Light On Dark Water

A few nights ago my wife started reading Martin Chuzzlewit Little Dorrit (which I have never read). She liked the opening so much that she read it to me. It describes the city of Marseilles baking in the sun, and vividly communicates heat, heat, heat. This made me wonder where Marseilles is, exactly—how far south? So I went and looked at the big wall map.

Here’s a quiz for you: without looking at a map, name a city in the eastern U.S. that’s at roughly the same latitude as Marseille. I’m putting an answer in a comment.

Update: if you wonder why the comments on this post refer to Martin Chuzzlewit, it’s because I have a bad memory.

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