The pavement might not always change on a border, but some other clues to tell
that you have found an urban border are:
speed limit changes
street numbers have a major change (i.e. start going down instead of going up,
number of digits changes)
yellow lines appear/disappear
speed limit notices
On more major streets, you might see signs from the Lions, Kiwanis, etc. with
meeting info
Asher
--- acroorca2002 <
orc@...> 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 twice to
> me before i even saw his point
> 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 on
> the way to philadelphia today
> & i was indeed able with some difficulty to find the usgs depicted
> njny monument 15
> & to imagine the state line proceeding from it to where the license
> plates of the many parked cars changed colors
> as i zigzagged more than usual thru the streets
>
> there were no pavement changes or other visible signs of the state
> line itself
> & the mailman believes there are no divided houses
> but frankly i cant see how there could fail to be at least divided
> house lots
>
> of course i have no camera with me
> but it wasnt very photogenic anyway
>
> indeed the dizziness value probably far exceeded the curiosity value
> & i was able to remain disoriented for some time as i tried to find my
> way back to the extremely limited access interstate highway 287 i was
> passing thru on
>
> 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" <jesniel@i...>
> wrote:
> > This straight line have to cross through buildings etc., there E of
> the red
> > 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 on
> > > the bright red bypass highway at the upper left corner of this map
> > > which is the newest & final link of interstate 287
> > >
> > > & 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> > >
> > >
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