New England

New England is a six-state region (consisting of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont) to New York City's northeast, best known for its heavy concentration of colleges and pretty fall foliage (even though the Mid-Atlantic states have just as many institutions of higher learning and the foliage is actually better in Upstate New York).

Do not confuse New England with the Northeast, or assume New York State is in New England. We'll know you're from somewhere like California, where the East Coast must all seem the same.