# Oregon is south of Washington! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-south-of-washington/975617 "2022-11-27T04:14:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-south-of-washington/975617/41 "2024-05-20T16:55:41Z")
Some of my ancestors moved to western Connecticut- and then men with guns told them they were really in Pennsylvania, thank-you very much [Pennamite–Yankee War - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennamite%E2%80%93Yankee_War) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-south-of-washington/975617/42 "2024-05-20T17:06:04Z")
> [@Jegpeg](#): > > Two thirds of Africa is in the Northern Hemisphere Los Angeles California, and Casablanca, Morocco are at virtually the same latitude. (34° 03′ 00" N for L.A., and 33° 35’ 35" N for Casablanca – so less than 32 miles.) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-south-of-washington/975617/43 "2024-05-20T19:26:42Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > less than 32 miles 31 miles and 2 and a quarter football fields ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-south-of-washington/975617/44 "2024-05-20T19:40:56Z")
Meh. A third of a world away, the latitudes are virtually the same. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-south-of-washington/975617/45 "2024-05-20T21:00:26Z")
Ohio is in the Midwest. (No, I don’t get why either.) Georgia is in the Southeast. But Atlanta and Cincinnati are practically on the same meridian. And then there’s whole other states in the SE further west plus a bit of Florida. So you can actually drive NE from the SE and get to the Midwest. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-south-of-washington/975617/46 "2024-05-20T21:22:50Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > But Atlanta and Cincinnati are practically on the same meridian. It’s even harder for people to wrap their heads around the fact that Detroit is actually east of Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-south-of-washington/975617/47 "2024-05-20T22:47:38Z")
And north of Canada. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-is-south-of-washington/975617.md?page=2)