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Crossroads of New England?

Started by The Nature Boy, June 24, 2017, 10:19:32 PM

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Alps

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In seriousness, the crossroads of a region is where the most major through routes come together, by definition not along a coast. Thus ruling out 95, that makes 91 the next most major spine N/S, and 84 E/W. So my vote goes to Hartford.


(Edit to add: You might also consider Springfield, with I-90 another major E/W route. But in case of tie, look at where the Boston Post Road historically ran, and look at the general shape of the roadscape approaching each city - Hartford functions much more as a major junction.)


froggie

QuoteI-93 enters Vermont.

...but isn't centrally located.

The Nature Boy

Quote from: froggie on June 29, 2017, 11:12:05 PM
QuoteI-93 enters Vermont.

...but isn't centrally located.

Interestingly enough, Maine throws things off so much that the Manchester area is the geographic center of New England.

So, I-93 is TECHNICALLY centrally located.

MikeTheActuary

Quote from: The Nature Boy on June 29, 2017, 11:59:31 PM
Interestingly enough, Maine throws things off so much that the Manchester area is the geographic center of New England.

So, I-93 is TECHNICALLY centrally located.

Although the geographic center might be a bit misleading because northern New England seems so sparsely settled as compared to southern New England.

I haven't seen a plot of what the population center of New England could be....but eyeballing the states' respective population centres....New England's population-weighted center might not be too far away from Westborough.

Alps

Quote from: MikeTheActuary on June 30, 2017, 12:25:43 AM
Quote from: The Nature Boy on June 29, 2017, 11:59:31 PM
Interestingly enough, Maine throws things off so much that the Manchester area is the geographic center of New England.

So, I-93 is TECHNICALLY centrally located.

Although the geographic center might be a bit misleading because northern New England seems so sparsely settled as compared to southern New England.

I haven't seen a plot of what the population center of New England could be....but eyeballing the states' respective population centres....New England's population-weighted center might not be too far away from Westborough.

Here's an example of a map skewed by population: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/statepop1024.png

Visually, that places the center somewhere near Worcester.

hotdogPi

Quote from: Alps on June 30, 2017, 07:16:31 AM
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on June 30, 2017, 12:25:43 AM
Quote from: The Nature Boy on June 29, 2017, 11:59:31 PM
Interestingly enough, Maine throws things off so much that the Manchester area is the geographic center of New England.

So, I-93 is TECHNICALLY centrally located.

Although the geographic center might be a bit misleading because northern New England seems so sparsely settled as compared to southern New England.

I haven't seen a plot of what the population center of New England could be....but eyeballing the states' respective population centres....New England's population-weighted center might not be too far away from Westborough.

Here's an example of a map skewed by population: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/statepop1024.png

Visually, that places the center somewhere near Worcester.

That only skews each state by population. Notice that New York City is not almost half of New York in that photo.
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

Alps

Quote from: 1 on June 30, 2017, 07:22:27 AM
Quote from: Alps on June 30, 2017, 07:16:31 AM
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on June 30, 2017, 12:25:43 AM
Quote from: The Nature Boy on June 29, 2017, 11:59:31 PM
Interestingly enough, Maine throws things off so much that the Manchester area is the geographic center of New England.

So, I-93 is TECHNICALLY centrally located.

Although the geographic center might be a bit misleading because northern New England seems so sparsely settled as compared to southern New England.

I haven't seen a plot of what the population center of New England could be....but eyeballing the states' respective population centres....New England's population-weighted center might not be too far away from Westborough.

Here's an example of a map skewed by population: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/statepop1024.png

Visually, that places the center somewhere near Worcester.

That only skews each state by population. Notice that New York City is not almost half of New York in that photo.
Understood, but it's a start.



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