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Maybe we should just make the NYC Metro Area a state, but that would be a bad idea for NJ because most of the people and businesses that are in the state are apart of the metro area. So would this be any good?
No.
Sounds like just a city-state instead of a state. Do you think New York would be better without the Hudson Valley, the Finger Lakes or Niagara Falls?
I'm not sure why any area in a state shouldn't belong to that state. What simply because the city of San Francisco is different from Yosemite National Park, they should be in different states? States are diverse, period.
Memphis doesn't belong in Tennessee, but we don't think Arkansas will take it.
There's an old standing joke in education and government in Tennessee that most all laws were passed due to Memphis...
Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington don't belong with the west sides of those states...or vice-versa. The population centers are on the west side and they tend to be much more liberal politically, more crowded and more urban centered.
Even the country is different. Generally--west = wet. East = dry.
Memphis probably belongs in Mississippi, if anywhere else.
Sounds like just a city-state instead of a state. Do you think New York would be better without the Hudson Valley, the Finger Lakes or Niagara Falls?
Nope and Upstate NY would be the 13th most populated state if there was a break up. That might actually change, as it would probably be governed differently, I would think.
I'm not sure why any area in a state shouldn't belong to that state. What simply because the city of San Francisco is different from Yosemite National Park, they should be in different states? States are diverse, period.
I completely agree with this. Instead of mocking another region, people should embrace the different areas of their state and appreciate how and what it contributes to the state as a whole.
I don't live any where near there, but the Chicago area seems to be completely different from the rest of Illinois.
I would expand this to Chicagoland. Chicagoland is urban. The rest of the state with the exception of a few cities like Peoria, Springfield, Bloomington-Normal, Rockford, Champaign-Urbana is rural. There is a completely different culture and a different accent...everything is different.
Chicagoland has its own version the North Inland accent. NW Illinois and the cenral portion of the state have a Midland accent. The southern portion has a southern drawl mixed into a Midland accent.
Politically, Chicagoland is overwhelmingly liberal...the rest of the state seems to be conservative.
There is a joke here in Colorado that Boulder is 35 square miles surrounded by reality...Those people who have either visited or have lived in Boulder know there is a bit of truth in that statement actually.
everything north of sacramento can go directly to hell
I thought Sacramento was hell... Actually I think that Stockton,and Santa Ana share that honor..
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... Actually I think that Stockton,and Santa Ana share that honor..
