Map Monday: USA Geography Weirdness Including Minneapolis Equals Venice

Here’s a fun video, via Kottke, about some strange geographic alignment perceptions having to do with the United States. It includes a shoutout to Minneapolis, which is at roughly the same latitude as Venice, Italy.

Here’s the vid:

The latitudinal alignment should not come as a surprise to anyone who has been paying attention to streets.mn’s downtown Minneapolis’ Venetian canal proposal, and subsequent heated debate:

Skyways and flooded streets with Gondolas in Minneapolis.

Enjoy the video!

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