<story><title>The eleven nations of the United States and their cultures</title><url>https://www.businessinsider.com/the-11-nations-of-the-united-states-2015-7</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>willis936</author><text>Upstate NY is not Yankeedom.  It is Greater Appalachia.&lt;p&gt;Also, many of the Midwest states are less Yankeedom and more Heartland.&lt;p&gt;Also, Dallas is Greater Appalachia and not Deep South yet Houston is Deep South and not New France?&lt;p&gt;Also, LA is El Norte and not the Left Coast?&lt;p&gt;Was this map based on 200 year old data?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>simonsarris</author><text>Yeah even the Nine Nations, from the 1980&amp;#x27;s, is more accurate, with better names (though I&amp;#x27;d like Ecotopia to be called Cascadia)&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;The_Nine_Nations_of_North_America&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;The_Nine_Nations_of_North_Amer...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The eleven nations of the United States and their cultures</title><url>https://www.businessinsider.com/the-11-nations-of-the-united-states-2015-7</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>willis936</author><text>Upstate NY is not Yankeedom.  It is Greater Appalachia.&lt;p&gt;Also, many of the Midwest states are less Yankeedom and more Heartland.&lt;p&gt;Also, Dallas is Greater Appalachia and not Deep South yet Houston is Deep South and not New France?&lt;p&gt;Also, LA is El Norte and not the Left Coast?&lt;p&gt;Was this map based on 200 year old data?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>joncp</author><text>Putting Upstate into one bucket is going to be problematic no matter what label you give it. The southern tier is definitely Appalachia, the eastern side is Yankeedom, and WNY is heartland.</text></comment>