Most Common Out-Of-State License Plates In Your Area That DON'T Border Your Stat

[hotdogPi]

In southeastern PA, I'd say I see a good number of New York plates (including NYC T&LC plates).

How hard is it to understand "does not border"?

[webny99]

In southeastern PA, I'd say I see a good number of New York plates (including NYC T&LC plates).

How hard is it to understand "does not border"?

From Philly, New York is "beyond Jersey".
From NYC, Pennsylvania is "beyond Jersey".

Therefore, many people on the East Coast either don't know or forget that NY and PA share a border.

[Eth]

In southeastern PA, I'd say I see a good number of New York plates (including NYC T&LC plates).

How hard is it to understand "does not border"?

From Philly, New York is "beyond Jersey".
From NYC, Pennsylvania is "beyond Jersey".

Therefore, many people on the East Coast either don't know or forget that NY and PA share a border.

...it's over 300 miles long.

That's like forgetting that Georgia and Alabama share a border.

[Flint1979]

In southeastern PA, I'd say I see a good number of New York plates (including NYC T&LC plates).

How hard is it to understand "does not border"?

From Philly, New York is "beyond Jersey".
From NYC, Pennsylvania is "beyond Jersey".

Therefore, many people on the East Coast either don't know or forget that NY and PA share a border.

...it's over 300 miles long.

That's like forgetting that Georgia and Alabama share a border.

Probably because NYC and Long Island residents somehow think that Upstate NY is another state.

[ethanhopkin14]

In southeastern PA, I'd say I see a good number of New York plates (including NYC T&LC plates).

How hard is it to understand "does not border"?

From Philly, New York is "beyond Jersey".
From NYC, Pennsylvania is "beyond Jersey".

Therefore, many people on the East Coast either don't know or forget that NY and PA share a border.

...it's over 300 miles long.

That's like forgetting that Georgia and Alabama share a border.

Probably because NYC and Long Island residents somehow think that Upstate NY is another state.

It's true.  No other state in the country has this stigma about it's biggest city being completely removed from the rest of the state it's in.  It's cultural and geographical, since New York squeezes down to contain New York City.

The closest would be Illinois, but there is no geographical reason Chicago is separate from the rest of Illinois.   

[debragga]

In southeastern PA, I'd say I see a good number of New York plates (including NYC T&LC plates).

How hard is it to understand "does not border"?

From Philly, New York is "beyond Jersey".
From NYC, Pennsylvania is "beyond Jersey".

Therefore, many people on the East Coast either don't know or forget that NY and PA share a border.

...it's over 300 miles long.

That's like forgetting that Georgia and Alabama share a border.

Probably because NYC and Long Island residents somehow think that Upstate NY is another state.

It's true.  No other state in the country has this stigma about it's biggest city being completely removed from the rest of the state it's in.  It's cultural and geographical, since New York squeezes down to contain New York City.

The closest would be Illinois, but there is no geographical reason Chicago is separate from the rest of Illinois.

I've similar remarks about Austin in Texas and New Orleans in Louisiana

[WarrenWallace]

Probably because NYC and Long Island residents somehow think that Upstate NY is another state.

The famous image from the New Yorker:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/new-yorker-march-29-1976-saul-steinberg.html?product=poster

[kphoger]

Nobody in Austin forgets that Texas shares a border with Arkansas, though.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I'm sure not very many Minnesotans realize MN and MI share water, because the Lower Peninsula feels like a world away from here.

[kphoger]

I'm sure not very many Minnesotans realize MN and MI share water, because the Lower Peninsula feels like a world away from here.

NYC : Pennsylvania :: Detroit : Wisconsin   

[ethanhopkin14]

Nobody in Austin forgets that Texas shares a border with Arkansas, though.

You'd be surprised.  They can't see that far because their nose is so high in the air. 

[1995hoo]

Probably because NYC and Long Island residents somehow think that Upstate NY is another state.

The famous image from the New Yorker:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/new-yorker-march-29-1976-saul-steinberg.html?product=poster

My parents had that cover as a poster when I was a kid and I always liked the portrayal of Jersey as a strip of dirt.

[webny99]

NYC : Pennsylvania :: Detroit : Wisconsin   

Probably, yes. Lake Michigan plays the same role as New Jersey.

...it's over 300 miles long.

That's like forgetting that Georgia and Alabama share a border.

That's what you'd think, but it's a bit different because of New Jersey's location.
Imagine if there was a state wedged in between Birmingham and Atlanta. Then it would be more comparable.

[webny99]

Nobody in Austin forgets that Texas shares a border with Arkansas, though.

Only because they can't forget something they never knew.

[kphoger]

Nobody in Austin forgets that Texas shares a border with Arkansas, though.

Only because they can't forget something they never knew.

If I were near a drum set, I'd play a cymbal crash.   

[mgk920]

In southeastern PA, I'd say I see a good number of New York plates (including NYC T&LC plates).

How hard is it to understand "does not border"?

From Philly, New York is "beyond Jersey".
From NYC, Pennsylvania is "beyond Jersey".

Therefore, many people on the East Coast either don't know or forget that NY and PA share a border.

Or like people in Milwaukee thinking that Michigan is this place that is out of sight across this big freshwater lake, and vice-versa.

Mike

[dgolub]

In southeastern PA, I'd say I see a good number of New York plates (including NYC T&LC plates).

How hard is it to understand "does not border"?

From Philly, New York is "beyond Jersey".
From NYC, Pennsylvania is "beyond Jersey".

Therefore, many people on the East Coast either don't know or forget that NY and PA share a border.

This.  From NYC/LI, if you're going to Pennsylvania, you almost always will go through New Jersey to get there.  If you're going to Massachusetts, you almost always go through Connecticut (and usually Rhode Island) to get there.  Even if direct connections to PA and MA exist, they're not useful for the places that we're usually going in those states.

[Scott5114]

You smell something, Rabbit?

Fear.

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[NWI_Irish96]

Just got back from vacation in Colorado and it was Texas by a lot.

[Road Hog]

Just got back from vacation in Colorado and it was Texas by a pot.

FTFY

[Gnutella]

Just got back from vacation in Colorado and it was Texas by a lot.

I bet everybody in Colorado knew that their state shares a border with Oklahoma.

[Ben114]

When I was away in Maine, I saw a lot of New York and New Jersey plates.

[ThatRandomOshawott]

Over here in Western Kentucky, the more common ones are Wisconsin, Michigan, and Arkansas.

[kphoger]

I bet everybody in Colorado knew that their state shares a border with Oklahoma.

If it weren't for I-44, the Oklahoma/Missouri border would be equally unknown.

[Flint1979]

I just saw an extremely rare license plate on WB M-58 in Saginaw. It was a license plate from Hawaii.