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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 78 points 9 months ago (4 children)

A port that doesn't freeze in winter.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (4 children)

So, essentially, 99% of all port cities?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Depends. Most Baltic ports are not warm water, and Midwestern port cities on the Great Lakes freeze. A lot of ports on the Korean peninsula and northern Japan also freeze over. They obviously aren't the important ports like Rotterdam, LA, or Singapore, but they are vital to local economies, especially if it's your only port.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

That's why those cities built ports.

That's why those ports matter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

It's what percentage of countries have one that would matter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Well, most port cities not in the artic.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Ooohhh. I can see why that would matter.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Vancouver then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Does it count when it freezes already in fall?