{"id":4505,"date":"2010-06-29T17:32:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T22:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=4505"},"modified":"2022-02-24T07:07:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T12:07:43","slug":"not-that-far-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/not-that-far-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Great White North(ish)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I came across another wonderful map as I reviewed the Dead Tree Media over the weekend. The City of Toronto bought a full-page advertisement hoping to entice tourists from the northeast United States to cross the border into Canada for a weekend or a few days. They presented several lighthearted graphics designed to attract the attention of the ironic crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t think &#8220;curmudgeonly suburban dad with attitude&#8221; was the target demographic for this particular marketing campaign. Ordinarily I would have flipped to the op-eds so I could grumble in peace before the family woke up. Not this time. This map snapped me from my normal routine and drew attention to the page. I&#8217;m a sucker for an entertaining map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lots of the U.S. Farther North Than Toronto<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/blog\/toronto_not_that_north.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto Isn't That Far North\"\/><figcaption>Not That Far North!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They were hoping to convey that at least a few places in Canada are much further south than large portions of the United States. Toronto is a case in point. I focused on that thought in fair detail in one of <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2500\">my previous articles<\/a>. However, naturally, I didn&#8217;t have a graphics department at my disposal to produce an original design. All I had was Google Maps and the ability to draw a straight line of latitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notice the image on the other side of the page bleeding through. It looks like a mobile phone advertisement. Oh, I love those newspapers and all their inky goodness. Future generations will never get to experience black smudgy fingertips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I really like best about this image is their compulsive need to inform the readership that &#8220;City and States [are] NOT shown to scale.&#8221; I could ponder this cynically and make a snide comment about the state of education and geography. However I think I&#8217;ll take a different cynical approach, If they didn&#8217;t include a disclaimer then people with too much time on their hands &#8212; the ones who go out of their way to find offense with everything &#8212; would send lots of nasty emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be a pretty strange world if the graphic <em>was<\/em> to scale, with Toronto larger than Alaska, and Maine joining it as the big behemoths on the block. Go Maine! <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=1813\">Think of all the lobster<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Positive Correlation Between Height and Fun<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/blog\/toronto_height_of_fun.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto Is the Height of Fun\"\/><figcaption>Height Matters, Apparently<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also enjoyed this other graphic, &#8220;The Height of Fun: A comprehensive chart correlating building height to the amount of fun to be had in that city.&#8221; It purports that there&#8217;s more fun in Toronto than Seattle, Paris, New York or Chicago. That&#8217;s pretty funny if only because of its sheer outlandishness. I think Toronto is a great place but let&#8217;s get serious. 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