Gork@sopuli.xyz to Mapporn Circlejerk@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhy is South Charleston north of Charleston? Are they stupid?sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down13
arrow-up135arrow-down1imageWhy is South Charleston north of Charleston? Are they stupid?sopuli.xyzGork@sopuli.xyz to Mapporn Circlejerk@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 days agoNo… You just don’t understand it. Charleston is on the North bank. South Charleston is on the South bank. Same with East/West in other places.
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoAlso, in addition to rivers and other geographic barriers being traditionally where lines are drawn, there is a pretty good chance the territories were established north and south but have expanded in opposite directions since then.
No…
You just don’t understand it.
Charleston is on the North bank.
South Charleston is on the South bank.
Same with East/West in other places.
Also, in addition to rivers and other geographic barriers being traditionally where lines are drawn, there is a pretty good chance the territories were established north and south but have expanded in opposite directions since then.