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Old 02-17-2012, 09:23 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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And a small part of Manhattan Borough is on the mainland.
That is the strangest thing. Going across the river on the 1 Train from 215th you'd assume you were in the Bronx but 225th Station is still Manhattan. Still don't know where the border is exactly.
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Old 02-17-2012, 09:40 AM
 
Location: Jersey City
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That is the strangest thing. Going across the river on the 1 Train from 215th you'd assume you were in the Bronx but 225th Station is still Manhattan. Still don't know where the border is exactly.
It's really just a small area around the 225 St station called Marble Hill. There was a man-made change to the course of the Harlem River, leaving Marble Hill attached to the Bronx instead of to the rest of Manhattan.

Marble Hill, Manhattan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 02-17-2012, 10:57 AM
 
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The supposedly pancake flat states of Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas have larger differences in elevation than the allegedly mountainous states of West Virginia, Vermont, and Pennsylvania, respectively.
A tilted pancake is still a pancake.
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Old 02-17-2012, 12:51 PM
 
Location: NJ
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Lower Michigan is shaped like a mitten.

Oklahoma is shaped like a pot.

Massachusetts is shaped like a wrench.

Many of the states in the west are perfect rectangles.

Denver is located right at where the Great Plains meet the Rockies.

Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of three rivers.

New York's metro area encompasses four states.

You can drive less than an hour from Chicago and be in Michigan, Wisconsin, or Indiana. Also, you can see all of these states from the Sears and Hancock Towers.
There is a spot in the Catskill Mountains where, on a clear day, you can see 5 states (NY, MA, VT, CT, NH).

Catskill Mountains Point Lookout Inn Windham NY Hotel
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Old 02-17-2012, 01:09 PM
 
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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But it is basically a peninsula, an 'almost' island :-)
You could (sort of) make that argument for New Jersey. Since it is essentially surrounded by water on three sides
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Old 02-17-2012, 01:20 PM
 
Location: Denver, Colorado U.S.A.
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There is a portion of Washington state that no one can drive to except by leaving the US, entering Canada, and re-entering the US.

Kalawao County, Hawaii, population 90, admits no new residents, and a special permit is required to visit. It is the second-least populous of any county in the US. (the least populous being Loving County, TX,) and was once used as a quarantine for people with Leprosy.

Reno, Nevada is situated west of Los Angeles.
Point Roberts, WA. That's my favorite. Someday I want to go there, just because it's so odd to me. It's like a suburb of Vancouver, BC, but you have to go through customs to get in. And there are houses right along the border where you can literally wave to your neighbors in another country.
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Old 02-17-2012, 01:22 PM
 
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More North Carolina:

it has the 2nd greatest range in elevation (after Texas) than any other state east of the Rocky Mountain front range: 6700' down to sea level.

I was sligtly incorrect about one fact: of the 54 peaks east of the Mississippi taller than 6000 feet, all but two (and not one) are partially or entirely within the borders of NC. Mt Washington in New Hampshire, and Mt Leconte in Tennessee are the TWO exceptions. Still, the tallest and most rugged part of the Appalachians are to be found in western North Carolina.
The ruggedest part of the Appalations is the White Mountains, its elevation at base of the Range is only about 200 Ft (Merrimack River headwaters) while Western NC mountians start at about 800 Ft. (Charlottes Elevation)
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Old 02-17-2012, 01:25 PM
 
Location: Denver, Colorado U.S.A.
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Did anyone mention Beecher Falls, VT? It's this odd little piece of far northeastern Vermont, sandwiched between New Hampshire and Canada. By the map, it looks like you could start out in NH, walk north on Main St., enter VT, and then keep going and walk into Canada, all in about 15 minutes.
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Old 02-17-2012, 01:44 PM
 
Location: Umbrosa Regio
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That is the strangest thing. Going across the river on the 1 Train from 215th you'd assume you were in the Bronx but 225th Station is still Manhattan. Still don't know where the border is exactly.
It's where the Harlem River used to be!

Years ago a canal was built south of Marble Hill in order to straighten the Harlem River for navigation purposes, and the old channel went dry. That is how a small piece of Manhattan came to be on the mainland.
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Old 02-17-2012, 01:50 PM
 
Location: Philaburbia
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So most rain that falls in the state of PA actually flows out via the Mississippi into the gulf, with a small portion via the Delaware Bay, and a slightly larger of rain that falls on PA via the Chesepeake Bay
You forgot about the water that falls in Pennsylvania that flows northward into Lake Erie, then into the St. Lawrence River and the Atlantic Ocean.
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