Who likes looking at maps?

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

Has the expression "three quarters" not made it as far as the Pacific coast?

[ursus arctos]

Hadn't noticed that. It is strange.

[San Bernardhinault]

TBF, it's not the only strange thing in the pitch, which seems to suggest that states should secede non-homogenous parts of their state to neighbouring states. So, maybe middle-Pennsylvania would join West Virginia. Or northwestern Indiana would join Illinois while southern Illinois joins Missouri. If you follow the logic that people in eastern Oregon get outvoted by people in western Oregon and therefore should be in a different state altogether, the end result is going to be a complete reordering of the country.

[ursus arctos]

True, though I assume the headline choice was the Oregonian's, rather than that of the promoters.

This will never happen, of course, but the national political fallout would be interesting, with a Oregon and Washington instantly becoming among the most progressive states in the nation

[Diable Rouge]

The world, according to France, in 1803:

[Diable Rouge]

The longest uninterrupted global walking route:

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

How are those terms defined, DR?

I suspect nobody has ever walked to Magadan from more than a few miles away. It was the scene of some hellish gulag, wasn't it - winter temperatures massively below zero.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

They must have stopped for a ham and cheese roll somewhere along the way, surely.

[Balderdasha]

Strange term, because that's not a straight line, but you could do a much longer uninterrupted route if, say, you walked around all the connected coastlines.

[Guy Profumo]

The longest uninterrupted global walking route:

Is Moses the local guide for the Egyptian section?

[Diable Rouge]

Strange term, because that's not a straight line, but you could do a much longer uninterrupted route if, say, you walked around all the connected coastlines.

Basically, both cities are connected by an uninterrupted road, which would be impossible along the coastlines.

[Balderdasha]

Fair enough. I thought uninterrupted just meant "not having to walk across the sea".

[San Bernardhinault]

I guess it's the "two points on the globe with the widest separation that you can still walk between", and then the most sensible walking-only route between them

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/dipikakadaba/status/1383086276971167744?s=21

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

the most sensible walking-only route between them

The relative quality of the word "most" is doing a lot of work there.

[Nefertiti2]

this is nice- ans will come in handy

https://twitter.com/SlowWaysUK/status/1385624694838251525?s=20

[Gerontophile]

This is more for people who hate maps. It makes me unwell to look at it. The US in "grid form"

Well, I like Nevada there. But only if Vegas is on the coast.

*That, and it gets us further away from Arizona.

[Discordant Resonance]

When the old Christian Democrats look competent:

[ursus arctos]

Not sure that Draghi would have signed off on those 1995 figures

There is also a major demographic element there, both as to aging and emigration

[ursus arctos]

San Bernardhinault might find the Tri-State Trolley Map (top right) of greater interest now

https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1391070666212790273

[ad hoc]

What's the deal with that "The nation's summer capital" arrow pointing to Beverly?

[ursus arctos]

It was the location of William Howard Taft's "Summer White House"

[ad hoc]

And they featured it prominently on official maps?

[ursus arctos]

I think this map was produced by a consortium of private tram companies. They would have seen it as a way to boost interest in one of their destinations.

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Thread on the curious case of San Seriffe:

https://twitter.com/Mikeachim/status/1392468208922337280?s=19