[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Corey Balint

Eh, Rhode Island is on a parallel to NY.
CT is part of the Tri-State area, therefore since two-thirds of the tristate area is already in, and is also commonly called a Mid-Atlantic state, included they are.

I don't know from your elitist group, but Connecticut is definitely part of New England. Connecticut is not, and never has been "mid-Atlantic." You don't get to redefine geographical areas to suit your whim.

Of course, everything east of Denver is all pretty much the same...