northeasterner
Upper Atlantic resident
A northeasterner is someone from the northeastern part of a region, most often the northeastern United States—the area roughly from Maine to Maryland.
The term carries associations with urban density, liberal politics, and certain cultural attitudes that contrast with other American regions: As a northeasterner, she found the slower pace of Southern life refreshing.
Pine Tree State
- VermontNortheastern state, small population
- New HampshireNortheastern state, smallest land
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
- Rhode IslandSmallest American state
Connecticut · Boston · lobster · clam chowder · Cape Cod · Martha's Vineyard · Nantucket · Acadia National Park
Dull or tactlessly direct
- brusqueAbrupt and dismissive
- fast-pacedMoving or changing quickly
- directUndeviating or to guide
- impatientUnwilling to wait
no-nonsense · ambitious · assertive · hardworking · cynical · opinionated · competitive · urban
Regional language variety
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- Boston accentNew England regional pronunciation
- New York accentRegional urban dialect marker
- Philly accentRegional Pennsylvania speech pattern
vernacular · regionalism · inflection · cadence · nasal · speech patterns · prosody · articulation
Northeastern metropolis and state
- New JerseyMid-Atlantic coastal state
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- PittsburghWestern Pennsylvania industrial city
Delaware · Maryland · cheesesteak · scrapple · shoofly pie · Amish · Pennsylvania Dutch · boardwalk
Maine
Pine Tree State
- VermontNortheastern state, small population
- New HampshireNortheastern state, smallest land
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
Rhode Island · Connecticut · Boston · lobster · clam chowder · Cape Cod · Martha's Vineyard · Nantucket · Acadia National Park · White Mountains
blunt
Dull or tactlessly direct
- brusqueAbrupt and dismissive
- fast-pacedMoving or changing quickly
- directUndeviating or to guide
impatient · no-nonsense · ambitious · assertive · hardworking · cynical · opinionated · competitive · urban · educated
dialect
Regional language variety
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- Boston accentNew England regional pronunciation
- New York accentRegional urban dialect marker
Philly accent · vernacular · regionalism · inflection · cadence · nasal · speech patterns · prosody · articulation
New York
Northeastern metropolis and state
- New JerseyMid-Atlantic coastal state
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
Pittsburgh · Delaware · Maryland · cheesesteak · scrapple · shoofly pie · Amish · Pennsylvania Dutch · boardwalk · Poconos
northeasternersouthwesterner
Person from that region
southerner · westerner · Californian · Texan · Arizonan
- northeastern FranceUpper right of hexagon
- Northeastern United StatesUpper Atlantic coastal region
- Northeastern U.S.Upper Atlantic coastal states
- Northeastern USUpper Atlantic coast states