Location Services won't let go . . . .

I have a Time Capsule as my base station (primary router) connected to a Comcast cable modem. I also have an Airport Express set up in another part of my house to stream music to my stereo.
I spend 3 months in Florida in the winter and I take my Airport Express with me and use it as my base station (primary router) connected to a Comcast cable modem while in Florida. I've been doing this for 3 years now and when I got home from Florida this year and set up my Airport Express to "Extend a wireless network" as I always have, I noticed a weird thing happening. Whenever I am in range of the AIrport Express with my iPad (which I bought while in Florida this year), the iPad's location services thinks I'm still in Florida. e.g. Google Maps, Flixter (finds movie theaters in you area), weather apps, etc. all snap to the Florida location. If I move the iPad into the range of the Time Capsule, location services correctly locates me in Massachusetts. Funny thing is, this only happens on the iPad. My wife and I both have MacBooks and when using Google Maps (show my location) for directions, they correctly locate us in Mass. no matter which router we are connected to.
It's like Location Services won't let go of the Florida location . . . . .
Is this an iPad issue or an Airport Express issue?

I, too, am intrigued by this entire situation. So much so that I keep doubting myself, so I've been checking and re-checking the iPad and our MBs by moving them from the room with the Time Capsule to the room with the Airport Express and then going to Google Maps on the MBs and a bunch of apps on the iPad and seeing where they think we are located. And so far, nothing has changed.
At first I thought (as you did) that MBs determine location using a different method than iPads. But, that doesn't explain why some apps on the iPad work and others don't?!?!?!?
Another thought I had was, when Apple updates their router location database, will my Airport Express's location update since I now have it set up to "Extend a wireless network"? My Time Capsule is set up as my base station (primary router) connected to a Comcast cable modem.

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