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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 64 points 2 months ago

Should've organized them alphabetically too

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Much better to organize it by water systems, with some additional divisions for the Mississippi system.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Seems to be this.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

No wonder it's called the mighty Mississippi. It's huge!

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

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

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[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 months ago

Uh oh. Looks like someone messed with Texas.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Some choices were definitely made here.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Nythos@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago
[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Gerrymanderers hate this one trick...

[–] Signtist@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago

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

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 7 points 2 months ago

Delaware is in the U.P.

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[–] figaro 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lol. California just became The State of Los Angeles

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[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

This hurts.

[–] Haus@kbin.earth 9 points 2 months ago

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

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months 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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[–] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Arkansas straight up deleted from existence.

Edit: it’s west of Oklahoma!

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boooooo!

Edit: I am pleased Ohio is in Oklahoma now.

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Maine be like "You guys changed the map?"

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months 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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There are now two Kansas Cities in Ohio

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 2 months ago

New Jersey moves to Minnesota. That...

Yeah that tracks.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

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

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months 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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[–] omega_x3@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months 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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[–] bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

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

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months 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.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

You're looking for a Cartogram!

Something like this!

Or this!

[–] portuga@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Since it’s not my country I vote for going diagonally

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[–] RedSeries@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago

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

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

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

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] andrew_s@piefed.social 5 points 2 months 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'.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

[ANGRY PENNSYLVANIAN NOISES]

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months 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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[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

I 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!

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So Rhode Bay instead? It definitely isn't an island.

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