This is true? - Geographic oddities that defy conventional wisdom

[Max Rockatansky]

The Longitude of Las Vegas is about the same as Nashville.

[hotdogPi]

The Longitude of Las Vegas is about the same as Nashville.

I still don't believe you.

[The Nature Boy]

Here are a few:

Myrtle Beach, SC is roughly due south of Buffalo, NY
Cape Hatteras, NC is roughly due south of Utica, NY
Miami, FL is roughly due south of Erie, PA

It's amazing how much eastward the coast shifts are you go north.

[english si]

And along similar lines, Edinburgh, on the East Coast of Scotland, is slightly west of Liverpool, on the West Coast of England.

[Rothman]

The Longitude of Las Vegas is about the same as Nashville.

*snickers*

[jp the roadgeek]

Bogota, Colombia, and Bogota, New Jersey, are on about the same longitude.

[paulthemapguy]

^Carter Lake, Iowa is mostly like this.

[thenetwork]

San Francisco is further south in latitude than Denver.

And I-80's Western Terminus is also further south than both I-70's Eastern & Western Termini.

[jp the roadgeek]

Portland, OR and Montreal are on the same latitude, and Seattle is north of Quebec City.

The CA/OR, PA/NY, and CT/MA border are all on the same latitude.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

And Point Pelee and Pelee Island on lake Erie (both in Canada) are South of that latitude.

[GaryV]

And Point Pelee and Pelee Island on lake Erie (both in Canada) are South of that latitude.

They're south of the CA/OR border.

[kphoger]

Jackson, Mississippi, is a little bit farther south than Tijuana.

[cl94]

A few here:

- Albany, NY is closer to 10 other states and 2 Canadian provinces than it is to Buffalo, NY
- Continuing the New York game, NYC is closer to 12 states, DC, and 2 provinces than it is to Buffalo.
- New York City, Madrid, and Istanbul are at approximately the same latitude
- Vancouver and Luxembourg are at the same latitude
- San Francisco, Seoul, and Athens? Yep, same latitude.
- Miami, Dubai, Taipei: see above

[kphoger]

- New York City ... and Istanbul are at approximately the same latitude
- San Francisco ... and Athens? Yep, same latitude.

These surprised me.

[kphoger]

Buenos Aires and Montevideo are at approximately the same latitude as the southern tip of Africa.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Erie, PA is at the same latitude as me.

Actually, Europe is farther North than you think. Oslo is placed at the same latitude as the Southern boundary of the Canadian territories!

[cl94]

Erie, PA is at the same latitude as me.

Actually, Europe is farther North than you think. Oslo is placed at the same latitude as the Southern boundary of the Canadian territories!

Oslo and Edinburgh aren't too far south of Juneau

[texaskdog]

if this hasn't been mentioned yet, Detroit is closer to Washington DC than Copper Harbor, MI

[bing101]

Quezon City, Philippines is really larger than Manila by population in the country. But Manila gets greater attention in the Philippine media and to a certain extent Makati city.

[hotdogPi]

Quezon City, Philippines is really larger than Manila by population in the country. But Manila gets greater attention in the Philippine media and to a certain extent Makati city.

Some United States examples:

1. Bridgeport is the largest city in Connecticut, even though people normally think of Hartford and New Haven first.
2. Virginia Beach is larger than Norfolk, but Norfolk is more important.
3. When people think of large cities, or even medium-large cities, cities in North Carolina are usually forgotten. (This may not be true on this forum.)
4. San Jose is larger than San Francisco. (This has probably been mentioned earlier in this thread.)



In the United States, east of the Hudson River, the population inside New England and the population outside New England are almost equal (close enough that I don't know which is greater).

[Max Rockatansky]

Quezon City, Philippines is really larger than Manila by population in the country. But Manila gets greater attention in the Philippine media and to a certain extent Makati city.

Some United States examples:

1. Bridgeport is the largest city in Connecticut, even though people normally think of Hartford and New Haven first.
2. Virginia Beach is larger than Norfolk, but Norfolk is more important.
3. When people think of large cities, or even medium-large cities, cities in North Carolina are usually forgotten. (This may not be true on this forum.)
4. San Jose is larger than San Francisco. (This has probably been mentioned earlier in this thread.)



In the United States, east of the Hudson River, the population inside New England and the population outside New England are almost equal (close enough that I don't know which is greater).

With 1 I'd say it was definitely Hartford, especially when I was living in Connecticut for six years in the early 1990s.  But then again Hartford and Bridgeport were probably only a couple thousand people apart when I lived there, but Bridgeport still had a higher population.

[adventurernumber1]

Atlanta, GA is closer to Philadelphia, PA, than to Dallas, TX (666 miles vs. 720 miles).

Chattanooga, TN is closer to New York City, NY, than to Key West, FL (730 miles vs. 756 miles).

Chattanooga, TN is closer to Charlotte, NC, than to Memphis, TN (253 miles vs. 268 miles).

Lake City, FL is closer to Asheville, NC, than to Key West, FL (374 miles vs. 393 miles).

[Max Rockatansky]

Atlanta, GA is closer to Philadelphia, PA, than to Dallas, TX (666 miles vs. 720 miles).

Chattanooga, TN is closer to New York City, NY, than to Key West, FL (730 miles vs. 756 miles).

Chattanooga, TN is closer to Charlotte, NC, than to Memphis, TN (253 miles vs. 268 miles).

Lake City, FL is closer to Asheville, NC, than to Key West, FL (374 miles vs. 393 miles).

Speaking of Key West, if you were to drive the fastest route from Pensacola it would be a over 800 mile drive:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Key+West,+FL/Pensacola,+FL/@27.5867591,-88.1767173,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x88d1b134ad952377:0x3fcee92f77463b5e!2m2!1d-81.7799871!2d24.5550593!1m5!1m1!1s0x8890bf45accbaabb:0xa7c69a6e3179657c!2m2!1d-87.2169149!2d30.421309?hl=en

[SP Cook]

Some United States examples:

2. Virginia Beach is larger than Norfolk, but Norfolk is more important.

3. When people think of large cities, or even medium-large cities, cities in North Carolina are usually forgotten. (This may not be true on this forum.)

Define "important".  I will grant you that Norfolk is both more industrial and has more of lawyer/accountant/banker downtown; and, has a certain international importance as the largest military base on earth, but that is not all there is to being "important".

About North Carolina, right.  And both North Carolina and Virginia are examples of the use of a different word for a metro and the city.  Most places are generally just "greater" "metro" or "area" with a city name to mean "central city and its suburbs".   The cities of eastern Virginia are, however, "the Tidewater" or "Hampton Roads" ,  and the main areas of North Carolina are "the Piedmont Triad" (Winston-Salem, High Point, Greensboro) , "the Triangle" (Raleigh. Durham, Chapel Hill), and "Metrolina" (Charlotte).    Pretty rare elsewhere.

[kurumi]

The island of Borneo has more than 3.5 times the land area of Great Britain (wiki)