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Just now, romad1 said:

Drove by Rod Carew Stadium in Panama last week.  Not as big as Comerica but a swell sight for my baseball loving eyes.

Yeah, I am a little surprised that baseball is the #1 sport in Panama even though there are so few Panamanian players in big league history.

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Just now, chasfh said:

Yeah, I am a little surprised that baseball is the #1 sport in Panama even though there are so few Panamanian players in big league history.

Per the guy who was running our tour (aka a tour guide), he said it was probably: soccer, baseball and American football in that order these days.   I would confirm based on the TV in the hotel.  Lots of soccer, a good amount of baseball in both languages, and NFL talk.  Basketball was trailing all that. 

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21 minutes ago, romad1 said:

I don't care that much but Detroit doesn't have an MLS team?  With all the soccer played in the Detroit metro...huh.

The "official" reason given in the last round of expansions was that Detroit didn't have an "acceptable" soccer stadium. Charlotte got around it by working out an agreement with the Panther to play in their stadium. It seems the powers that be in the MLS fudged the rules a bit. 

I guess at one time the team had backing from both Gilbert and Gores to construct a stadium on the old jail site. I'm not sure where that stands now. Detroit City FC plays in Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck.

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Both maps from exploredplanet.com

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

2 hours ago, smr-nj said:

nice. I always liked Caribou.

[Biff Mayhem]

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Stupid, but still cracked me up:

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

@terriblemaps on Twitter is great for stuff like that.

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21 hours ago, smr-nj said:

I had no idea Dunkin’ is more popular in Illinois, although I do wonder whether this is locations or sales, because there are a lot of little Dunkin’ kiosks around the big city, anyway.

Edited April 27, 2023 by chasfh

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19 hours ago, Biff Mayhem said:

Probably true of every city.

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The one that strikes me here is Salsette Island, in India:

There are almost 24 million people who live on this island, an area roughly the size of a patch of suburbs that runs from 8 mile and I-94 in Grosse Pointe to 8 Mile and Telegraph in Southfield, up to downtown Pontiac, across to Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights, and back down to Grosse Pointe. That's more than twice the number of people who live in the whole state of Michigan on a patch of land that makes up less than half of suburban Detroit.

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Surprised by the amount of snowfall in the Appalachians, although I guess I probably shouldn't be.

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If any of you wanna come on over and murder me or buddha, this is probably the best place to do it. Although if y'all just wanna murder each other, you can probably get away with it over there, too.

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The NFL might have an uphill battle spreading their sport around the world.

[casimir]

56 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Holmes County, Ohio and Lagrange County, Indiana.  Hefty Amish populations.

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NJ. 😂

[oblong]

Ohio got kind of a big head there....

 

[casimir]

32 minutes ago, oblong said:

Ohio got kind of a big head there....

 

The font is small and understated and not very distinguishable from the rest of the states, which is a nice contradiction to the word.

But, hold on, someone dared to use the "m" instead of the stupid "X"?  Curses.....

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I have a feeling Florida's is going to change sooner than later.

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This is from a couple years ago and there's been realignment since, so it may not be completely accurate today, but it's pretty close and it's really cool.

 

 

Edited May 2, 2023 by chasfh

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I wonder what the good people of the Thumb would think if they were told they live in Detroit. 💀

[Tigeraholic1]

@chasfh I thought this was going to be a dumb thread, but now I am truly fascinated by it! Thanks for starting it.

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1 hour ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

@chasfh I thought this was going to be a dumb thread, but now I am truly fascinated by it! Thanks for starting it.

You’re welcome.

Solid backhand there. 😜