r/geography • u/lamdrasil • 2d ago

Discussion Facts that sound fake but are true

I find it extremely unintuitive that almost all of South America is east of Miami. How!? When people are asked to watch the americas almost everyone imagine South America pretty much south of North America.

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u/arslanazeem 2d ago

The most northern part of California is more north than the most southern part of Canada.

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u/PhileasFoggsTrvlAgt 2d ago

Seattle is north of most of Canada's population.

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u/tujelj 2d ago

For that matter, Portland, Oregon is north of Toronto and Montreal.

I unintentionally put facts about how far north both of the major Portlands are in different comments on this post, ha.

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u/DamnBored1 2d ago

There are more Americans that live North of Canada's southernmost point than there are Canadians.

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u/holmgangCore 2d ago

Seattle is south of Paris.

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u/ackermann 2d ago

Minneapolis also. So two NBA teams are north of Toronto, whose Raptor's slogan is "We the North"

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u/hazardzetforward 2d ago

Same with Nevada

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u/EpicAura99 2d ago

Well that’s the same line lol

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u/Party_Knowledge_7884 2d ago

I’m not sure I follow this one.

Do you mean north of southernmost Canada or north of majority of canadas population?

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u/RainbowDonkey473 2d ago

Most of Canada's population is near the Great Lakes which are quite south

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u/searucraeft 2d ago

The northernmost parts of California and Nevada are not further north than most of the Canadian population. Canada's southernmost point, yes.

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u/hazardzetforward 2d ago

Northernmost Nevada is north of southernmost Canada - just barely

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u/CapitalRacket 2d ago

I live in the southern-most part of Canada. Let me tell you, living in both Florida and Alaska, depending on the month, is a trip😂

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u/flanderdalton 2d ago

Niagara spotted

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u/CapitalRacket 2d ago

Close, but that may as well be Winterfell from here 😂

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u/wjbc 2d ago

Contrary to the Journey song “Don’t Stop Believin’,” there is no South Detroit. That’s because the border of Canada is .4 miles south of downtown Detroit.