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As a native to the US west coast, I was very surprised to realize that Toronto, Ontario is further south than Portland, Oregon.

• altoidaltoid 6y ago
  I always refer to my Toronto colleagues ( I am in Seattle ) as Southerners...
• naveens 6y ago
  Distortions of the Mercator Projection...
  • ddlatham 6y ago
    I'm not sure how that would affect perceptions of relative latitude.
    • mec31 6y ago
      Here’s one of my favorites: What state in the US is closest to Africa?
      • barking 6y ago
        That's a really good one (I googled the answer), never would have expected it.
• arh68 6y ago
  Wow so I looked at a map: Portland, Oregon is north of Portland, Maine? Maine?! That is surprising. And I was the nerd in high school pointing out Rome is north of NYC.