Just a quick note about the river thing. I moved to Jacksonville in 1989, and heard this growing up. Before that I lived in Radford, VA and heard the same thing except instead of the St John's River, it was the New River (both said the Nile was the other one). A river flows downhill to the nearest body of water, theres tons of rivers that flow away from the equator, just thought I'd throw that in there.
posted by hadrian at 08:34 AM on February 01, 2005
"How did Jacksonville get the Super Bowl?"
Just a quick note about the river thing. I moved to Jacksonville in 1989, and heard this growing up. Before that I lived in Radford, VA and heard the same thing except instead of the St John's River, it was the New River (both said the Nile was the other one). A river flows downhill to the nearest body of water, theres tons of rivers that flow away from the equator, just thought I'd throw that in there.