Posted Mar 7, 2021, 8:01 PM
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Inveterate Angeleno
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 7,500
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The western coast of South America belonging to the same longitude as the US’ east coast threw me off for the longest time. It explains why LA doesn’t have larger Ecuadorian, Peruvian, and Colombian populations on par with NYC. It also drives home the point about how isolated a country the US is.
Miami being roughly equidistant between Havana and Orlando (as the crow flies) is also fascinating, as is the fact that the flight time from Miami to Bogota is a mere 15 minutes longer than to Chicago and Dallas.
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