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You do have East Carolina University and West Carolina University both located in North Carolina.
Actually, I got that reference from a musical comedy album of Peter Schickele's "PDQ Bach", as Dr. Schickele was a proud graduate of the "University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople"...
I think that one of his pieces was "An Ode to Viennese Cowboys", and he used to start his shows with a 40-yard dash down the theater aisle with a somersault onto the stage; too old for that now...but I digress...
The main island of Venice, Italy is considered to be essentially the world's largest car-free place. There are numerous narrow streets on the island, but they are restricted to pedestrian traffic.
Speaking of Venice...
The Venice area of Los Angeles, California and the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida have both claimed to be the "Venice of America". Both places feature water taxis that navigate canals or waterways.
Speaking of Yellowstone, a researcher with the USGS named Ray Watts led a study in 2006 to determine the distance of every point (to within a few meters) in the lower 48 US states from the nearest road:
His conclusion was that the most remote point in the lower 48 from a road which existed in federal databases from the years 1999 and 2000 was located in the southeast corner of Yellowstone National Park, about 22 miles from the nearest road.
So, wherever you go in the lower 48, you are always no more than 22 miles away from a road, and are usually much closer.
The Potomac River (in places up to 3 miles wide) separates the states of Maryland and Virginia. Much smuggling of people and supplies occurred across the river during the Civil War when MD and VA were actually in 2 separate countries.
Ever since colonial times, MD has owned ALL of the River up to the actual VA shore, including fishing rights. The town of Colonial Beach VA is now considering adding slot machines in a building there that extend on a pier over MD waters and is therefore subject to MD law, not VA law. Gambling has been tried in Colonial Beach at other times in past decades, depending on whether MD law will allow it. Now they may try it again.
I assume you're referring to commercial fishing only. I spent many hours of my childhood fishing the Potomac in Alexandria, VA.
Bloomington, Indiana is closer to Pensacola, Florida than Miami is.
Wow! That is a really good one. I can't wrap my mind around that one.
But... I checked Google maps, and it says that from Pensacola to Miami is actually 20 miles shorter than Pensacola to Bloomington. STILL amazing, though.
I assume you're referring to commercial fishing only. I spent many hours of my childhood fishing the Potomac in Alexandria, VA.
Virginia and Maryland have reciprocity and honor each other's licenses in some border waters. Your Virginia fishing license was valid, but you were restricted to Maryland regulatins, such as catch limits. Virginia Freshwater Fishing Regulations: Reciprocal Licenses
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