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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.

I always refer to my Toronto colleagues ( I am in Seattle ) as Southerners...

Distortions of the Mercator Projection...

I'm not sure how that would affect perceptions of relative latitude.

Here’s one of my favorites: What state in the US is closest to Africa?

That's a really good one (I googled the answer), never would have expected it.