Divvy Up The US (McCain, Huckabee, interstate, parade)
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Actually something along these lines actually did happen, relatively late in our US History. I don't know if there were many parallels, but just after the Great Depression, the movement was made to create the "State of Jefferson". It was to be comprised of the mountainous region of Southwest Oregon and the northern quarter of California, and its capital was to have been at Yreka.
The movement was fairly serious--got into the newsreels and the big newspapers of the day. Roads were blocked, and I believe a few folks went to jail (?) It got some serious attention. It was interrupted by the Pearl Harbor attack and lost its momentum, but there is still a lot of interest in it in that region (There was a revival of sorts in the 1970's).
I don't know how many other examples of this have ever taken place in "modern" America, but I haven't heard of anything quite this serious. You can even google "State of Jefferson" and find lots of info on it.
Most people in the region, at the time, felt very remote and "unappreciated" by their respective state governments. In this sense, there may be a parallel with the creation of West Virginia, though of course this was much farther in the past....
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... Garreau argues that North America can be divided into nine regions, or "nations," which have distinctive economic and cultural features. He argues that conventional national and state borders are largely artificial and irrelevant and that his "nations" provide a more accurate way of understanding the true nature of North American society.
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The Northeast is a lot bigger than I95. Pittsburgh is not technically part of the Northeast, it is Northeastern.
Joep
It is part of the northeast-but its economy based primarily in the past has been rust belt manufacturing- that has changed of course, but the city still has more in common with Cleveland then Washington, New York or Boston.
As both my parents are from Pittsburgh- I also know the culture seems to be a cross between Midwestern and northeastern.
I have this book--read it several times---it's in my collection. Very interesting ideas....
My earlier opinions on the dividing of the USA has some validity- and sort of aggrees with the book by Mr. Garreau
Although I believe the northeastern corridor from Washington DC to Portland Me is not part of his 'foundry' but the' BosWash' corridor or 'Megalopolis'
the rest of his map seems to jive with my 'breakup' of the nation.
In fact, libs would all get crammed into about 10% of the US's actual land mass. New York and L.A. would swell to 75 million people each and the rest of us would bask in open-air, 25 acre lot, green pasture glory that is the rest of America. Of course you libs would then depend on us righties for food (I haven't seen any farms in Manhattan lately), transportation (are we going to allow your blue planes over OUR airspace?), and energy (we'd control nearly all of the coal, oil, and natural gas in the nation). You'd get Alaska, but would refuse to drill there. The way I see it, all lefties would die in a matter of weeks. We'd have a hard time finding a vacation spot on the beach though.
Now, wouldn't it be so much easier to foster peace and tranquility among the citizenry county-by-county and State-by-State rather than look to Big Brother for its rules on how to live?
And by the way, Cap, if we got Alaska we wouldn't need to drill as we can understand that by a dramatic reduction in oil demand, we can get all the supplies we need from our friends who are customers and suppliers.
That visual simply shows rural small town America vs. urban and coastal America.
Visually it may look impressive -but what power do the rural red areas hold-other then geographic size?
They may have agricultural and mineral resources- the blue areas still carry the economic and cultural weight.
Can both coexist? At this point the social differences say probably no-
Actually, there are many “secession” movements going on in America. They’re not secession in the sense of withdrawing from the United States, although many probably would enjoy that very thing, but rather movements to operate businesses and conduct their lives independent to the greatest extent possible of Big Brother. This type of movement is a collection of individuals with like-minded goals, but is not collectivist.
Last edited by happyappy; 08-22-2007 at 06:42 AM..
That visual simply shows rural small town America vs. urban and coastal America.
Visually it may look impressive -but what power do the rural red areas hold-other then geographic size?
They may have agricultural and mineral resources- the blue areas still carry the economic and cultural weight.
Can both coexist? At this point the social differences say probably no-
If you're discussing the 2006 Congressional Election Results, Purple America, then we have differing opinions of the visual. In my opinion, there are not many solidly red and solidly blue counties. With a little migration of the people who cannot be happy living amongst people who think differently, doesn't it seem a solution that can easily be attained without conflict? Throw in a return of powers to the States and the People and we'll get much closer to a happier America--in my humble opinion.
Last edited by happyappy; 08-22-2007 at 07:08 AM..
The map simply shows rural vs urban. some urban areas are coastal, many are not.
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