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I'm actually from ~1.5 hours east of Buffalo.

It's interesting, apparently calling soda "pop" is what pinged me for Des Moines and Grand Rapids. For the record, I don't ever call soda that, but it's also a very Rochesterian thing to do so, so I gave it that one.

Like, there's a thing that happens at Wegmans (lmao further outing myself) every so often where you can buy a hot dog and a soda... and they call it "hots and pops." It is the MOST Rochesterian thing I've ever seen

nods using "pop" i think tends to place people towards the Great Lakes area since its crazy common around that patch of states

YUP. and honestly upstate NY is pretty much the long lost patch of the midwest so it's not surprising at all

Also I have to ask

what the hell do you all call sneakers???

because that's the one that pinged me for Buffalo

Hahaha I didn't get a question about shoes at all,,, a lot of like. Traffic things tho

Though I think the question about cot and caught made it be like, ah you are affected by the vowel shift in my case

I did it again with the stuff I actually say as opposed to what people in my area say and uh

You can see that it is Very Wrong

for most similar cities anyway ye,,, your area still red tho

my family calls them tennis shoes! thats apparently a Midwest thing tho

YEAH it just. "UHHHH SOUTHWEST???"

Yeah tennis shoes, sneakers, gym shoes, ,,, I think are all what I would use for laced shoes that aren't fancy or hiking