• @weariedfae
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    6914 days ago

    As someone of the earth sciences it is my opinion that whoever drew this has exactly zero understanding of “natural geographic borders”.

    • @x00z
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      3014 days ago

      Can you draw us a better map then?

      • @[email protected]
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        Nobody got time for that. But yeah this map seems to be more or less randomly generated, it messes with a lot of borders that are already geographically defined. Seems like they just made everything into an irregular shape and assumed people wouldn’t look too closely.

        US states were in large part created to reflect natural geographic divisions already. They were frequently drawn up on maps before having any significant population centers, so geographical boundaries were the primary focus. A secondary focus being equality, so not making any state too big or small relative to its neighbors.

    • @[email protected]
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      3014 days ago

      Right??? This map changes borders that are already based on rivers and natural geographical features.

    • @[email protected]
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      2314 days ago

      The fact that the Mississippi River isn’t being used as a border anymore in some states bother me. But I’d love to see your take.

    • @[email protected]
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      313 days ago

      100% agree. As an Oregonian, that border on the Willamette made me wanna cry. Literally no consideration of nature or people with that boundary, and yet it’s called a “natural border”.

    • @AA5B
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      Looking at Long Island, I find it interesting that they chose the Hudson River as a natural boundary but apparently Long Island Sound is no big deal

      I can’t figure out what Rhode Island’s border is meant to be but it apparently doesn’t include Rhode Island

    • @wolfpack86
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      213 days ago

      New Jersey is glaringly bad

    • @Taniwha420
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      112 days ago

      Yeah, I see Washington and Montana there. Fuck off with your 54-40 bullshit.

    • @Klypto
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      313 days ago

      Deleware River that is as wide as a 33+ lane highway is not a natural border? Wacky.

    • @RebekahWSD
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      113 days ago

      Mine now. We’ll combine it with Atlantic City and make Gotham which will somehow take up like the entire south part of the state together.

  • @lemming741
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    1414 days ago

    State borders if we sliced through major population centers

    • @AA5B
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      313 days ago

      I guess it worked for Kansas City, right? Be prepared for NYC NY, vs NYC CT

      • @lemming741
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        413 days ago

        I get why rivers and creeks and streams were historically convenient borders, but when we started building cities along them it got weird. Then some mf’er invented the bridge and it all went to hell.

  • @[email protected]
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    1213 days ago

    My heart wants to like this on principle because that’s how geography should be divided, but it looks like garbage. I never really stopped before to appreciate how tidy and professional those arbitrary perpendicular lines look.

  • Th4tGuyII
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    1214 days ago

    Asking the Colonial powers to not make weirdly straight unnatural borders is like asking Russia to stop invading occupying it’s neighbours land

  • @WagnasT
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    814 days ago

    MA using the dark side of the Force

  • Bizzle
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    814 days ago

    I will die before I’m a fucking Wisconsinite. Love, a proud Illinoisian.

      • @Masamune
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        113 days ago

        Where we goin? Should I pack boots or flip flops?

  • @Feathercrown
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    It looks so… gloopy!

    I like how some states are basically identical. Florida is a given and NH is just kinda like “what happened to you guys?”

    • @AA5B
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      213 days ago

      NH missed the opportunity of the Merrimack River as a border…… plus the Saint Laurence Seaway up north, oui?

    • @[email protected]
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      213 days ago

      I find it beautiful. Something in my subcountious doesn’t compute borders in straight line

  • verity_kindle
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    814 days ago

    This makes my brain itch, in the best way. Oklahoma got much bigger, I approve.

      • @TexasDrunk
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        414 days ago

        You mean the Texas Slavery Ensurer?

      • verity_kindle
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        214 days ago

        But we’re still doing better than Florida, which had so much more panhandle sliced off, all the best bits, like Destin! F that

  • snooggums
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    714 days ago

    Kansas looks like a mini map!

  • JackbyDev
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    713 days ago

    What specific geographic borders were used? Or is it just sort of random to look organic?

      • JackbyDev
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        413 days ago

        I can definitely see the Mississippi River still, so I don’t think it’s watersheds. Unless they’re using peaks and troughs both. I’m sure there’s a term for it. My understanding of water shed is that it means everything that flows into a river so a river would be in the middle. So the borders of watersheds are more like mountains than rivers.

    • @[email protected]
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      113 days ago

      well the bottom of Georgia has a weird tab sticking out usually because of a river border, so I assume you’re right

  • @isthingoneventhis
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    614 days ago

    Mimel looks like he ate too many shrooms and is having a rough day.