Because of its eccentric location in the Netherlands, and its geographical and cultural proximity to Belgium, integration of Maastricht and Limburg into the Netherlands did not come about easily.

Because they would have been in such close proximity to the actors, ancient Roman audiences would have wanted attention and direct acknowledgement from the actors.

Because these couples were child-free and were not concerned with the conditions of schools and playgrounds, they elected to live in the inner-city in close proximity to their jobs.

Because of its proximity to the sea, the temperature is relatively moderate.

Because of the proximity to the sea, freezing temperatures are rare ; an average of 2. 9 days a year, and lasting frosts ( when the maximum temperature remains less or equal to zero ) are non-existent.

Because of Valparaíso's proximity to the Peru-Chile Trench, the city is vulnerable to earthquakes.

Because of the range's proximity to the Pacific Ocean and the region's prevailing westerly winds, precipitation is substantial, especially on the western slopes, with annual accumulations of up to in some areas.

Because of its proximity to Interstate 5 and the California Aqueduct some towns within this area, including Patterson and Newman, have experienced tremendous growth and are being transformed into bedroom communities for commuters from the nearby San Francisco Bay Area, while others ( including Westley and Crows Landing ) have been almost entirely overlooked by development and remain tiny farming communities.

Because of its close proximity to the Philadelphia area, Chester County has experienced large " waves " of development due to suburbanization.

Because of its proximity to the tourist centres of Devonport and Port Sorell, Narawntapu is popular with visitors.

Because of its close proximity to Kingman, and its residents ' reliance on Kingman's grocery and retail stores for everyday necessities, Golden Valley can be considered part of the Kingman community.

* Because Arizona is a " neutral " state for the Mafia and with Kingman's proximity to Las Vegas, members and associates of various La Cosa Nostra organizations, including Chicago and New York, have reportedly made Kingman their home over the years, as well as other areas of Mohave County.

Because of its proximity to Memphis and Interstate access Marion offers the activities and enrichment of a large city while maintaining the character of a small community.

Because of its close proximity to San Francisco International Airport and to the city of San Francisco, and its advanced transit center that can connect people to all major cities / events in the Bay Area, many tourists opt to stay in Millbrae.

Because of Montecito's proximity to the ocean, onshore breezes significantly moderate temperatures, resulting in warmer winters and cooler summers compared with places further inland.

Because of the city's proximity to the ocean, onshore breezes significantly moderate temperatures, resulting in warmer winters and cooler summers compared with places farther inland.

Because of its location on the Gulf of Mexico and its proximity to several other large metropolitan areas, road transportation is critical to the Sarasota area.

Because of its close proximity to Spring Creek, Onarga was one of the first settled areas of Iroquois County.

Because of the proximity of am ample supply of lumber, the Elbert Brothers established a furniture factory near Laconia in 1868.

Because of its status as a seat of justice and its proximity to the Natchez Trace, Raymond developed quickly into a prosperous small town whose prosperity and smallness have remained constant to this day.

Because of its location, including its proximity to a ferry across the Missouri River, it was a stop along the way from St. Louis to St. Charles.

Because of its proximity to Hastings, Juniata is today a commuter suburb.

Because of its sheltered location and proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, some Palm trees can survive with minimal winter protection.

Because the entire City of Wood Village is north of Portland's Burnside Street and east of the Willamette River, all streets are in " Northeast " Wood Village, regardless of their proximity to the center of town.

Because of its proximity to the railroad, the site was used for shearing wool, holding sheep for shipping, and storing supplies for the operations in warehouses.

Because of their origin as mounting systems for railroad signaling relays, they are still sometimes called relay racks, but the 19-inch rack format has remained a constant while the technology that is mounted within it has changed to completely different fields.

Because of the nature of the way money was given to the companies building the railroad, they were sometimes known to sabotage each others railroads to claim that land as their own.

Because of these measures, Hill not only stayed in business, but also increased the net worth of his railroad by nearly $ 10 million.

Because no route over the Floyds Knobs was suitable for a railroad line, civil engineers decided to tunnel through them.

Because Malvern was the closest railroad station to Hot Springs, it became an important junction point for passengers transferring from rail to stagecoach to complete their journey to the spas in Hot Springs.

Because the post office was known as the Gonzales Post Office, a few years later the Railroad Commission ordered the local railroad to change the name of the community from Edenborn to Gonzales to match the post office name.

Because of the railroad tracks being so much higher than the Lost Valley land, Manville's Lost Valley will always be a number one target for flooding.

Because of the “ high bluffs ” that came right to the edge of Cape Fear river from the west, and a land mass between Navassa and Wilmington that would allow the construction of railroad tracks across Eagle ’ s Island, the railroad company decided to build a bridge across the Cape Fear at Navassa two years after the Civil War ended in 1867.

Because of the railroad tracks, Kirby has been dubbed " The hobo capital of Texas " because of its large population of homeless people living under the 410 overpass.

Because the section of the railroad was called Osborne, that was the name of the small community for a brief time.

Because of this, almost all of the land in Eastland County was either ' school land ' or ' railroad land.

Because of Murray's central location and access to the railroad, the first smelter was built there in 1870 and Murray became home to some of the largest smelters in the region over the next 30 years.

Because of the importance of the railroad, the town changed hands 14 times.

Because there was no railroad linking the coal mines of eastern Turkey with Constantinople, the Russian fleet's attacks on the Turkish coal ships caused the Ottoman government much hardship.

Because of the 140-year presence of the railroad, and its earlier status as a way station on Montauk Highway, originally the only through highway on Long Island's south shore, most of the core of Babylon dates to the era from before the American Civil War to World War I.

Because the IRT subway cars used on this line are narrower than standard railroad cars, platforms on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line had to be modified to use the smaller subway cars.

Because the Virginia segments are using freight railroad tracks, these trains also are more likely to suffer unexpected delays due to congested tracks.

Because they do not contain springs, they are better suited for areas with harsh conditions and are often used at outdoor locations like railroad and public utility installations.

Because railroad infrastructure is privately owned in the US, railroads are unwilling to make the necessary investments for electrification.

Because the railroad experienced cost overruns in Kenya, the British decided to justify its exceptional expense and pay its operating costs by introducing large-scale European settlement in a vast tract of land that became a center of cash-crop agriculture known as the " White Highlands.

Because of safety and ventilation issues, this tunnel is a limiting factor on how many trains the railroad can operate over this route from Seattle to Spokane.

Because the least expensive way to build into the suburbs was to rely upon existing railroad right-of-ways, the Orange Line took much of its present form, except that it also featured a further extension along the railroad to Bowie, Maryland and along the Dulles Access Road to the Dulles Airport.