George Olsen says the narrow definition of Down East is correct.
The host of Public Radio East's "Down East Journal" says that the proper definition of the geographical term is the area east of Beaufort and before the ferry landing.
Of course, his show uses the more liberal definition of essentially the coastal plains area, and he says he's heard definitions that are literally all over the map.
Recent episodes of "Down East Journal" have featured towns as far afield from Carteret County as Jacksonville, New Bern and Greenville.
But Olsen's not taking any credit for helping popularize the broader definition.
"I didn't create Down East Journal," he says. "I just inherited it."
Previously: Small business names Down East; a narrow definition of Down East; do Down Easterners have a lock on the governorship?
Comments
Re: Down East Journal host: Not my idea
November 12, 2008 - 4:01pm — cdtewIt's rather funny that the definition is seemingly so narrow. I'm from the greater "Down East" area, but I currently live in Winston-Salem, where everyone I meet refers to the area east of an imaginary diagonal line running from Raleigh to the Sandhills as "Down East". These "dingbats" just don't differentiate much, I reckon.