Down East (Raleigh, Washington, Beaufort: mobile home, license plate, health)

[macjr82]

this is an off-shoot from this thread:

https://www.city-data.com/forum/coast...ast-didnt.html

I found this interesting article on the matter:

This Old State: Where is N.C.'s 'Down East'?


Turns out alot of people in piedmont refer to anything east of Raleigh as down east. Also stated in the other thread, the media has indeed co-opted the term to mean the entire central coastal plain region. Though as I stated the term originated with the area easy of Beaufort in Carteret County. So basically it seems everyone was right in a sense. Still, as can be judged by the comments below the article as well as the article itself, the debate rages on.

here's more info on down east:
Down East Community Tour
DownEast Communities
Down East (North Carolina) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
DOWN EAST: Harkers Island, Cedar Island & Cape Lookout, NC ~ Packet by Eric Hause: Articles about the Outer Banks NC and the Mainland

[Bill Hitchcock]

Everything east of North River in Carteret County-That's Down East!! I thought some of you folks might get a kick out of the following link: Down East North Carolina Community History

[macjr82]

I'm down at the Carteret County Courthose and just saw a license plate that said "mommickd". It brought a smile to my face.

[Bill Hitchcock]

I've been "pure t mommicked" many a time!

Urban Dictionary: Mommicked

[Special_Guest]

UPDATE: I saw a business called "Down East" something-or-other (I want to say mobile homes, but I'm not sure) in Washington, NC the other day.

So I guess this is one of those make-up-your-own-rules type things.