Talk:International border states of the United States

message: I don't see how Florida counts as having an international border.  I am going to change this if no one tells me not to.  Lukejodonnell (talk) 02:39, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Florida? 

message: Don't Florida and Alaska belong here, on account of their respective sea borders with Cuba and Russia?
:Not to mention, Indiana is closer to Canada than Florida to Cuba.  Should we count that as "bordering" another country, while we're being liberal with quotation marks?  After all, the land journey from Indiana to Canada is far easier than the sea or air journey from Florida to Cuba. Alvis 04:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point.  Overseas places do not border the USA.  Adding quotation marks is not a logical solution in an encyclopedia.Korky Day (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Does "Border" need to be capitalized? --Fang Aili talk 19:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No.Korky Day (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article title  

message: Should we include Hawaii for Taiwan? California for China? Oregon & Washington for Japan. Maybe MA for bordering with Great Britain? As far as Territoral waters they only extend 12 nautical miles, so I doubt Cuba, Russia, etc. are within that definition. I think this article should be limited to those states with a physical shared border, no water in between. Aboutmovies 02:42, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, unless the "water" is a river or lake. Korky Day (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No one is disagreeing, so I'll change it.  But I know not how to change the map. Korky Day (talk) 18:19, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I actually do think that Alaska and Florida should be included here since there are no intervening international waters between them and them and neighboring countries. Just because you have to float across the Straits of Florida or the Bering Strait makes then no less international borders than ones on land- just ask the countries involved about mineral, oil, and fishing rights involved! —Ashanda (talk) 01:37, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Alaska is a border state. It borders Canada. 130.132.200.84 (talk) 05:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

text: Actually, Alaska and Russia are just 2.5 miles apart. The Diomede Islands - Little Diomede in Alaska and Big Diomede in Russia - reside in the Bering Strait and are separated by just 2.5 miles of water. Regardless, as another individual pointed out, Alaska borders Canada as well. Phizzy 03:00, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with the idea of listing Alaska as having a water border with Russia, its really no different than the Great Lakes. 2 says you, says two  19:15, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Florida & Alaska sea borders? 

message: Sorry. I never heard of border states for anything other than the Civil War. Definitely not these states. When I googled "border states", I got the Civil War states.
Someone has put a lot of work into this, but it is nonsense, in my opinion. It redefines everyone's conception. It should be totally changed to reflect the Civil War definition: Kentucky, Tenessee, etc. The article, as is, should be moved to (sorry) uncyclopedia.Student7 02:53, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I hear the term often in Canada, so let's keep Wikipedia internationally relevant.  Besides, it's just common sense: if it has a border with another country, it's logically a border state; that's how the term got to be used in the Civil War and the term can be used at other times for the exact same reason.Korky Day (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

text: Living in Arizona, I hear discourse of immigration and "border issues" on a regular basis in both a local and national context. To me, the concept of a "border state" is pretty straightforward: a state located on a national border who has to deal with the issues, for better or worse. Perhaps some sort of context like this in the article might help to make the article more relevant. 72.208.49.62 (talk) 06:23, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

text: The difference between Ohio & Pennsylvania and Wisconsin is that Ohio and Pennsylvania actually share an international border with Canada. Wisconsin does not. Phizzy  19:32, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Definition

message: This article lists Crystal Island as a land border between Ontario and Michigan.  Meanwhile, the linked article on Islands in the Detroit River says "There are no islands in the Detroit River that are divided by the international border, as Michigan and Ontario share no land borders at any point."
Which is correct? 2600:6C51:7B7F:DAFF:D527:AFE6:1B9:ECC1 (talk) 06:08, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crystal Island