I didn&#x27;t day 100 anything.  I said near.  The people of new england are near ports for trade with the &quot;old world&quot; of europe, just as canadians are near the great lakes.  The boarder was all about ports, not population, even in the west.  It&#x27;s all about the waterways to the world, not being within some magic distance to any boarder as the crow flies.