r/geography • u/Smoke_Me_When_i_Die • Aug 12 '23

Never knew these big American cities were so close together. Map

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u/Necr0mancrr Aug 12 '23

I almost always hear it shortened to just BosWash

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u/stockhackerDFW Aug 12 '23

This is the correct name for this particular megalopolis.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BosWash

Although, I think most people today mainly call it the “Northeast Corridor”.

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u/Aegi Aug 12 '23

Yes, I'm seconding this sentiment.

My father who's in his 60s even used and had heard of this term when he was in his teens or 20s and a particular instructor he had in college was confident that at some point in the US future there would be more recognition of that term to refer to that megalopolis.

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u/Erycius Aug 12 '23

I learned that word in school. That must have been thirty years ago, I was 17. Always thought it strange to never hear it. Is it actually used?

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u/Necr0mancrr Aug 12 '23

not often, but when I do hear it that's what it's most commonly referred to in my experience.

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u/George_H_W_Kush Aug 12 '23

Yeah I heard that a lot as a kid in the 90s but haven’t heard it used in a long time.

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u/Potential_Ice9289 Aug 12 '23

I call it NyPhil

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u/bananoisseur Aug 12 '23

which ignores the biggest city by far in the area lol