flatlander

Meanings

1. A person who lives at, lived at, or was raised by someone at a low altitude or from any city. A person not raised in or by someone directly from high mountain areas. (used by those who were born, raised, and are still living in higher altitude non-city or city like areas).
2. Anyone from the East; anyone from outside the Rockies.
3. Any outsider to Appalachia.
4. Anyone from southern Pennsylvania (particularly around Philadelphia), New Jersey, or other low-lying areas outside the Alleghenies / Appalachians.
5. Any non-native, but particularly one from southern New England (including Massachusetts), downstate New York, or New Jersey.
6. Anyone from Wisconsin.
7. Anyone from lower Michigan (those south of Mt. Pleasant).
8. Anyone from Indiana or Ohio.
9. Anyone from Illinois.
10. Anyone from Saskatchewan.
11. Anyone from Florida.
12. Anyone from Umina.

Etymology

From flatland + -er.