NERD ALERT
Don't say you haven't been warned.
So I often proudly boast that I'm solidly a child of the East coast, having lived all up and down it (MA, DE, MD, NC, and FL) and no more than one state away from any state on the east coast, save Maine. I also rep the mid-Atlantic hard, as a mid-Atlantic representative, but also with legitimate claims to both the north and the south. So I figured I'd find out, mathematically, where my life averaged out to. This, I reasoned, could be done by multiplying the latitude of each of my places of residence by the amount of time I lived there, and adding them all together and dividing by my age.
Disclaimer: As much as I claim to hate math, I'm pretty good at it and enjoy using it as a problem solving tool. Which, true enough, I guess is what it's for.
(All lengths of time are approximate)
3.1 years spent in Boston, MA, latitude 42.32N
14.6 years spent in Wilmington, DE latitude 39.75N
3.8 years spent in Baltimore, MD, latitude 39.29N
2 years spent in Tampa, FL latitude 27.96N
.5 years spent in Greensboro NC, latitude 36.07N
And the result is:
My average latitude is 38.95N. This location approximates several south-of-the Mason-Dixon and north/south/solidly mid-atlantic locations: Cape May, NJ, Milford and Harrington, DE, Bowie MD, Washington DC, and Fairfax and Dulles Airport, VA.
Great. And it just dawned on me that I can do this with longitude too, pinpointing my exact average location. Let the nerding continue...
3.1 years spent in Boston, MA, longitude -71.06W
14.6 years spent in Wilmington, DE longitude -75.55W
3.8 years spent in Baltimore, MD, longitude -76.612W
2 years spent in Tampa, FL longitude -82.48W
.5 years spent in Greensboro NC, longitude -79.792W
And the final result places me at 38.95°N, -75.80°W, which is in Caroline County MD, about 5 miles east of the Delaware state line (at Kent County) and about a mile and a half south of Greensboro, MD. Interesting coincidence.
Y'all can laugh at my nerdiness all you want, I actually found that quite interesting. If I were computer savvy enough, I'd write a program with which you would just have to input each city and how long you lived there and it would find your location for you. It'd be the hottest internet meme since, well, the last meme that was "hot" if by "hot" you mean "nerdy".
So I often proudly boast that I'm solidly a child of the East coast, having lived all up and down it (MA, DE, MD, NC, and FL) and no more than one state away from any state on the east coast, save Maine. I also rep the mid-Atlantic hard, as a mid-Atlantic representative, but also with legitimate claims to both the north and the south. So I figured I'd find out, mathematically, where my life averaged out to. This, I reasoned, could be done by multiplying the latitude of each of my places of residence by the amount of time I lived there, and adding them all together and dividing by my age.
Disclaimer: As much as I claim to hate math, I'm pretty good at it and enjoy using it as a problem solving tool. Which, true enough, I guess is what it's for.
(All lengths of time are approximate)
3.1 years spent in Boston, MA, latitude 42.32N
14.6 years spent in Wilmington, DE latitude 39.75N
3.8 years spent in Baltimore, MD, latitude 39.29N
2 years spent in Tampa, FL latitude 27.96N
.5 years spent in Greensboro NC, latitude 36.07N
And the result is:
My average latitude is 38.95N. This location approximates several south-of-the Mason-Dixon and north/south/solidly mid-atlantic locations: Cape May, NJ, Milford and Harrington, DE, Bowie MD, Washington DC, and Fairfax and Dulles Airport, VA.
Great. And it just dawned on me that I can do this with longitude too, pinpointing my exact average location. Let the nerding continue...
3.1 years spent in Boston, MA, longitude -71.06W
14.6 years spent in Wilmington, DE longitude -75.55W
3.8 years spent in Baltimore, MD, longitude -76.612W
2 years spent in Tampa, FL longitude -82.48W
.5 years spent in Greensboro NC, longitude -79.792W
And the final result places me at 38.95°N, -75.80°W, which is in Caroline County MD, about 5 miles east of the Delaware state line (at Kent County) and about a mile and a half south of Greensboro, MD. Interesting coincidence.
Y'all can laugh at my nerdiness all you want, I actually found that quite interesting. If I were computer savvy enough, I'd write a program with which you would just have to input each city and how long you lived there and it would find your location for you. It'd be the hottest internet meme since, well, the last meme that was "hot" if by "hot" you mean "nerdy".