Lower than what is what I want to know.
Are the upper 48 states Canada? Does Canada know?
So the phrase comes from Alaska then?
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Just because there is a 'lower 48' doesn't mean there is an 'upper 48.'
The lower 48 are 'lower' than Alaska; that is where the term came from. It distinguishes the 48 contiguous states from the 50 states as a whole. Alaskans will also refer to anything other than Alaska as 'Outside.' Hawaiians usually refer the the 48 contiguous states as 'the Mainland.'
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Well the Lower 48 does not include Hawaii as well as Alaska.
It also know and 48 continental states.
Yes Alaska and Hawaii is that important or at least Hawaii
lestermount
this term refers to the contiguous states that touch each other and Alaska is North of the lower 48 states, so Alaska and Hawaii do not contact the majority of the states.
Anonymous
yes, there is an Upper 48, but only very very special people are allowed in. not you.