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Further, Virginia is not Northeastern. Neither is Maryland geographically Northeastern.
So you're limiting the Northeast to Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine? Why?
Last edited by muppethammer26; 05-13-2014 at 01:55 PM..
There are big states such as California, Texas and Florida which counts large populations and areas but there are 13 separate Northeastern States plus DC. The 13 Northeastern States and DC is actually more connected to each other than California and Texas metropolitan areas does. There is a virtually continuous developed corridor which runs from Portland to Virginia Beach with Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington as the centers of the Northeast. Why we don't recognize it as one state like California and Texas? I think the Northeastern Corridor's quality of life would be better than having the corridor in 13 separate states. The states I'm proposing to merge are ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, PA, WV, MD, DC and VA.
If you merge all those states, then you all but guarantee that all future senates are controlled by Republicans because you'll condense all that (mostly blue) population into the representation of 2 senators while Wyoming, the Dakotas, Alaska and other sparsely populated states get to continue to send 2 (usually Republican) senators to Washington.
Great idea...
There's nothing to gain from states joining together. As long as we have a Senate and every state gets two senators no matter what the total population is, there is absolutely no political benefit to creating a larger state from smaller states.
If anything that's why you'll see more states trying to break off from established states(as in Colorado or Northern California or so on)...
Should the 13 Northeastern States and DC merge into one state?
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Originally Posted by muppethammer26
There are big states such as California, Texas and Florida which counts large populations and areas but there are 13 separate Northeastern States plus DC. The 13 Northeastern States and DC is actually more connected to each other than California and Texas metropolitan areas does. There is a virtually continuous developed corridor which runs from Portland to Virginia Beach with Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington as the centers of the Northeast. Why we don't recognize it as one state like California and Texas? I think the Northeastern Corridor's quality of life would be better than having the corridor in 13 separate states. The states I'm proposing to merge are ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, PA, WV, MD, DC and VA.
This is how I would create a Northeastern State based on the Northeastern Corridor:
1. Southwestern Maine
2. Southern New Hampshire
3. Windham County, Vermont
4. All of Massachusetts
5. All of Rhode Island
6. All of Connecticut
7. One-Thirds of NY State (up to Albany, NY and draw a line from NY/MA/VT border to Albany, NY to the Northern Limits of the Delaware River)
8. All of New Jersey
9. Eastern Two-Thirds of Pennsylvania (everything east of the Appalachian Mountains)
10. All of Delaware
11. Most of Maryland (except Garrett and Allegany counties)
12. Morgan, Berkeley and Jefferson counties of West Virginia
13. Eastern Half of Virginia (east of Shenandoah Valley)
14. Washington, DC would become part of the state too.
I think Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington should be in the same state. It makes more sense like this. I think the Northeastern Corridor would be more connected when it is one state.
No, but large area/large population states like California and Texas should subdivide into several smaller states.
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Should the 13 Northeastern States and DC merge into one state?
