Oddities of geography (urban area, outside, about)

[cjg5]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

I think he meant by population.

Ah gottcha. That would make more sense, but in all fairness it did say largest states, not most populated states.

[motorcity81]

Canada is south of Detroit

[1greatcity]

A flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles is roughly equidistant to a road trip from Los Angeles to Raleigh, NC.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by motorcity81

Canada is south of Detroit

That's not the only place. The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is south of Maine.

[BigCityDreamer]

The distance from San Diego to Crescent City, California > The distance from Jacksonville, Florida to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

[green_mariner]

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador is closer to parts of North Africa than it is to Vancouver,BC.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

The distance from San Diego to Crescent City, California > The distance from Jacksonville, Florida to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Distance from El Paso,TX to Port Arthur,TX > The distance from Cheyenne,WY to Des Moines,IA.

Distance from Brownsville,TX to Stratford,TX > Key West,FL to Charlotte,NC

The distance from NYC to Plattsburgh,NY > Scranton,PA(the eastern part of PA) to Toronto,ONT.

[Archguy]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is south of Maine.

I'd say it's east of Maine, but I'm old-fashioned

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by Archguy

I'd say it's east of Maine, but I'm old-fashioned

I say it's southeast. The best of both of our worlds.

[Saintmarks]

The shortest drive between the city limits of Detroit and the city limits of Buffalo would be 100% outside the borders of the United States.