Posted on 04/08/2014 11:52:28 AM PDT by blam
This Incredible Map Shows Just How Gigantic Texas Really Is
Pamela Engel
April 8, 2014, 1:42 PM
Texans like to talk all the time about how big Texas is, and how if you're driving from the bottom of Texas to Canada, then you're spending half of your time just getting through the state itself.
So is that true? It's pretty close. Texas really is gigantic.
Redditor Armeleon put together a map that gives you a good idea of the massive size of Texas.
Texas spans about 800 miles from north to south. Everything seen in red on the map is closer than 791 miles to Texas (the longest straight-line distance in Texas from north to south is actually 801 miles, but Armeleon used 791 miles as a benchmark to create the map).
Check it out:
It's mind-boggling to think that, for example, Corpus Christi is closer to Cuba than it is to Denver.
It's worth noting that the map above is slightly distorted because it is flat and the world is spherical. The size and shape of objects seen on a flat map aren't exact.
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Immigration is federal law.
Immigration?
That’s not what I’m talking about at all.
“Puleez, what does that even mean?”
It means Texas has a lot to brag about (and boy do they brag), but when it comes to size of states, they’re #2.
Difficulty in living is relative. West Texas being uncomfortable part of the year ain’t the same as 3/4 never getting above freezing, uninhabitable.
Landmass is not the same as “usable space”. Sorry but Alaska is bigger only in acreage.
That sure sounds like it is about immigration.
what’s going on in texas has nothing to do with immigration.
Where do the Mexicans come from?
They come from another country.
what i do remember precisely is driving from houston to san diego, when i got to el paso i was halfway there
Immigration is federal, is there a reason you are playing games and refusing to explain your silly post?
I’m not talking about immigration. That’s all.
Perhaps there’s someone else willing to have a nonsensical argument. Not I.
Oh, here’s a headline featuring as I speak. Wonder what makes them feel empowered to do this?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3142348/posts
Evidently you don’t want to share whatever your silly post was about, it will remain your own private secret.
It sure seems strange to make such a post on a public forum, and then refuse to tell what it was about.
It clearly had something to do with immigration or else you would merely explain it rather than act so strange.
I retired from Texas Instruments at the end of 1994 after a 20 year career there.
Well aMorePerfectUnion, President Obama has nearly three years left in office,, By the time I'm done Texas may be largest State yet again...
I just reviewed. There is nothing silly about any of my posts.
Having driven through Texas, not much of it is an enjoyable place to inhabit.
Old joke: Texas is a place you can see farther, and less, than any place else........
:-)
“Well aMorePerfectUnion, President Obama has nearly three years left in office,, By the time I’m done Texas may be largest State yet again...”
Sure. As soon as Alaska gets cut in half.
I googlemap’ed it. You are right. I don’t know why I remember it being almost 1000 miles.
Driving from San Antone to Amarillo must have been your “driven through Texas”.
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