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Originally Posted by alnorth
Just got done browsing around google maps to see if there were any other "corner monuments" in any spot where 3 or more states meet. It seems like the eastern US doesn't give a damn about that sort of thing, but if you look around in the midwest and west, you often see some kind of structure erected at the corner. I guess since states west of the Mississippi are pretty large, its more of a big deal to see a corner.
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My first reaction was that eastern states may not have multi-state corners very much. Then I looked and was completely proven wrong.
Then I thought that eastern states may have borders at more natural features whereas western borders are purely manmade. Then I looked and was proven mostly wrong.
So maybe we can just go with the theory that people driving across western states are so thrilled to hit a state border that it's a celebration to stop.