Head on over to Boston and tell them that they’re in the NYC Metro area, I dare you. I want to watch.
Instead, split New England into Southern and Northern. Southern includes Mass, Rhode Island, Eastern Connecticut (the NYC Metro area is fine there), and south New Hampshire. Northern is everything else. Some may argue that Portland, Maine should be included in Southern, but I argue that while the culture has some similarities to Southern New England, it’s more similar to the rest of Maine. Go to a redneck party in Southern Maine and start talking about the Old Port. Pay attention to how many people have an opinion.
I’m not saying it would be called “the NYC metro area”. I’ve lived in Boston and I’ve lived in NYC and I think that while people in Boston would indeed object, the cultural differences are largely superficial. In my experience, Boston is more different from southern New Hampshire than it is from NYC.
Head on over to Boston and tell them that they’re in the NYC Metro area, I dare you. I want to watch.
Instead, split New England into Southern and Northern. Southern includes Mass, Rhode Island, Eastern Connecticut (the NYC Metro area is fine there), and south New Hampshire. Northern is everything else. Some may argue that Portland, Maine should be included in Southern, but I argue that while the culture has some similarities to Southern New England, it’s more similar to the rest of Maine. Go to a redneck party in Southern Maine and start talking about the Old Port. Pay attention to how many people have an opinion.
I’m not saying it would be called “the NYC metro area”. I’ve lived in Boston and I’ve lived in NYC and I think that while people in Boston would indeed object, the cultural differences are largely superficial. In my experience, Boston is more different from southern New Hampshire than it is from NYC.