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Old 05-12-2013, 03:50 AM
 
Location: The canyon (with my pistols and knife)
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These are all straight-line measurements from downtown Pittsburgh to the downtowns of every metropolitan area in the United States and Canada with 1,000,000+ population...


Less than 250 miles
115 miles to Cleveland
163 miles to Columbus
180 miles to Buffalo
190 miles to Washington DC
197 miles to Baltimore
206 miles to Detroit
224 miles to Toronto
226 miles to Rochester
243 miles to Richmond

250 to 499 miles
257 miles to Cincinnati
258 miles to Philadelphia
316 miles to New York
319 miles to Norfolk
330 miles to Virginia Beach
330 miles to Indianapolis
330 miles to Raleigh
343 miles to Louisville
364 miles to Charlotte
392 miles to Hartford
408 miles to Ottawa
409 miles to Chicago
446 miles to Milwaukee
458 miles to Providence
472 miles to Nashville
479 miles to Montreal
482 miles to Boston

500 to 999 miles
522 miles to Atlanta
558 miles to St. Louis
608 miles to Birmingham
659 miles to Memphis
706 miles to Jacksonville
734 miles to St. Paul
743 miles to Minneapolis
780 miles to Kansas City
827 miles to Orlando
875 miles to Tampa
920 miles to New Orleans

1,000 to 1,999 miles
1,013 miles to Oklahoma City
1,014 miles to Miami
1,069 miles to Dallas
1,098 miles to Fort Worth
1,137 miles to Houston
1,220 miles to Austin
1,292 miles to San Antonio
1,318 miles to Denver
1,665 miles to Salt Lake City
1,780 miles to Calgary
1,797 miles to Edmonton
1,827 miles to Phoenix
1,920 miles to Las Vegas

2,000 miles or more
2,082 miles to San Bernardino
2,092 miles to Riverside
2,115 miles to San Diego
2,134 miles to Los Angeles
2,135 miles to Seattle
2,163 miles to Portland
2,168 miles to Vancouver
2,198 miles to Sacramento
2,245 miles to San Jose
2,253 miles to Oakland
2,263 miles to San Francisco

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Old 05-12-2013, 06:44 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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Very eye-opening compilation. I never would have guessed we were closer to Richmond than to either Philadelphia or Cincinnati.
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Old 05-12-2013, 09:11 AM
 
Location: Penn Hills
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Very eye-opening compilation. I never would have guessed we were closer to Richmond than to either Philadelphia or Cincinnati.
Well, they're straight line measurements. There can be significant differences between that, and what it actually takes to drive. Ottawa's up there as slightly over 400 miles. No matter what route you take to Ottawa on actual roads, it's between 550-600 miles, a rather significant difference (to my chagrin).

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Old 05-12-2013, 09:17 AM
 
Location: Alexandria, VA
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Guess we need to all grow wings
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Old 05-12-2013, 10:02 AM
 
Location: Just East of the Southern Portion of the Western Part of PA
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Thanks for your google maps search...
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Old 05-12-2013, 10:08 AM
 
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Thanks for your google maps search...
Google maps doesn't so straight-line measurements.
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Old 05-12-2013, 10:19 AM
 
Location: Crafton via San Francisco
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I didn't realize how close Cleveland is. Another weekend getaway for my list. I'd like to do a Tour d'Rust Belt. I find the once great US cities to be fascinating.
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Old 05-12-2013, 03:41 PM
 
Location: somewhere near Pittsburgh, PA
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Well, they're straight line measurements. There can be significant differences between that, and what it actually takes to drive. Ottawa's up there as slightly over 400 miles. No matter what route you take to Ottawa on actual roads, it's between 550-600 miles, a rather significant difference (to my chagrin).
Yup, those darn Great Lakes. You can't go through them, you must drive around. Toronto is listed as 224 miles away but it's about 100 miles more than that to actually drive there. A good 6 hour drive if you include the time to cross the checkpoint at the border.
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Old 05-13-2013, 10:03 AM
 
Location: East End of Pittsburgh
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I didn't realize how close Cleveland is. Another weekend getaway for my list. I'd like to do a Tour d'Rust Belt. I find the once great US cities to be fascinating.
If you have children, the Cleveland metro is a great weekend getaway. The park system is beautiful and some are situated on the lake. We start in Sandusky with Kahlahari and Cedar Point. After the amusement , we take cultural tours of cleveland followed by dinner. Once in the car, we are in Cranberry in 2 hours and home 20 minutes after that. Its a pleasant drive and that section of the PA turnpike has been totally reconstructed....

Last year we took the Healthline which is Clevelands version of a busway. It was easy fast and efficient. If you park in towercity, you can walk over to public square. From there the healthline connects everything from the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame to the Museum and cultural district.....
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Old 05-13-2013, 11:05 AM
 
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Notice how the distances to places in the heartland like St. Louis, are much closer to the driving distances, due to the lack of barriers like lakes, and mountains. Note how Boston is 76 miles closer than St. Louis, despite the fact that their driving distances are nearly identical. Richmond seems far because there are no direct roads due to the mountains. Detroit and Toronto require you to dogleg around the lakes.
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