More Map Shenanigans

I'm trying to find the best way to show---or maybe the best way to represent on this laptop---the random and just-learned fact that Eureka, CA and NYC are on basically the same latitude line, and both are a few degrees south of Rome.

Anyway, I read somewhere that Atlanta is closer to Chicago than it is to Miami. I checked it out, and I guess if you go with the northwestern-most suburbs of Atlanta, they'll be closer to the southern-most regions of Chicago than they would be to Miami, so there's truth in that. But really, Atlanta is a good midpoint between Miami and Chicago.

Then I heard that El Paso, TX is closer to San Diego than to Houston. Again, it's close, but mostly true, and then we can see El Paso as the halfway point between SD and Houston:

Then I started looking at the map closer. I'd heard another one of these rando facts that Bristol, TN is closer to Canada than to Memphis. As the crow flies sure, but not by car. Check it out, though, by car, since Tennessee is a very long state, Bristol is basically the midpoint between Memphis and Philly:

I first went with The Wire's own Baltimore, but it was just a little too close. DC might have been perfect.

Then I sat back, zoomed out, and refocused on St. Louis, the old Gateway to the West. Turns out its closer to Minneapolis than to Dallas, but again only barely, making it a good midpoint between Dallas and Minneapolis:

What about St. Loo and the other direction, I thought. Well, how about Albuquerque and Detroit? St. Louis is essentially the midpoint between the American Southwest and the Rust Belt.

Map shenanigans to make me da proud...