The Region
Regional
- Meaning
- Northwest Indiana, especially Lake/Porter counties — the Chicago-adjacent industrial belt.
- Type
- Regionalism
- Used in
- Gary, Indiana
What does “The Region” mean
How residents of northwest Indiana refer to their own corner of the state — Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, Whiting, Valparaiso — distinct from the rest of Indiana and from Chicago itself. The label tracks the 219 area code and the old steel-mill economy; you're a 'Region Rat' if you grew up there.
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