History Main / TriCountyArea

* The precursor of [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling]] was Philadelphia's Tri-State Wrestling Alliance (presumably the three states were Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey). The promotion's high point was probably the August 3, 1991, match between [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]] and Wrestling/EddieGilbert; a two-out-of-three-falls affair in which the respective stipulations of the falls were [[GimmickMatches "falls count anywhere", "stretcher," and "steel cage."]] The bout was third-runner-up for 1991's "Match of the Year" in ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' magazine (PWI being what it is, the match somehow got enough votes for fourth place despite occurring on an untelevised card in front of a crowd of 562 spectators).

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': An incidental character in the first-season episode "Nightmares" once had the best spider collection in the tri-county area. It's unclear how this was determined...

This trope is TruthInTelevision for a couple of reasons. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the people who created American political jurisdictions had a tendency to use rivers as boundaries; those rivers also served as arteries of commerce, so that urban areas grew and expanded across political jurisdictions. In addition, on the East Coast of the US, every state began from initial colonies on the Atlantic Ocean, meaning that, initially, state boundaries were drawn so that states could have access to the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, no matter how small (see: New York, Pennsylvania, Alabama, and Mississippi's tiny coastlines).

"Tri-county area" (sometimes "tri-cities" or "tri-state area") is a universal description for a generic American region that's meant to be larger than a small town, but not a huge metro area. A tri-state area is somewhat smaller in landmass and population than regions like the US Eastern Seaboard or the British UsefulNotes/HomeCounties (which border London). Think EverytownAmerica on a slightly larger scale.

* ''SofiaTheFirst'''s home of Enchancia is part of a tri-''kingdom'' area with [[{{Wutai}} Wei-Ling]] and [[ArabianNightsDays Khaldoun]].

* ''Mystery Train:''

-->Good morning, I'm Roger Grimsby. Today, the entire Eastern Seaboard is alive with talk of incidents of paranormal activity. Alleged ghost sightings and related supernatural occurences have been reported across the entire Tri-State area.

* The region California's San Francisco Bay (including the major cities San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland, as well as many smaller cities and suburbs, all spread over no fewer than six counties) is called the "San Francisco Bay Area"--but natives invariably call it just the "Bay Area", even when far from home, where people might not know which "bay" they're talking about.

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* The Tri-Island Area is introduced in ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'', and mentioned thereafter. It consists of Mêleé , Booty and Plunder Islands, and their associated archipelagos, and Elaine is the hereditary governor of the lot of them.

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--->Have you been outside lately? Do you know how weird it is out there? We've taken our own head count. There seem to be six million completely miserable assholes living in the tri-state area.

* TheOtherWiki has this rather impressive [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-City list]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-Cities#Tri-Cities tri-city areas]].

* North Carolina has not one but two of these. The Research Triangle, or often just "The Triangle", is composed of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill (By no coincidence, they're also the homes of three of the state's largest and most important universities, North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The Piedmont Triad, or "The Triad", is composed of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point [[note]]To confuse matters slightly, Wake Forest University ''was'' in the Triangle, in the town of Wake Forest, but is now in Winston-Salem.[[/note]] They're about ninety minutes down the road from each other via Interstate 40, and are therefore easily confused with each other by those who aren't familiar with the state. The Triad is to the west, closer to the mountains, and the Triangle is to the east, closer to the coast.

* The Quad Cities in the USA's Upper Midwest, which are divided by the Mississippi River: Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa, Rock Island and Moline/East Moline in Illinois. Effectively, there are at least five cities involved, with Bettendorf being the late up-and-comer; East Moline has its own government, and of course the suburbs reach to what were once physically separate communities. The area is rather densely populated, with something like 375,000 people. The local newspaper is ''The Quad City Times'' and there's also a symphony orchestra.

* The area around UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} is also sometimes called "the Tri-State Area" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware). However, it is usually referred to as the Delaware Valley, probably because the above-mentioned New York one is literally next to it and those living in New Jersey counties on the border might get confused (especially Mercer County - the US Census Bureau includes it in the New York Combined Statistical Area because of commuting patterns but its main television and radio feeds come from Philadelphia).

* North Carolina has not one but two of these. The Research Triangle, or often just "The Triangle", is composed of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill (By no coincidence, they're also the homes of three of the state's largest and most important universities, North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The Piedmont Triad, or "The Triad", is composed of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point [[note]]To confuse matters slightly, Wake Forest University ''was'' in the Triangle, in the town of Wake Forest, but is now in Winston-Salem.[[/note]] They're about ninety minutes down the road from each other via Interstate-40, and are therefore easily confused with each other by those who aren't familiar with the state. The Triad is to west, closer to the mountains, and the Triangle is to the east, closer to the coast.
* Sharpsburg, NC is a town where Wilson, Nash, and Edgecombe counties meet. Part of the town is in each county.

* There's a "Quad Cities" in the USA's Upper Midwest: Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa, Rock Island and Moline/East Moline in Illinois (The two states are separated by the Mississippi River). Effectively, there are at least five cities involved, with Bettendorf being the late up-and-comer; East Moline has its own government, and of course the suburbs reach to what were once physically separate communities. The area is rather densely populated, with something like 375,000 people. The local newspaper is ''The Quad City Times'' and there's also a symphony orchestra.

* Sioux City is split by the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers into North Sioux City (South Dakota), South Sioux City (Nebraska), and Sioux City, Iowa.

* The area around UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} is also sometimes called "the Tri-State Area" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware). However, it is usually referred to as the Delaware Valley, probably because the above-mentioned New York one is literally next door and those living in New Jersey counties on the border (especially Mercer County) might get confused.

* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' by Peggy when she exclaims that the kids (Bobby, Connie and Joseph) aren't anywhere in the tri-home area (referring to the Hill, Khan & Gribble residences).

* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'':

* The region California's San Francisco Bay (including the major cities San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland, as well as many smaller cities and suburbs, all spread over no less than six counties) is called the "San Francisco Bay Area"--but natives invariably call it just the "Bay Area", even when far from home, where people might not know which "bay" they're talking about.

* The region California's San Francisco Bay (including the major cities San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland, as well as many smaller cities and suburbs) is called the "San Francisco Bay Area"--but natives invariably call it just the "Bay Area", even when far from home, where people might not know which "bay" they're talking about.

** ''[[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Ghostbusters 2]]'':

* ''RainMan''

* ''SnakesOnAPlane''

* ''BestInShow''

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' takes place in the "Tri-County Area". In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' they go to Tri-County International Airport. And in ''ToyStory3'' they end up at the Tri-County [[spoiler: Landfill.]]

* The ''TinyToonAdventures'' Spring Break movie:

* There's a "Quad Cities" in the USA's Upper Midwest: Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa, Rock Island and Moline/East Moline in Illinois (The two states are separated by the Mississippi River). Effectively, there are at least five cities involved; East Moline has its own government, and of course the suburbs reach to what were once physically separate communities. The area is rather densely populated, with something like 375,000 people. The local newspaper is ''The Quad City Times'' and there's also a symphony orchestra.

* The area around UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity--New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut--is commonly referred to as "the Tri-State Area". In this case, with a population of over 23 million and a gross metropolitan product of over $1.3 trillion, it's definitely ''not'' a small, provincial area (although that doesn't make its residents immune [[BigApplesauce from provincialism).

* The area around UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity--New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut--is commonly referred to as "the Tri-State Area". In this case, with a population of over 23 million and a gross metropolitan product of over $1.3 trillion, it's definitely ''not'' a small, provincial area (although that doesn't make its residents immune [[TheBigApplesauce from provincialism).

* The area around UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity--New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut--is commonly referred to as "the Tri-State Area".