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Originally Posted by kallenfranchise
Why is Delaware, DC, and Maryland considered the South? I think to accurately describe the South, it would be anything below Virginia. And Kentucky should be considered the Midwest rather than the South.
I disagree. Except for the Cincinnati suburbs, there is nothing midwestern about Kentucky. Kentucky has the most in common with Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee.
I think all of the regions would do fairly well b/c they all have strengths and weaknesses, but if I had to choose one I'd go with the South, especially as drawn on this map (I don't personally consider DC to be Southern, but I'll take it!).
It has a lot of farmland, a number of important ports (Miami, N.O. Houston/Galveston, etc), a growing population, lots of oil (Texas), a seat of government with great infrastructure (DC), a financial capitol (Charlotte), a media hub (Atlanta), decent R&D (research triangle), good climate, and strong cultural cohesion. It could use some more high end universities.
The West in intriguing, and cities like LA, SF and Seattle are great with strong media, financial and engineering presences, plus all the innovation in Silicon Valley. They also have good ports (LA, SD, etc), nice climate, natural beauty, some excellent universities. And as drawn, on this map they get Alaska which is a ton of oil. How much farming goes on out West (pretty much all I know about is Napa Valley wine)? If the food production is there, I might have them neck and neck with the South.
The NE has the most developed core of cities, excellent education, and the best interconnectivity between those cities, but I think a lot of the cultural influence of places like NY would slow down if the NE was its own country.
As noted, the Mid-west has abundant food sources, but I feel that some of its major cities are declining a bit. It is also land-locked.
I'm not sure why people are mentioning the midwest; the fact that it's land-locked eliminates it. South, West and NE have the best chance. With me being more in favor of the south. Larger and more economically diverse than the other areas.
I'm not sure why people are mentioning the midwest; the fact that it's land-locked eliminates it. South, West and NE have the best chance. With me being more in favor of the south. Larger and more economically diverse than the other areas.
I thought about the Midwest being landlocked too. BUT assuming that the United States broke up into 4 different countries/regions, the Midwest should be able to make a deal with at least one of the other three. Possibly all of them.
And there is yet another country/region that the Midwest could make a deal with..... Canada.
I'm not sure why people are mentioning the midwest; the fact that it's land-locked eliminates it. South, West and NE have the best chance. With me being more in favor of the south. Larger and more economically diverse than the other areas.
I'm not sure why you're not thinking that the Midwest has one of the greatest resources - fresh water. You don't think that's important?
I'm not sure why people are mentioning the midwest; the fact that it's land-locked eliminates it. South, West and NE have the best chance. With me being more in favor of the south. Larger and more economically diverse than the other areas.
hmm, those stats show that Indiana is the only state in the midwest to have an SAT participation rate higher than 21%
Connecticut and Mass seem to do well and have very high participation rates
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