Re: Gatherings & geography

[STEADIRIC@aol.com]

>My apologies to all geographically-challenged mid-westerners, but St.
>Louis is not the center of the universe... or the United States.  
>
>Using the following four "corners": Seattle, San Diego, Boston, and
>Tampa,  I have found that the most "equidistant" city of any substance
>would be Lincoln, Nebraska.  The mileage from each of the four "corners"
>is:
>Seattle - 1659, San Diego - 1555, Boston - 1521, and Tampa - 1452.
>(I used Tampa and Boston as kind of an "average" of those two corners of
>the country, flame away!)
>
>I realize much of the discussion of such an event has already focused on
>finding a track to run on.  Just throwing out this info for
>clarification.
>I quite often have to remind certain midwesterners of the Minnesota
>persuasion that nearly a full THIRD of the US lies beyond their
>definition of "out west" (Rapid City, SD).
>
>As for equidistance and having realistic expectations, Omaha might be a
>better choice than Lincoln.  All of this is moot from my perspective
>since all the locales discussed so far are within an easy half-day drive
>of my current residence.  I really hope this idea materializes into an
>acutal event.  I think it sounds great.  I haven't yet been to St. Louis
>and I can't think of a better reason to go there.  Just wanted to provide
>a reality check.

Ahhh,

But your using Great Circle distances.  Not Highway distance's...  Using 
Highway Distances St. Louis/Kansas City Mo are the closest Big Citys to 
the center of the country.

Later!


Eric Fletcher
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B
St. Louis, MO

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