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Nah, even as one state we'd hate those 'other' regions of our state. Even in a tiny state like NH the various regions hardly get along now.
As for the OP, aside from the political impracticality of the suggestion, the 'state' you are proposing would be nearly 1/4 of the U.S. population, at around 73 million - nearly twice the size of our current largest state by population (CA). And with relatively little in terms of shared governance interests.
There would be a better practical argument for combining N/S Dakota (#46+48 by population, more similar governance interests), but even that is highly unlikely to occur.
Yeah its kind of funny how the Dakotas were divided into two states but Minnesota and Montana were not.
This will be my comments related to the fourth page since that is the one that I first saw and looking at the fifth page I think this are comment that I might argue with/
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Originally Posted by muppethammer26
So you're limiting the Northeast to Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine? Why?
Besides Delaware that is all the northeastern states. Being from delaware born and raised to philly parents I can say that despite delaware being technically a southern state culturally it is just as southern as rural Pennsylvania I love to compare Delaware to New jersey I grew up around wilmington and since working in Newark it is just like wilmington. Nice sexy business strip near the train station where all the bums hang out at night and nothing but sand till you get to the suburbs it does have that one nice park though. As far as maryland while I think that It should be a part of the Northeast I believe that if you were to do so you would have to annex parts of northern Virginia. All of Maryland is the DMV but the same can't be said about virginia. Maryland has alot in common with delaware having been shaped by another city mainly DC therefore the northeast should be made up of the states listed above.
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Originally Posted by rnc2mbfl
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...
That isn't a valid argument against merging states your basically saying that you want the democrats to have an advantage in the more densley populated states by the mindset texas and florida should be allowed to split to. I don't like the way the electoral college is set up I think we need to change how it works however splitting states based on what they vote is an ignorant statement it takes away the individuality and that is the most important thing in this world.
It would be simpler if we were to look at other countries they still usually keep there Municipalities, Wards, or States and there is nothing wrong with that the problem with the northeast is that it is compromised of many smaller states to keep a voter dominance.
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Originally Posted by dontstressem22
Thats just like saying all the states in the southeast should merge into one, all the states in the midwest merging into one, all the westcoast states merging I mean what since would that make
I disagree like I stated above the northeast is compromised of the smallest states in the country if we were to combine them all they would be a similar size to california. All the other regions can remain the same however at least for new england new jersey delaware and maryland there needs to be some change. I recommend making New England one state splitting new jersey in half giving the south to Pennsylvania along with delaware and giving the north to new york and getting rid of the toll on the george washington brige. Finally Maryland needs to be merged into the virginia and DC to make the DMV.
Nope. Not even close. At most, I'd define the DMV (on the Maryland side) to include all counties that adjoin DC, plus all counties that adjoin those counties. In other words, Montgomery and Prince George's in the inner ring, and Frederick, Howard, Anne Arundel, and Charles in the outer ring.
As for the long-ago OP, I know that combining all the Northeast states will never ever happen, but I like to pretend that it would, based on absolutely nothing else than the fact that the Northeastern states are just too darn small, geographically speaking. But I wouldn't go quite as far as the OP. Under the assumption that no existing state could be divided between two or more new states, I'd merge them into the following five states:
1. Maine.
2. Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, to form a new state called New England.
3. New York.
4. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, to be called Penn Jersey.
5. Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware, to be called Delmarva.
(DC, though completely surrounded, would remain a federal district, not a state or a part of any state.)
Nope. Not even close. At most, I'd define the DMV (on the Maryland side) to include all counties that adjoin DC, plus all counties that adjoin those counties. In other words, Montgomery and Prince George's in the inner ring, and Frederick, Howard, Anne Arundel, and Charles in the outer ring.
As for the long-ago OP, I know that combining all the Northeast states will never ever happen, but I like to pretend that it would, based on absolutely nothing else than the fact that the Northeastern states are just too darn small, geographically speaking. But I wouldn't go quite as far as the OP. Under the assumption that no existing state could be divided between two or more new states, I'd merge them into the following five states:
1. Maine.
2. Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, to form a new state called New England.
3. New York.
4. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, to be called Penn Jersey.
5. Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware, to be called Delmarva.
(DC, though completely surrounded, would remain a federal district, not a state or a part of any state.)
No, Howard County and Ann Arundel Counties are NOT the DMV. Those Counties are in the Baltimore Metro.
No, Howard County and Ann Arundel Counties are NOT the DMV. Those Counties are in the Baltimore Metro.
I know. I was referring to the DMV in a cultural sense, not as a metropolitan area defined by the Census Bureau. Culturally speaking, Anne Arundel and Howard belong to both the DC and Baltimore metro areas.
I know. I was referring to the DMV in a cultural sense, not as a metropolitan area defined by the Census Bureau. Culturally speaking, Anne Arundel and Howard belong to both the DC and Baltimore metro areas.
Those Counties aren't 50/50, but I slightly agree.
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.
Horrible idea lol.
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