there was one sign that said
not
welcome to west mahwah or nj etc etc
but
this isnt suffern anymore
so please lift the damn plow blade already
or something to that effect
otherwise only the change in the license plates revealed this grid
wasnt a seamless whole
i did however find one car parked on the wrong side of the line
which is always a hazard when playing this game
but it was so obviously misplaced that i could easily ignore it
good idea about the house numbers tho
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Asher Samuels <asher972@y...>
wrote:
> 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@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
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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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