Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-27104094-20171125215702/@comment-29984007-20171228170930

DukeLeto7 wrote: And, of course, another problem with the metaphor is that the coast of the US is (for the most part) considerably far to the South of Europe latitudinally. The five big cites, Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Washington and Miami are (about) the same distance North of the equator as Rome, Madrid, Valencia, Ibiza and Luxor, Egypt, respectively. Gibraltar and Malta are both roughly opposite to the coast of North Carolina, which is in "The South" by US standards, but barely half the drive from New York to Florida. a metaphor don't need to be strictly correct, if it is understand by all the people use is ok. you have to consider the main 'parameter' for the south/north perception is the climatic enviroment. cold -> north, hot -> south the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream make the europe atlantic shore way more temperate that should be only for the latitude position. (usualy for example is used the ireland, had the same latitude of Saint Petersburg but some 20°C-ish hotter of the russian city.), and the mediterranean sea work in a similar way making the south europe warm.