Chandler

No reason for it, but here is a quick pop poll of the expat board to see where in the US the majority of us reside.

The poll is broken into the usual region classifications but I've seperated NY, FL, and CA because I suspect that these will be the most populated outright. Adding NY % to the Mid Atlantic % will give the true figure for that region, ditto for the others.

For what it's worth, I'm guessing the winner will be the South West.

Classifications

North East:
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

Mid Atlantic:
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington, DC, Maryland

The South:
Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and parts of Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma

Midwest:
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, parts of Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska and eastern Colorado

Southwest:
western Texas, parts of Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada

West:
western Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, California, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii

Englishmum

Ha ha ha!

Living in northern New Jersey, (18 miles west as the crow flies from lower Manhatten) I assumed I was living in the North East....but then I read your post and it seems that I live in the 'mid-Atlantic'....LOL!

I've clicked your poll for the wrong area....and I bet I won't be the only one

veryfunny

Since living here, there appears to be a lot more brits in/ around the SF bay.

clydegirl

South west Illinois -we go where the air force sends us.

Chandler

I have to admit to being astounded that CA is in the "West" and not considered South West like it's near neighbour AZ.

I presume this is due to the Americans disinterest in geography

Celsius

What's the deal with Missouri being both in the South and Midwest?



Celsius

meauxna

How much more West can you get on the continent?
Ever looked at the top part of California? Not too South, is it?
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Ozzidoc

Del Mar, San Diego...........love it!

Just Jenney

The Virginia state capital, Richmond, was the capital of the Confederacy, and having lived in Richmond for a few years now, I understand now why people consider it a Southern state. However, I grew up in Northern Virginian part of the DC Metro area, and that is definitely considered mid-Atlantic, NOT Southern. So I selected mid-Atlantic, and didn't realize Virginia was listed as a Southern state until after the fact.

This poll is misleading.

~ Jenney

cindyabs

Well considering the state runs almost the length of one side of the country, I think categorizing it as West is safest.

Chandler

fair point.

Seems like the South is running away with it (and that's without FL's help!). Do we have lots of Expat Pat Christians loving it up in the bible belt?

robskatie

That would put me mid-Atlantic I guess, unfortunately

Dimsie

I clicked on SW, but perhaps I should have chosen South ? Wonder which parts of Oklahoma are SW ? Panhandle is farthest west but also farthest north. I'm in the SW area of the state

edwords

I'm in Arizona and I clicked "west." I can drive to the Pacific Ocean in about five or six hours.

Lesley1020

Hee hee! Looks like it! Well I am off now to sit on my porch, drink some sweet tea and read my bible while chewing on some tobacco!