People around here descend from Germanic and No. European roots. They take their sausages more seriously than people in the South and East (though PA has a lot of German influence). I'm from the Mid-Atlantic area originally also. You know what I miss? The subs (hoagies to you). There's nothing like them out here.
YES! At last we have some sense being made in this thread! LOL!
Nobody,not even people in and around Chicago,takes hot dogs more seriously than New Yorkers! :-)