areas in the tri state area with inexpensive land and housing where survival would be possible

and the nearby parts of Maryland and Virginia is sometimes loosely referred to as a 'tri-state area,' although the District of Columbia is not a state.

The area that includes Washington, D.C.

The Chattanooga, Tennessee, tri-state area includes portions of Alabama and Georgia.

The La Crosse, Wisconsin, tri-state area includes La Crosse and Onalaska in Wisconsin La Crescent, Hokah, and Brownsville in Minnesota and New Albin and Lansing in Iowa.

The Dubuque, Iowa tri-state area spills over into Illinois and Wisconsin.The Greater Memphis area or Mid-South, includes West Tennessee, Northwest Mississippi, and the Arkansas delta.The Tri-State Tollway connects Illinois' portion of Chicagoland with Northwest Indiana and southeast Wisconsin. Parts of southwest Michigan in the Michiana region are also culturally tied to Chicago. The Chicago tri-state area, or Chicagoland, includes northeast Illinois, Northwest Indiana, and southeast Wisconsin.The Minisink Valley tri-state region, which covers Orange County, New York Sussex County, New Jersey and Pike County, Pennsylvania.The Erie, Pennsylvania, tri-state area includes portions of New York and Ohio.The Pittsburgh tri-state area, covering parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.The Providence metropolitan area covers nearly all of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts though Connecticut is not included in any official definitions of the metropolitan area, three of Rhode Island's five counties border Connecticut.The Greater Boston metropolitan area, which covers parts of the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.The Cincinnati metropolitan area, including Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.

The Philadelphia metropolitan area, which covers parts of the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware while also including a portion of Maryland's eastern shore.See New York metropolitan area, which sometimes includes part of Pennsylvania as a fourth state. The area surrounding New York City, which includes parts of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Areas in the tri state area with inexpensive land and housing where survival would be possible