This is true? - Geographic oddities that defy conventional wisdom

[Scott5114]

Bunch of wimpy rivers out east.

The Yakima River discharges 59,400 cu ft/sec into the Columbia River and is only 214 miles long.

Meanwhile, the mighty river closest to me discharges a whopping 0 cu ft/sec into the Gulf of California.

[jlam]

Charleston, WV is at a similar longitude to Jacksonville, FL, despite being an Appalachian city, while Jacksonville is on the Atlantic.

[freebrickproductions]

Similarly, Pittsburgh, PA, is further east than Miami, FL.

The Atlantic Coast of the US is a lot more diagonal than the Pacific Coast.

[Rothman]

Similarly, Pittsburg, PA, is further east than Miami, FL.

The Atlantic Coast of the US is a lot more diagonal than the Pacific Coast.

Nah.  They're on the same longitude.

[freebrickproductions]

Similarly, Pittsburgh, PA, is further east than Miami, FL.

The Atlantic Coast of the US is a lot more diagonal than the Pacific Coast.

Nah.  They're on the same longitude.

Pittsburgh, at least the center of it, is just barely further east of Miami:
https://www.latlong.net/place/pittsburgh-pa-usa-896.html#:~:text=Pittsburgh%2C%20PA%2C%20USA%20Lat%20Long,and%20the%20longitude%20is%20%2D79.995888.
https://www.latlong.net/place/miami-fl-usa-18555.html#:~:text=Miami%2C%20FL%2C%20USA%20Lat%20Long,%C2%B0%2011'%2030.4368''%20W.

Either way, I doubt many people would think of the two as being (close to) the same longitude, given that one's on the Atlantic Coast and the other's very much not.

[Rothman]

Similarly, Pittsburg, PA, is further east than Miami, FL.

The Atlantic Coast of the US is a lot more diagonal than the Pacific Coast.

Nah.  They're on the same longitude.

Pittsburg, at least the center of it, is just barely further east of Miami:
https://www.latlong.net/place/pittsburgh-pa-usa-896.html#:~:text=Pittsburgh%2C%20PA%2C%20USA%20Lat%20Long,and%20the%20longitude%20is%20%2D79.995888.
https://www.latlong.net/place/miami-fl-usa-18555.html#:~:text=Miami%2C%20FL%2C%20USA%20Lat%20Long,%C2%B0%2011'%2030.4368''%20W.

Either way, I doubt many people would think of the two as being (close to) the same longitude, given that one's on the Atlantic Coast and the other's very much not.

Similarly, Pittsburg, PA, is further east than Miami, FL.

The Atlantic Coast of the US is a lot more diagonal than the Pacific Coast.

Nah.  They're on the same longitude.

Pittsburg, at least the center of it, is just barely further east of Miami:
https://www.latlong.net/place/pittsburgh-pa-usa-896.html#:~:text=Pittsburgh%2C%20PA%2C%20USA%20Lat%20Long,and%20the%20longitude%20is%20%2D79.995888.
https://www.latlong.net/place/miami-fl-usa-18555.html#:~:text=Miami%2C%20FL%2C%20USA%20Lat%20Long,%C2%B0%2011'%2030.4368''%20W.

Either way, I doubt many people would think of the two as being (close to) the same longitude, given that one's on the Atlantic Coast and the other's very much not.

Pfft.  80 is 80 is 80...

Psst:  It's "Pittsburgh"...

[Big John]

^^ Pittsburg, KS is well west of there.

[vdeane]

Charleston, WV is further east than Jacksonville, FL, despite being an Appalachian city, while Jacksonville is on the Atlantic.

Is it?  They look about the same to me, with the east beltway around Jacksonville still being slightly east of where the development for Charleston gets.

[JayhawkCO]

Charleston, WV is further east than Jacksonville, FL, despite being an Appalachian city, while Jacksonville is on the Atlantic.

Is it?  They look about the same to me, with the east beltway around Jacksonville still being slightly east of where the development for Charleston gets.

According to the gospel of Wikipedia, Charleston is one minute farther west than Jacksonville.

[jlam]

My source is a quick Google search, but I guess it depends on where you measure their coordinates from. I modified the post to be more accurate.

[Rothman]

People be stretching for a little bit of attention in this thread, now.

[bing101]

How about this one the number of times Long Island gets described as like the Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura and Monterey of the East Coast. How much of this is accurate and how much of this is movies and TV Shows making stereotype of a place for a national audience. 

[Road Hog]

Long Island has long differentiated itself from the rest of New York State. Place names often use the abbreviation L.I. as if it were a separate state.

[Scott5114]

How about this one the number of times Long Island gets described as like the Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura and Monterey of the East Coast. How much of this is accurate and how much of this is movies and TV Shows making stereotype of a place for a national audience.

Nevada mispronounced at 4:09

[NWI_Irish96]

Any talk of states being split or having substantial border adjustments is purely hypothetical at this point.

Any such action would benefit one party over the other, and as such the disadvantaged party would block it.

[hotdogPi]

Any talk of states being split or having substantial border adjustments is purely hypothetical at this point.

Any such action would benefit one party over the other, and as such the disadvantaged party would block it.

Certain splits may be possible via compromise. For example, if upstate New York splits from the New York City area in a way that upstate is very light blue, Democrats gain in the Senate but Republicans gain in the Electoral College.

[thenetwork]

FWIW:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/S4Zd27En1A4LRChx/?mibextid=oFDknk

[JayhawkCO]

The southernmost point in Canada is farther south than the northernmost point of California.

[Rothman]

The southernmost point in Canada is farther south than the northernmost point of California.

We should have kept that island.

[CoreySamson]

Out of the 50 states, Kansas has the 2nd most mainline US highway mileage, behind Texas. That kinda blew my mind the first time that I heard it.

[Scott5114]

Out of the 50 states, Kansas has the 2nd most mainline US highway mileage, behind Texas. That kinda blew my mind the first time that I heard it.

Sort of makes sense if you think about it—all those Texas highways have to go somewhere when they leave Texas, and Kansas is bigger than Oklahoma is.

[webny99]

Long Island has long differentiated itself from the rest of New York State. Place names often use the abbreviation L.I. as if it were a separate state.

Unfortunately, LI has done a much better job of this than the region that actually should be it's own state (Upstate), since the boundaries of LI are obvious, while no one can clearly define Upstate 

Any talk of states being split or having substantial border adjustments is purely hypothetical at this point.

Any such action would benefit one party over the other, and as such the disadvantaged party would block it.

Certain splits may be possible via compromise. For example, if upstate New York splits from the New York City area in a way that upstate is very light blue, Democrats gain in the Senate but Republicans gain in the Electoral College.

Under most definitions, Upstate NY would be a swing state. I have long maintained that it would be the swing state if it was it's own state.

[JayhawkCO]

Out of the 50 states, Kansas has the 2nd most mainline US highway mileage, behind Texas. That kinda blew my mind the first time that I heard it.

On that note, it's a little wild to me that Colorado is 7th most. Yeah, it's a relatively big state, but since you completely forget about all of US87 and most of US85, it doesn't seem like there are that many.

[bing101]

Yes this is some areas of the world with interesting geographic features. 

[vdeane]

Unfortunately, LI has done a much better job of this than the region that actually should be it's own state (Upstate), since the boundaries of LI are obvious, while no one can clearly define Upstate 

IIRC the state government tends to use "everything north of Rockland and Westchester" as the definition.