neck of the woods

Idioms  

1. A neighborhood or region, as in He's one of the wealthiest men in our neck of the woods. Originally (mid-1800s) alluding to a forest settlement, this colloquial term is now used more loosely, for urban as well as rural locales.

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neck of the woods

“I don’t think the rest of the country cared as much, but certainly in that neck of the woods, that was maybe the biggest takeaway from last night.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

Thankfully, our local farmers markets receive Chilton County peaches just days after harvest, so no one in my neck of the woods suffers through subpar fruit.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2025

And he took a break and headed over to our neck of the woods on the Paramount lot to show everybody a cut of a scene that they had just wrapped for “Paradise.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025

“Really special to be here in her neck of the woods with her family just down the road.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 19, 2023

“You’ll excuse me, but the people in this neck of the woods are mighty suspicious about that kind of declaration,” Bernabe said.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols