If you had the time to walk across one U.S. state...?

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

Good Job.



I did walk from Colorado to Utah to New Mexico and then to Arizona.

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.

[Rain Man]

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.

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.