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Should've organized them alphabetically too

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Much better to organize it by water systems, with some additional divisions for the Mississippi system ans consolidation of smaller systems not seperated by mountain ranges.

Edit: (Image credit: Robert Szucs, Fejetlenfej/Imgur)

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What, kind sir, is the source of this beautiful piece of mappery?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

Seems to be this.

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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So the states get gradually smaller as you go north? Got it.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I would have gone with straight lines, not these weird curved ones.

[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This somehow feels like a joke about map projections that would make its way into Futurama

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

That's really high praise, thanks! Made my day.

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[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 week ago

Uh oh. Looks like someone messed with Texas.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some choices were definitely made here.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Gerrymanderers hate this one trick...

[–] Signtist@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago

I moved from Pennsylvania back home to Minnesota a decade ago. Didn't expect it to move back to me.

[–] figaro@lemdro.id 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lol. California just became The State of Los Angeles

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[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago

I see we've forgotten our non-contiguous siblings.

But more to the point, why not just arrange them alphabetically while we're here?

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm not sure which state is furthest from it's original position, but Indiana seems quite far from home.

[–] Samsonreturns@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Delaware is in the U.P.

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[–] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Arkansas straight up deleted from existence.

Edit: it’s west of Oklahoma!

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Can't believe someone finally won the Toledo War. Really didn't expect it to be Rhode Island

tears up gambling ticket

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

This hurts.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I love this map. It breaks my brain in so many ways!

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Maine be like "You guys changed the map?"

[–] SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We 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.

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[–] Haus@kbin.earth 9 points 1 week ago

Georgia and Florida are already kind of like that, culturally speaking.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ooo, 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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[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Boooooo!

Edit: I am pleased Ohio is in Oklahoma now.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

They fucking deserve it.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

[ANGRY PENNSYLVANIAN NOISES]

There are now two Kansas Cities in Ohio

[–] omega_x3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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?

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel like a lot of people won't get your solid joke.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago

I'll cry into my basket of sweet early peas.

[–] andrew_s@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

I 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'.

New Jersey moves to Minnesota. That...

Yeah that tracks.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Made New York even richer and more influential, while nerfing most of the competition.

[–] RedSeries@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

NTY, I do not want to live where Ohio is.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do 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.

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[–] bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

The idea that Connecticut shares a border with Alabama and SC is fundamentally cursed

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't exactly tell but I think this map would have me living in Ohio. So, I'd rather not thank you.

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[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Went from Iowa to West Virginia. The politics are the same, just... Less teeth now.

[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

*fewer teeth

🤣🤣

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do any people have to move? Do the governors have to move prior to next election?

Only if they live right on one of the new lines. No one can live on the lines!

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