The official tumblr of amtrak — It measures what I arbitrarily decided are the...

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
gryphonablaze
amtrak-official

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My controversial but objectively correct map.

Green=Mid-Atlantic

Blue=Appalachian

Yellow=South

Red=Midwest

Orange=New England

Grey= Urban Areas

ag907

You and I have very different definitions of the color blue. That’s purple.

amtrak-official

It's a purpley blue

arcticfritillary

That is straight up grape soda purple

amtrak-official

This is a purpley blue

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floofe-trans-doggie

That's fucking ourple

amtrak-official

It's on the Blue section of the color wheel, not the purple

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would-we-be-friends-if-i

Its...not????


Also, why is there orange down below that segment?

prismatic-bell

Why is the “Midwest” on the fucking EASTER SEABOARD?

iamthespineofmybook

According to Wikipedia, this entire area is designated "the Midwest"

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I'm fairly sure none of that is actually on the eastern seaboard, being too far inland for that.

prismatic-bell

Check the top of New York. They’ve marked the whole of northwestern New York.

gryphonablaze

1 that’s blue violet blue 2 what specifically is this map measuring? Something about linguistics? Culture? Or is it meant to be just pure geography?

amtrak-official

It measures what I arbitrarily decided are the borders of various cultural regions in the eastern US