This makes no sense.<p>When people say something is &quot;near&quot; something else they mean its geographically close. You were replying specifically to &quot;Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border,&quot; in the comments of an article specifically about geography, which makes your &quot;near&quot; definition make even less sense. You might as well say &quot;New York City is like in Chicago&#x27;s back yard since you can get there by boat.&quot; or &quot;Bergen is near Miami because they are both on the Atlantic Ocean.&quot;