Names for metropolitan areas

[KEVIN_224]

If you take a map of Southern Ontario and rotate it 90º clockwise, you'll see it's shaped like an elephant.

That's why Owen Sound is referred to as "The Elephant's Bunghole." 

Maybe? I suck at drawing!

[Landshark]

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia = Puget Sound Area
Greater Vancouver, BC = Lower Mainland

[cpzilliacus]

If you take a map of Southern Ontario and rotate it 90º clockwise, you'll see it's shaped like an elephant.

That's why Owen Sound is referred to as "The Elephant's Bunghole." 

What is considered Cottage Country in Ontario?

I've heard it mentioned on TV weather reports in Toronto, but they presume that the audience knows where Cottage Country is. 

Wikipedia has a Cottage Country entry here, but it make reference to three different parts of Ontario. 

Is that really correct?

[empirestate]

What is considered Cottage Country in Ontario?

I've heard it mentioned on TV weather reports in Toronto, but they presume that the audience knows where Cottage Country is. 

Wikipedia has a Cottage Country entry here, but it make reference to three different parts of Ontario. 

Is that really correct?

If I were to guess the meaning, I'd come up with exactly what Wikipedia describes; seems pretty straightforward to me. It's what in the States would be called a resort area, as the Catskills or Poconos would be to NYC.

[Desert Man]

Riverside and its surrounding municipalities are known as the Inland Empire. 

the suburban area west of Burbank is known as the San Fernando Valley, or just "the Valley".

east of downtown San Diego is known as "east county", and north of San Diego is "north county", but these also encompass rural areas.

between San Jose and San Diego on 101 is Silicon Valley, and the corresponding region near Boston is called Route 128 (not I-95!).

Silicon Valley is located between San Francisco and San Jose, while the section of coast between SJ or Salinas and Santa Maria or Santa Barbara is called the "Central Coast Kingdom" and from there to SD is the "Southland" represented Southern California.

L.A. is known as "La-La-Land" and "the Big Orange", but was nicknamed "Los Anglos" when the city was portrayed as a bastion of WASP's in the mid 20th century.

Palm Springs and Palm Desert shared the titles of "Golf capital of America", "the Playground of Presidents" and "Heaven's waiting room" due to the large retiree population, while my hometown Indio Cal. is "the Hub of the Valley".

[djsinco]

Mike D Boy,

All you spoke is true, but in your profile, you list "Sou Cal," which is a new one on me. I have of course, heard of SoCal, but never Sou Cal...

[xcellntbuy]

The western crescent shape of land around Lake Ontario in Canada is referred to as the Golden Horseshoe.

[kphoger]

Mike D Boy,

All you spoke is true, but in your profile, you list "Sou Cal," which is a new one on me. I have of course, heard of SoCal, but never Sou Cal...

[AsphaltPlanet]

If you take a map of Southern Ontario and rotate it 90º clockwise, you'll see it's shaped like an elephant.

That's why Owen Sound is referred to as "The Elephant's Bunghole." 

What is considered Cottage Country in Ontario?

I've heard it mentioned on TV weather reports in Toronto, but they presume that the audience knows where Cottage Country is. 

Wikipedia has a Cottage Country entry here, but it make reference to three different parts of Ontario. 

Is that really correct?

Cottage country is a vague term in Ontario.  Wikipedia may list three different areas, but all three areas are really just a large swath of land to the north and east of Toronto.

I've always figured that Ontario looked like a fish, not an elephant.

[Alps]

Mike D Boy,

All you spoke is true, but in your profile, you list "Sou Cal," which is a new one on me. I have of course, heard of SoCal, but never Sou Cal...