Something weird I noticed after I had an atlas and too much time on my hands.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Of the 50 states, at least 16 of them had their highest point within 3 miles of the state border.

Why is that? I have no idea. But it's weird.


Oh, that and there is a town called Thousandsticks, Kentucky.

[rug]

1. It's easier to elude the DEA.

[Brother Buzz]

2. Did you find the one city in Louisiana named after a single red stick?

Check out Reno, it's actually west of Los Angles. Weird, no?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. I'd believe it.

I think the western most point in South America is roughly around the same longtitude as Detroit.

[krispos42]

3. The surveyors climbed up the mountains....

...and said "Fuck it, the damn state ends here!"

[XemaSab]

5. That's the right answer there

:D

[surrealAmerican]

6. Mountains make good natural borders...

... so do rivers and lakes.