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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Example Sentences

“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

And on either the drama or comedy fronts, the pope definitely could have chosen at least one flick set in his former neck of the woods.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

Cherry-flavored coffees, teas and matchas are all the rage at some of the local coffee shops in my neck of the woods, which I've been a big proponent of this spring.

From Salon