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Originally Posted by rousseau
Technically, the only NBA teams north of Toronto are Minneapolis and Portland. "We the North" is fully, 100% accurate and appropriate in the context that it is being used.
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Yeah, that's the way I see it too.
Although it's always a bit weird in the Canadian context to hear people in other instances mention randomly (without any other info) "the South" and expect you to think of a place like Alabama right away.
Though if you go up to Sudbury, Timmins, North Bay, "the South" in usual conversation is Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor, etc. Even Ottawa counts.
In Rouyn-Noranda, "le Sud" is Montreal, etc.
But in Montreal, "le Sud" is Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico.
And in Montreal, "le Nord" is the Laurentian mountains resort area (St-Sauveur, Tremblant, etc.)
If a Montrealer tells you, "j'ai un chalet dans le Nord", he's referring to a place he can easily drive to after work.