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The Lincoln-Topeka route brought to mind another game It's 37 miles from Syracuse to Auburn, Nebraska, and only 29 miles from Syracuse NY to Auburn NY. Can anyone top 37 miles for nearby towns with the same name?
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I'm sure there would be quite a few in large metros with a lot of towns. Just off the top of my head (I had to look up distances), there is:
Brooklyn, N.Y. to Orange, N.J. - 19 miles
Brooklyn, Ohio to Orange, Ohio - 17 miles
Canton, CT to Avon, CT - 4 miles
Canton, MA to Avon, MA - 7 miles
Springfield, NJ to Westfield, NJ - 4 miles
Springfield, MA to Westfield, MA - 10 miles
And for the closer pair of each, the municipalities are adjacent, so the distance is 0 for certain points in the town.
I think some CA boosters go overboard on here, but come on, you're trying too hard with that short change.
Iowa is 16 billion dollars behind California in ag, that's not right behind it.
Californias deserts are iconic(Owens valley, Salton Sea, Joshua tree, death valley, Palm springs), while oregon/wa's deserts are forgotten. Idaho/Utah have nicer deserts than those two. Even their beaches are mostly forgotten(save me the photos, I know some parts of the Oregon coast are pretty)
Most diverse in the lower 48 ain't bad and worth something.
The farthest you can go through states in alphabetical order is seven, which can be done in two ways
AL FL GA NC TN VA WV, or
IL IN KY MO NE SD WY
The shortest is across the hall in the Texarkana joint municipal building, from Arkansas to Texas, with no further states on either end. Without going outdoors.
I think some CA boosters go overboard on here, but come on, you're trying too hard with that short change.
Iowa is 16 billion dollars behind California in ag, that's not right behind it.
Californias deserts are iconic(Owens valley, Salton Sea, Joshua tree, death valley, Palm springs), while oregon/wa's deserts are forgotten. Idaho/Utah have nicer deserts than those two. Even their beaches are mostly forgotten(save me the photos, I know some parts of the Oregon coast are pretty)
Most diverse in the lower 48 ain't bad and worth something.
Yep, I'll accept that Hawaii is most diverse but it's an island and off the mainland so kind of gets forgotten. CA has it's own identity and probably one of the only 2 US states that could survive as it's own country (TX being the other).
With CA's landmass it really does have most everything. WA and OR have similar landscapes but honestly just can't compare to CA as a hole.
I could never imagine living in CA (visiting is great) but I have to give credit where it's due.
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The farthest you can go through states in alphabetical order is seven, which can be done in two ways
AL FL GA NC TN VA WV, or
IL IN KY MO NE SD WY
The shortest is across the hall in the Texarkana joint municipal building, from Arkansas to Texas, with no further states on either end. Without going outdoors.
And if we allow AZ to CO (we'd have to walk it), how about:
The contiguous 48 states overall make up a funnel shape with both the extreme eastern and westernmost points being far up north. Key West, Florida is farther west than the rest of the East Coast and Imperial Beach, California is farther east than the rest of the West Coast.
The Lost Peninsula (part of Erie Township) in the southeastern most portion of Michigan (pop: ~150) is only accessible to the rest of Michigan by a 10 minute drive through Toledo/Washington Township, OH.
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