Should've organized them alphabetically too
63 0 ReplyMuch better to organize it by water systems, with some additional divisions for the Mississippi system.
40 1 ReplyWhat, kind sir, is the source of this beautiful piece of mappery?
10 0 ReplySeems to be this.
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No wonder it's called the mighty Mississippi. It's huge!
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So the states get gradually smaller as you go north? Got it.
34 0 ReplyYeah, I would have gone with straight lines, not these weird curved ones.
43 0 ReplyThis somehow feels like a joke about map projections that would make its way into Futurama
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Vermont's huge now compared to before.
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Some choices were definitely made here.
27 0 ReplyDelaware.
7 0 ReplyWhere?
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Uh oh. Looks like someone messed with Texas.
28 0 ReplyI moved from Pennsylvania back home to Minnesota a decade ago. Didn't expect it to move back to me.
14 0 ReplyGerrymanderers hate this one trick...
16 0 ReplyI see we've forgotten our non-contiguous siblings.
But more to the point, why not just arrange them alphabetically while we're here?
12 0 ReplyLol. California just became The State of Los Angeles
10 0 ReplyAh yes Nevada, famous for its coast lines and the bay area
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I'm not sure which state is furthest from it's original position, but Indiana seems quite far from home.
13 0 ReplyDelaware is in the U.P.
7 0 ReplyKentucky took a pretty big trip, but New Jersey is the funniest to me. At least it still gets an eastern coast.
3 0 ReplyConnecticut borders Alabama, but I guess it still has Massachusetts
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This hurts.
9 0 ReplyMaine be like "You guys changed the map?"
8 0 ReplyGeorgia and Florida are already kind of like that, culturally speaking.
9 0 ReplyArkansas straight up deleted from existence.
Edit: it’s west of Oklahoma!
8 0 ReplyIt's in West Texas
4 0 ReplyHa you’re right thanks, I just missed it. I saw Oklahoma and didn’t look carefully to the west of it - I think I have been conditioned by the clearly inferior maps we’ve been using.
3 0 ReplyIt's clearly north of Texas??
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Can't believe someone finally won the Toledo War. Really didn't expect it to be Rhode Island
8 0 Replytears up gambling ticket
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I love this map. It breaks my brain in so many ways!
8 0 ReplyWe are just gonna give South Carolina the outer banks? No. Redraw these lines, pls thnx
South Carolina is Worst Carolina and they deserve nothing but the highway that runs through the state so people can get out quickly.
7 0 ReplyIMO we can just delete it. No one will notice.
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Boooooo!
Edit: I am pleased Ohio is in Oklahoma now.
8 0 ReplyThey fucking deserve it.
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I'm not sure what giving NJ a giant flaccid water dong that just barely enters Virginia is supposed to symbolize, but I'm here for it.
I think.
8 0 ReplyJust the tip
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There are now two Kansas Cities in Ohio
7 0 ReplySince it’s not my country I vote for going diagonally
4 0 ReplyHow about squiggles
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New Jersey moves to Minnesota. That...
Yeah that tracks.
7 0 ReplySettle down, Jefferson.
7 0 ReplyI feel like a lot of people won't get your solid joke.
5 0 ReplyI'll cry into my basket of sweet early peas.
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At first I was pissed thinking I don't want to live in Virginia or Maryland then I was like why the hell is Maryland south of Virginia?
6 0 ReplyWhy the hell is Maryland landlocked??
Edit: also .. not wanting to live in MD or VA over Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois or Tennessee is … a choice I guess.
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The idea that Connecticut shares a border with Alabama and SC is fundamentally cursed
6 0 ReplyOoo, I like this! Now I want to see a map where the area of each state is proportional to its population, but still fitting together in a recognizable way.
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Made New York even richer and more influential, while nerfing most of the competition.
6 0 ReplyDo all the people from the state move too, or is this just redrawn boundaries? Because if it's the former, California and Texas are going to be a bad time.
6 0 ReplyOhio just got a lot warmer if it's the former.
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Do any people have to move? Do the governors have to move prior to next election?
5 0 ReplyOnly if they live right on one of the new lines. No one can live on the lines!
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[ANGRY PENNSYLVANIAN NOISES]
5 0 ReplyToto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.
5 0 ReplyNTY, I do not want to live where Ohio is.
5 0 ReplyI guess we're just moving New Orleans to Galveston, Biloxi can take over the old location, though personally it feels very threatening to have Mississippi move back to me!
4 0 ReplyI like this - it puts the Midwest where I assumed it was, before finding out that it's actually where I would want to call the 'Mideast'.
5 0 ReplyI can't exactly tell but I think this map would have me living in Ohio. So, I'd rather not thank you.
5 0 ReplyAnd where you are now is much better?
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Ain't no way south Dakota is that far left
3 0 Replytexas could honestly be a bit smaller. other states could make better use of that space
3 0 ReplySo Rhode Bay instead? It definitely isn't an island.
4 0 ReplyWas it ever?
2 0 ReplyWell, at least it has islands in its current form.
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Damn my brain loves this for some reason.
3 0 ReplyDelaware just hanging out all impudent.
3 0 ReplyWent from Iowa to West Virginia. The politics are the same, just... Less teeth now.
3 0 Reply*fewer teeth
🤣🤣
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This is unironically an improvement for Washington and Oregon.
2 0 ReplyA more perfect union
2 0 ReplyThis is delightful chaotic organization.
2 0 ReplyBased on the Houstonians (as well as other Texans) I know, you'd have one hell of a riot in Louisiana.
2 0 ReplyWow, you accurately maintained their shapes and everything!
2 0 ReplyAww, Delaware is so ugly now.
2 0 ReplyFlorida and California are gonna be pissed
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