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		dreamcompiler on Oct 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Australia's weird little time zone (2008) It's always seemed funny to me that El Paso is closer to Los Angeles (802 miles; 3 states away) than to Beaumont (840 miles; same state).

ubermonkey on Oct 27, 2022 [–]

Yeah, it's crazy.

Pac coast to Texas: 800ish miles.

Across Texas? 877 or so.

Beaumont to Jacksonville (ie, Atlantic Coast): 784.

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