The Region

"The Region" - Noun (Proper)- Used to describe the handful of cities that border the city of Chicago, but lie within the state of Indiana, (Lake County).

The current usage of the term "The Region" stemmed from uneducated millennials' misunderstanding of the word 'region' Region, (meaning the general surrounding area), at some point made the leap from noun to proper noun, when individuals with poor vocabularies assumed "the region" was the name of a specific place being referenced, and not a word used to describe "the general nearby area" around Chicago. Now, the originally misunderstood usage of the term actually does reference Northwest Indiana. The phrase's popularity has drastically increased in recent years.

There was a Snapchat filter added, as well as a steady increase in google searches for the term.

Person living in Florida - "So where are you from?"
Person visiting from Northwest Indiana - "I'm from The Region."
Person living in Florida - "That's funny... it doesn't look like your pale ass is from around here."

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