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Ocean Capital: New York
Gulf Capital: Houston
Bay Capital: San Fransico
Sound Capital: Seattle
Sea Capital: San Juan
Great Lakes Capital: Chicago
Lakes Capital: Minneapolis
Salt Lake Capital: Salt Lake City
River Capital: St. Louis
Pond Capital: Orlando
Marsh Capital: New Orleans
Dry River Capital: Los Angeles
Glacier Capital: Denver
NYC just misses ( I mean by a few miles) and oddly Philly is actually based on some definitiones either considered humid subtropical or in the transisitional area.
SF, I don't think it belongs as a capital of a Med climate, because it is too cool to represent one. San Diego would be better as a Med capital, And Honolulu better as a tropical capital because it is actually in the tropics, unlike Miami.
New England: Boston
Mid Atlantic: New York
Southeast: Atlanta
South Florida: Miami
North Texas: Dallas
East Texas: Houston
South Texas: San Antonio
West Texas: El Paso
Central Texas: Austin
Great Lakes: Chicago
Upper Midwest: Minneapolis
Great Plains: Omaha
Rockies: Denver
Southwest: Phoenix
Southern California: Los Angeles
Northern California: San Francisco
Pacific Northwest: Seattle
Alaska: Anchorage
Hawaii: Honolulu
Here's mine:
Oceanic: Seattle
Tropical: Honolulu
Subtropical: Orlando
Mediterranean: Los Angeles
Arid: Las Vegas
Semi-arid: San Diego (IK, same climate as LA, but also semi-arid)
Continental: Chicago
Humid Subtropical: Atlanta
Subarctic: Anchorage
Arctic: Barrow
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