the South. Born in NYC and have in lived in Northeast,

Southern California, and the Farm Belt. I consider myself "from" New York.

[mod mom]

23. Ok having lived in Cincinnati I can attest to the fact that while Ohio is midwestern

Cincinnati is definitely a southern city. I don't understand your criteria for labeling.

[baldguy]

26. I'm from the Great Lakes

[ChickMagic]

27. If they gave the earth an enema

They'd give it to Texas. And I'm 9th generation Texan.

[Initech]

29. So Cal represent!

[Romulox]

30. "Midwest" is a stupid label. Michigan has nothing in common with Nebraska. nt

[harun]

38. Nebraska is part of the farm belt according to the descriptions (n/t)

[Romulox]

39. The OP's classifications are not the conventional ones...nt

[bobthedrummer]

31. Wisconsin eom

[Swamp Rat]

32. OTHER: New Orleans is south of the South

We are the northernmost tip of the Caribbean, and only speak English because we were forced to at gunpoint.

[nonconformist]

35. Detroit Metro Area

Normally classified as the Midwest, but I think on your poll classified as "the Rust Belt"

[piedmont]

36. Did you leave Louisianna out of the South? nt

[Quantess]

37. Thanks for having more than just: The West

I'm pleased that an easterner cares to distinguish the regions west of the Rockies. :)

[bigwillq]

41. New England (nt)

[Perky]

46. kicking for more responses

[Perky]

47. The results are interesting but the sample is still small let's shoot for 300

[RebelSansCause]

49. NYC is an area unto itself, but let's hear it for the Northeast n/t

[tyedyeto]

50. Living in AZ.......

but my heart is near Yosemite, where I lived for 25 years before moving to the desert.

I love it here, but there's something about those tall trees, forest streams and snow covered mountains that I could see from my backyard, that I just can't get out of my system.

[scarletwoman]

51. I guess I must be in Canada then, because I live north of the Twin Cities. (nt)

[supernova]

52. So can we stop repeating the lie The South has few progressives

or that we southern progressives are some sort of rare species, since The South is the largest chunk of this poll.

[supernova]

53. Dupe