Subject: Re: NJNY
Date: Nov 04, 2003 @ 14:38
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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> The pavement might not always change on a border, but some otherclues to tell
> that you have found an urban border are:of going up,
>
> speed limit changes
> street numbers have a major change (i.e. start going down instead
> number of digits changes)etc. with
> yellow lines appear/disappear
> speed limit notices
>
> On more major streets, you might see signs from the Lions, Kiwanis,
> meeting infotwice to
>
> Asher
> --- acroorca2002 <orc@o...> wrote:
> > flemington nj
> >
> > the following message 11992 was the point of origin of the huge &
> > various
> > boundaries thru urban areas
> > message tree that began with message 12129
> >
> > & you may recall it was necessary for jesper to explain this
> > me before i even saw his pointon
> > which is
> > a common street grid with a rare diagonal border cutting thru it
> >
> > so of course i had to check this out as i was passing so close by
> > the way to philadelphia todaydepicted
> > & i was indeed able with some difficulty to find the usgs
> > njny monument 15license
> > & to imagine the state line proceeding from it to where the
> > plates of the many parked cars changed colorsstate
> > as i zigzagged more than usual thru the streets
> >
> > there were no pavement changes or other visible signs of the
> > line itselfdivided
> > & the mailman believes there are no divided houses
> > but frankly i cant see how there could fail to be at least
> > house lotsvalue
> >
> > of course i have no camera with me
> > but it wasnt very photogenic anyway
> >
> > indeed the dizziness value probably far exceeded the curiosity
> > & i was able to remain disoriented for some time as i tried tofind my
> > way back to the extremely limited access interstate highway 287 iwas
> > passing thru on<jesniel@i...>
> >
> > for me not knowing where i am nor where i am going is a rare &
> > special treat
> > & this area is very effective for inducing that condition
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen"
> > wrote:E of
> > > This straight line have to cross through buildings etc., there
> > the redon
> > > road.
> > >
> > > Jesper
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "m06079" <barbaria_longa@h...>
> > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 10:22 PM
> > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: NJNY
> > >
> > >
> > > > yes & many of us have probably blown right past new york city
> > > > the bright red bypass highway at the upper left corner ofthis map
> > > > which is the newest & final link of interstate 287http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> > > >
> > > > & the large pink area is actually the greater suffern & mahwah
> > > > metro area within the much greater new york megalopolis
> > > >
> > > > & the entire most densely populated area all around ny city
> > > > which is shown on the topos mostly in pink
> > > > is actually called the tristate or the tristate area
> > > > since it includes part of connecticut too
> > > > tho there is no ctnjny tristate point
> > > >
> > > > but what specifically is your curiosity about
> > > >
> > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen"
> > > > <jesniel@i...> wrote:
> > > > > I just looked at a map of New York and noted that NJNY is a
> > > > straight line through a populated area.
> > > > >
> > > > > I checked with Topozone and found this part:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4550923&e=57117
> > > > 8&s=25&size=l&u=0&layer=DRG25
> > > > >
> > > > > Has anybody explored this area?
> > > > >
> > > > > Jesper
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
> > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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