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Also, would Memphis be considered landlocked? It's navigable to the sea and it's closer to the ocean than Chicago is.
The OP considers Portland to be "landlocked", even though it's absurdly close to the ocean and very very easily navigable to sea. It has several marine ports. Portland has too much of an advantage due to proximity and access in this case/thread.
Geez why do you guys have to be so critical of someone's definition?
I don't see anything wrong with setting boundaries for a discussion. If landlocked for purposes of this thread means not touching an ocean or other body of salt water then that's what it is for purposes of this thread
Not true. The Saint Lawrence Seaway allows ships to travel from the Atlantic all the way to Lake Superior.
You are correct. In my haste, I erroneously omitted the word freely in between can't and sail in my initial post. I don't consider sailing through man made locks and canals an uninhibited trip.
Chicago is landlocked, it just happens to be next to a big lake. One can go by boat all the way from Chamberlin, South Dakota to the ocean using the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, if you stretch the term it becomes meaningless. I never heard something ridiculous in my life that if you can navigate to a salt water source on a puny water way it eliminates you from being landlocked. I think this is just a case of Midwesterner sour grapes.
Vegas is probably the only landlocked city in the US that would be tolerable to live in.
I also forgot about Las Vegas, which is a good one. Though I could never bring myself to live in Las Vegas. Visit sure.
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