"The Continental United States" should include Alaska since it's still a part of the same continent, but common usage of the phrase seems to exclude it anyway.

SanctimoniousApe · 2 months ago

"The Continental United States" should include Alaska since it's still a part of the same continent, but common usage of the phrase seems to exclude it anyway.

empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 months ago

I’ve heard it better described as the “Contiguous United States”, which covers the fact that you can’t get into Alaska by land without exiting the US.

elephantium@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

I was going to post to mention “contiguous”, but you beat me to it