There was a murder case, the officer said the bulletin was put out all the pawn shops and jewelers in the Tri-State area.
The translation says the Tri-State area is the junction area of the three states (the yellow circle area.)
But I searched the image that it may be the entire area of the three states (red area.)
Which is correct?
Best Answer
In the circle, you can expect on any given day to see someone who was in one of the other states last night. That is not true of Albany or Buffalo. I understand tri-state area to mean the area that is affected by the proximity of the other states.
If the speaker meant the whole of the three states, I'd expect phrasing more like “all the pawn shops in three states” – and within the circle there would be little doubt as to which three.
(Disclaimer: this is only my impression from television; I have never visited that tri-state area.)