Talk:Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area

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[edit] Observations

1. The center of Beaumont-Port Arthur is east-northeast of Greater Houston.

2. Beaumont-Port Arthur states this region is in Southeast Texas.

3. Greater Houston states this region is in East Texas.

Therefore, as far as ordinal and cardinal directions are concerned:

• East is south of southeast.
• Southeast is north of east.

I now understand why university students cannot use wikipedia for research papers. stonetlee 16:04, 8 Aug 2007 (UTC)

The above observations (1., 2., 3.) are all true. There are sixteen cardinal directions. Beaumont is ENE of Houston (just east of northeast). The region *is* Southeast Texas. It is also East Texas, even though the Southeast region may be a more accurate description. Deatonjr (talk) 17:40, 24 December 2007 (UTC)