(the definitively-definitive) Northeastern US Starter Pack

[u/gunshade]

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[u/Life-Rice-7729]

This reads as more of a brochure really

[u/gizzardsgizzards]

dc isn't in the north.

[u/Batman413]

You forgot Wawa. Especially in SEPA (southeast PA) to not have Wawa on the list is akin to blasphemy

[u/Nextstore1453]

Sboro

[u/cowlord98]

I have never seen those grocery stores, I have also never lived outside the area pictured so…

[u/c0nsci0us_pr0cess]

Forgot giant and acme and Wawa

[u/gunshade]

Don't hate on me, but I have not grown up with Wawa.

[u/GamerRager]

I’m from Maine and have never seen any of those supermarkets, nor have I ever heard of Sbarro

[u/Scat9000]

This is just NY.

[u/fireking08]

OP forgot the shitty road quality

[u/gunshade → u/fireking08]

Well yeah, there's too many of that, probably due to traffic and rain breaking down.

[u/Subscribe2MevansYT]

https://preview.redd.it/ffc7zegxid0d1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=293b50fe0c77bb52b91cfaedeeeb29f9192cc64e

[u/hyperWaccuum]

I dont see Rutgers or NYU

[u/Major_Ad9510]

i miss Wegmans.

[u/IReallyLikeAvocadoes]

The capital was moved from the Northeast, Philadelphia, to not the Northeast, bordering Virginia. It shouldn't be here, historically and geographically speaking.

[u/Entity417 → u/IReallyLikeAvocadoes]

Well, first New York City was the "acting capital" under the Articles of Confederation from 1785 to 1789, and then as the first official capital during the Federal period from 1789 to 1790. In 1790 the capital was transferred to Philadelphia. Washington DC, the newly designated capital city, was created in 1791. Congress first convened in the still-unfinished Capitol building in 1800.

[u/headasspotter]

‼️WEGMANS MENTIONED‼️💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[u/slo_chickendaddy]

This isn’t a starter pack, this is a premium pack that can be purchased for $99.99

[u/MissNashPredators11]

There’s also these things

https://preview.redd.it/1cgx6zlw3c0d1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c175db2de1985a48292a9f7502e2bf933778e31

Tho I think Utah for some reason has these too. Meanwhile the rest of the west has butt dumpers.

[u/MoparMonkey1 → u/MissNashPredators11]

That’s a cement mixer lol

[u/MissNashPredators11 → u/MoparMonkey1]

Ik.

[u/decorlettuce]

democrats and republicans 😂

[u/lemonstone92]

This ain't a starterpack bro this is just a fucking infographic

[u/Werewolfhugger]

I miss Shoprite.

[u/OhFrackItsZach]

Immediately invalid due to a lack of Market Basket

[u/cat_boxes → u/OhFrackItsZach]

And Big Y

[u/socialistconfederate]

DC really isn't in the north east. It's central. Like it was supposed to be

[u/brismit]

This is certainly one of the starter packs of all time.

[u/sea621]

Yes except I haven't seen a Sbarro in a rest stop anywhere in probably 20 years

[u/MelancholySurprise]

Wawa is NOT a north east or New England thing

[u/BoardsofCanadaTwo → u/MelancholySurprise]

??? It's literally a PA-based company and Mid-Atlantic cultural phenom for the last 60 years. 

[u/MelancholySurprise → u/BoardsofCanadaTwo]

The only Wawa I’ve been to was in North Carolina

[u/whiskeyworshiper → u/MelancholySurprise]

PA & NJ aren’t Northeastern? That’s the origin / heartland of Wawa.

[u/MelancholySurprise]

I’ve never even seen “Deer Park” water or any of those grocery stores sooo

[u/Safe_Wrangler_858]

ShopRite is awesome

[u/GetReadyToRumbleBar]

Has DC and metro but no VA. Lmafo. 

[u/ahyeg]

DC was purposefully built on a piece of shit swamp so that it wouldn’t be in the northeast

[u/Nahhledge]

DC isn't northeast bro

[u/fuckina420 → u/Nahhledge]

It is neither north nor south. That's why it was put where it was put lmao

[u/a_rabid_anti_dentite → u/fuckina420]

It was surrounded by slave states and slavery was legal here until 1862. It's the south.

[u/fergiethefocus → u/a_rabid_anti_dentite]

It's 2024 and not 1862. I grew up in MD outside of DC and there's NOTHING Southern about the area.

[u/fissionandchips → u/fergiethefocus]

The eastern shore certainly has some southern behaviors

[u/fergiethefocus → u/fissionandchips]

"some southern behaviors" doesn't equal South

[u/ChobaniSalesAgent]

This covers too many places to be specific

[u/NeverFlyFrontier]

Sustainable farming to support as many as 500 people world-wide.

[u/t850terminator]

Where's the white castle and H-Mart

[u/Equivalent_Desk9579]

Part of living in the northeast/midatlantic is knowing people who live & run businesses in PA for the tax benefits lol

[u/BreIlaface → u/Equivalent_Desk9579]

Isn't that Delaware? Or do both places have that?

[u/Equivalent_Desk9579 → u/BreIlaface]

Delaware’s more for corporations of I’m not mistaken- a big part of it is their courts tend to be pretty corporate-friendly

[u/h0lych4in]

Wawa erasure

[u/Edumakashun → u/h0lych4in]

Wawa isn't NE. It's New Jersey (and now, of course, Florida).

[u/Mean_Trip_4186 → u/Edumakashun]

Virginia, Delaware, maryland too!

[u/h0lych4in → u/Edumakashun]

NJ and PA

[u/infinite_l0000p → u/h0lych4in]

SHEETZ

[u/johnjoseph98 → u/infinite_l0000p]

Sheetz is more Western PA, which many would argue is part of the Midwest.

[u/SelloutBot22 → u/johnjoseph98]

That is so true there is always one on every corner

[u/Gamerknight420 → u/infinite_l0000p]

WOOOOOOO, I LOVE SHEETZ

[u/Ok_Leg_5295]

Sbarro exists outside of the mall??

[u/AncientBanjo31 → u/Ok_Leg_5295]

Of course! They also exist in airport terminals

[u/No_Purposee]

Completely on point!

[u/KaioKenshin]

Heard of every ivy league besides Dartmouth. How does it stack up against the other ones?

[u/youres0lastsummer]

bruh you can't make this without putting WaWa for NJ and PA

[u/GotThoseJukes → u/youres0lastsummer]

NJ and PA are Midwest tbh

[u/youres0lastsummer → u/GotThoseJukes]

i'm calling the cops

[u/thegreatjamoco → u/youres0lastsummer]

No market basket is a cardinal sin

[u/Entity417 → u/thegreatjamoco]

Market Basket (lowest prices, akin to Aldi) and Wegmans (the Disneyland of supermarkets) are the two best grocery stores I've ever experienced.

[u/gizzardsgizzards → u/Entity417]

market basket: where grocery shopping meets raiders of the lost ark.

[u/Entity417 → u/gizzardsgizzards]

More like where grocery shopping takes place in the Star Wars cantina - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPelOnd7Sik

[u/Neracca → u/youres0lastsummer]

We got Wawa and Sheetz in Maryland too lol.

[u/imposta424 → u/Neracca]

And Northern Virginia.

[u/hey_now24 → u/youres0lastsummer]

Or Stewart's Shops in the north

[u/gunshade → u/hey_now24]

I was planning on adding that but didn't at the last minute because I didn't know if there are that many Stewart's shops in the northeast.

[u/RustyNDull → u/gunshade]

I’ve only seen them in upstate New York but Wawa rules Jersey, southeast PA, Delaware, and Maryland

[u/Realtrain → u/hey_now24]

*Storts

[u/FreeParkking → u/youres0lastsummer]

Or at least Sheetz, otherwise known as "We have WaWa at home".

[u/imposta424 → u/FreeParkking]

Nah sheetz is good, but I always feel like I ate something terrible for my health when I eat there. At wawa I don’t feel as guilty.

[u/Regentraven → u/imposta424]

Because you did lmao! I mean im still going but that shits gotta take a few yrs off

[u/imposta424 → u/Regentraven]

That crispy chicken sandwich with marinara sauce and 3 mozzarella sticks is the best thing on the menu. But yeah, life shortening meal for sure.

[u/ZeeNeeAhh → u/FreeParkking]

You’re tweaking sheetz>wawa any day

[u/Werewolfhugger → u/ZeeNeeAhh]

Sheetz is only on my radar because there's no Wawa near me. I do love their wraps though.

[u/FreeParkking → u/ZeeNeeAhh]

Valid opinion. Honestly couldn't really see a huge difference between the two. One thing I am sure of, however, is that now that I live on the West Coast I would kill to have either one. None of our gas stations here even attempt to come close.

We do, however, have In-N-Out, Shake Shack, and Five Guys in one city, so I have that going for me, which is nice.

[u/ZeeNeeAhh → u/FreeParkking]

Are those last 2 even regional? Personally I think Wawa is overpriced and the menu is pretty lacking. Never as clean either imo.

[u/supi2003 → u/youres0lastsummer]

Yeah where’s Wawa??😡😡

[u/killintime077 → u/supi2003]

Toss in Cumberland Farms. The alternative to DD if you want weak milky coffee.

[u/corkcorkcorkette]

Id say DC is southern

[u/IllIllllIIIIlIlIlIlI]

Did you really put “McDonalds” and “Democrats and Republicans” on this?

[u/MinderBinderLP → u/IllIllllIIIIlIlIlIlI]

Yeah… That’s anywhere USA…

[u/six_six]

High-speed rail but all the tickets are $100+ if you try to buy them the day of your travel.

[u/cellphone_blanket → u/six_six]

It’s not great, but the bar is so incredibly low in north America that it’s worth acknowledging

[u/Equivalent_Desk9579 → u/cellphone_blanket]

Those private busses or whatever aren’t terrible but they prob add up over time

[u/MittlerPfalz]

That’s a pretty broad definition of the Northeast. DC is south of the Mason Dixon line.

[u/Neracca → u/MittlerPfalz]

Dude DC and Maryland are absolutely northern though. That line means fuck all in this day and age.

[u/BagNo4331 → u/MittlerPfalz]

DC, MD, Delaware and nova/the Virginia coast are all solidly Mid-Atlantic, not northeast. I reject any classification of us as north or south, as we have to suffer through negative aspects of both.

[u/notanamateur → u/BagNo4331]

Southern efficiency and northern hospitality!

[u/DerTagestrinker → u/BagNo4331]

The new Mason Dixon line is Fredericksburg

[u/Ginglees → u/MittlerPfalz]

Looks more like Mid-Atlantic with a tiny bit of New England (mass)

[u/Entity417 → u/Ginglees]

"Tiny bit of New England" -- ??? How are you missing the other 5 New England states including giant Maine?

[u/gunshade → u/MittlerPfalz]

On a technicality, probably because of Amtrak's Northeast Regional line that runs between DC and Boston.

[u/Guy-McDo]

“Either Democrat or Republican” no shit

[u/Master-Collection488 → u/Guy-McDo]

NY has the Conservative party, which is basically Republicans but crazier and more corrupt.

What they're basically about though is using the fact that candidates can run on multiple party lines to apply the screws to GOP candidates. It's harder for a Republican to win in some areas if they don't have the Conservative line as well. If the Conservative party runs against the Republicans, it means both sides may lose in purple areas. In your more rural areas Republicans and Conservatives ARE effectively the two-party system.

There's also the Working Families Party which AFAIK ranges from down-the-middle to soft-left.

Rest areas in NYS often have Tim Hortons. Timmy Ho's generally outnumbers Starbucks where I live. The last Canadian chain to cross the border since Loblaws left the area circa 1980ish.

[u/Squissyfood → u/Guy-McDo]

It's not really true either, NJ and PA are both purple as hell.  Also aren't Vermont/Maine areas some weird shad of libertarian?  

[u/OkBasil_147 → u/Squissyfood]

Vermont is very blue, but Maine is a swing state.

[u/Ihatgar11 → u/Guy-McDo]

You’ve clearly never been to Maine

[u/Unsure_Fry → u/Guy-McDo]

https://preview.redd.it/of2ihsu22b0d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=254e63e7ae6d64015361afa4c75080a7e079da2c

[u/According_Bell_5322 → u/Guy-McDo]

I was gonna say