[bjtraut52]

We snowbird from Alaska and are 5000 miles northwest from the villages more west than north

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I consider anything north of Gainesville to be, "The Frozen Tundra".

[DonnaNi4os]

If they say they’re going “up north” they are likely from NJ

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

I would guess up north is referring to northern states.

yes, i use the term 'up north' when referring to Ct., aka former homestate

[Miekies]

Originally Posted by Carla B

I say "West" if going back to Wyoming. Then people say, "Oh, I've never met anyone from there." But I left there as a young adult because I couldn't tolerate the winter weather.

Where in Wyoming are you from? I'm from Cheyenne. Left when I was 18 because I wanted big city life, lol. We've been here a year in Florida

[VM32162]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

I would guess up north is referring to northern states.

We are driving “up north “ for Christmas in Ohio. My “home home” where I grew up is way up north to the northern point of MN.

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

In conversations with people, they seem to refer to any state other than Florida as “North”.

Well, realistically you can't go too far south, east, or west in Florida and call it home
unless you live on a boat.
Traveling north in Florida is the flood gates to the U.S.

[NoelleandRichard]

Hi Michael, we are snowflakes from Colorado! I always say we are going back to Colorado...but I was born and raised in Michigan. I had a bad habit of asking people if they were going "up north" when they were going to the mountains Here! To me it represented a vacation in norther Michigan....or a vacation in the mtns of Colorado! LOL

[cjrjck]

I think most native Floridians would consider "North" to be anywhere in the east north of Dixie. Maryland and Pennsylvania for instance. The upper Midwest would be included such as Illinois and Michigan. Anything west of the Mississippi is "West". Most southerners would call people from California, Oregon, and Washington "left coasters".

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by Romad

I was going to say 466, but with so many "down south" it probably is 466A now.

Maybe even 44.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by Boffin

North is the other side of the Mason Dixon line.

And for those unaware, the Mason-Dixon Line is a geographic divider created by men named Mason and Dixon. Essentially it is Maryland's upper border and Pennsylvania's lower border. While Maryland is, technically, in "The South" it is usually considered a northern state because it was a "free" state in the Civil War era. Washington D.C., Baltimore, and alllll of Virginia are below the Mason-Dixon Line. Take it from a guy raised 30 miles south of that line in the City of Spires.

[Bobro44]

It’s All Relative. We’re from the Detroit area and, like most friends here from Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc, we refer to back home as North or Up North. In Michigan when heading up into the northern part of the Lower Peninsula for summer cottages and winter skiing, we always said we were going Up North. Even more nuanced, a Detroit newspaper once polled readers and found the term most accurately applied to north of Clare, MI, a town in the middle of the state regarded as the lower range of Michigan’s snow belt.

[jayteadunn]

I was standing in a country grocery store in Vermont listening to two old timers talk about flatlanders. One man said to the other that he moved from the Colorado mountains to Vermont 20 years prior and was still considered a flatlander.

[JMintzer]

Being from MD, I always found it odd that people from New England consider us "Southerners" and people from the South consider us "Northerners"...

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Being from MD, I always found it od that people from New England consider us "Southerners" and people from the South consider us "Northerners"...

caught in the middle. . .

mid atlantickers just doesn't roll up the tongue well