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View Poll Results: The shortest distance between my home and the nearest border of my state is...
0-10 miles 96 28.49%
10-30 miles 79 23.44%
30-60 miles 43 12.76%
60-100 miles 44 13.06%
100-150 miles 24 7.12%
150-200 miles 21 6.23%
200-300 miles 15 4.45%
More than 300 miles 15 4.45%
Voters: 337. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-15-2012, 06:44 PM
 
Location: West Michigan
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175 miles by car (to MI/IN line), 39 miles by car/boat combination (to MI/WI line).
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Old 11-15-2012, 07:12 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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I live closer to the border of 5 other states (NJ, DE, MD, NY, VA) plus DC than to the middle of my own state (PA).

And closer to the border of 10 other states (NJ, DE, MD, NY, VA + CT, RI, MA, NH, ME) than the western border of PA.

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Old 11-15-2012, 07:57 PM
 
Location: the sticks
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I could paddle the Savannah over to Georgia, can see it just across there from here in Carolina.
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Old 11-15-2012, 08:16 PM
 
Location: STL
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About two miles to East St. Louis, Illinois.
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Old 11-15-2012, 08:42 PM
 
Location: New Hampshire
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5.5 miles to Maine and about 17 to Mass. from my front door.
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Old 11-15-2012, 08:43 PM
 
Location: Rome, Georgia
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Bout 15 miles to "Bama from here.
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Old 11-15-2012, 09:39 PM
 
Location: Metro Atlanta, GA
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As the crow flies:

70 from Alabama
75 from South Carolina
95 from North Carolina
108 from Tennessee
220 from Florida
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Old 11-15-2012, 09:48 PM
 
Location: Suburbs of Cleveland
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About 50 miles as the crow flies to Pennsylvania, but driving distance is about 60-70 miles.
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Old 11-15-2012, 10:14 PM
 
Location: BMORE!
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20 miles to PA. I live in a Suburb of Baltimore.
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Old 11-15-2012, 10:29 PM
 
Location: E ND & NW MN
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From my house in Minnesota to North Dakota 1.5 miles
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