Mid-Atlantic Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
region of the United States
About Mid-Atlantic
The Mid-Atlantic as a cultural region is largely a blending of the best of the cultural regions it borders:New England, theMidwest, theSouth, and the Canadian provinces ofOntarioandQuébec. Accordingly, individual states and especially cities have strong individual identities and locals are more likely to identify with a major subregion like the New York City tri-state area, the D.C. metropolitan area, rural Pennsylvania, Downstate New Jersey, etc., than to identify with the Mid-Atlantic as a whole. Because of the Mid-Atlantic region's significance and large urban centers that draw not only upon the regional populations, but across the nation as well, there is a higher population density (see theGet aroundsection). Three of the nation's top ten metropolitan areas are located here:New York,
Mid-Atlantic Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 12 sections including: