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Re:London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming ... by gadders on Friday November 12, 2021 @09:56AM (#29199822)
My mental model was always that here in the UK London was roughly level with New York. My mind was blown when someone from the US called us the the Far North and a I realised all of the UK is further north than all of the US.
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Re:London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming ... by mytailorisrich on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:26AM (#29200145)
Yes, the US as quite South compared to Europe.

New York is at 40.7 deg latitude North, which is only slightly North compared to Madrid. Miami is 25.8 deg North, which is more South than the Canaries Islands...

China is also actually mostly to the South of Europe, with Beijing actually slightly South of both Madrid and New York.

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Re:London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming ... by pratik661 on Friday November 12, 2021 @07:15PM (#29206096)
My mind was blown when I realized NYC and Barcelona are at the same latitude.
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Re:London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming ... by SllX on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:28AM (#29200165)
Well, except Alaska.
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Re:London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming ... by twiddling on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:39AM (#29200334)
more people live in the city of Seattle than the entire state of Alaska
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Re:London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming ... by SllX on Friday November 12, 2021 @12:37PM (#29202148)
Yes. Is this topical or trivial?
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