Alaska and Hawaii. "The Lower 48" means the same thing as "Continental US", or "the contiguous states". There is beyond those 50 states the District of Columbia (federal capital) and a couple of protectorates whose people are considered US Citizens. However the US is slowly becoming part of Mexico by osmosis.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > > People often say "lower 48" or "low 48" in regard to some of the United > States. What are the states that do not belong to low 48? > > Thanks. > > Boris > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
