The size of the moon, relative to the Australian mainland

Re:The size of the moon, relative to the Australian mainland by chii on Sunday November 17, 2019 @11:27PM (#21561875)

so much so that to avoid the controversy, the gov't chose to just build out a city in the middle between sydney and melbourne and use that as a capital city rather than settle once and for all which is better...

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Re:The size of the moon, relative to the Australian mainland by cwilkes on Monday November 18, 2019 @10:21AM (#21564936)

In the US state capitals aren’t in the major city in the state, with some exceptions (Indianapolis comes to mind).

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Re:The size of the moon, relative to the Australian mainland by kijin on Sunday November 17, 2019 @11:57PM (#21561996)

Canada is the same. They built Ottawa in the middle of nowhere, halfway between Toronto and Montreal.

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Re:The size of the moon, relative to the Australian mainland by masonic on Monday November 18, 2019 @01:07AM (#21562259)

  They built Ottawa in the middle of nowhere

And on the fringe of nowhere, they built their hockey rink.

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