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Michael Roston
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Finding out there is such a thing as the "American Mediterranean Sea" at this stage of my life is as disconcerting as learning that despite my Chicago born-and-raised childhood, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are technically the same body of water.
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12:55 PM · Feb 25, 2026
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Finding out there is such a thing as the "American Mediterranean Sea" at this stage of my life is as disconcerting as learning that despite my Chicago born-and-raised childhood, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are technically the same body of water.
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12:55 PM · Feb 25, 2026
I think most of us were taught about the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, etc.
It is technically a large body of water (but not as large as an ocean) between North and South America.
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