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[gfish]

Who else gets slightly annoyed when people don't use the correct map-relative direction (up->north, down->south, over->east/west) when talking about large-scale geography? From Seattle I can head up to Vancouver, down to Portland, or over to Spokane. Period.

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[caladri.livejournal.com]

Down to the high plains? Up to the coast? Down to the continental divide?

[neuro42.livejournal.com]

Conversely, I guess I *would* head over to Denver...

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

When I lived in Leadville, it was absolutely *down* to Denver, even though Leadville is south of Denver, but a mile higher. When I lived in Loveland, it was down to Denver, too, since Loveland is at the same elevation but directly north. But from Portland or Boise it was *up* to Denver, and I'm not quite sure the justification.