Map of US redrawn as 50 states w/ equal pop. (1 Viewer)

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I couldn't zoom in enough... did NYC finally ditch Staten Island?

Yeah, I wish it was more detailed. I'll look around.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Cool but I think they should have tried for some standard of borders. Wisconsin shouldnt have a huge lake cutting itself in half.

You mean like Michigan?

Good eye, Father Jerk Marquette.

 

[Spartans Rule]

Cool but I think they should have tried for some standard of borders. Wisconsin shouldnt have a huge lake cutting itself in half. If there could be a way to "fix" that, I'd like to see it.

Is there a huge pdf file of this?

Yeah I would live in Menominee and though I like some things about it that shape is ridiculous.

Also can't tell what state Lansing is in.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Cool but I think they should have tried for some standard of borders. Wisconsin shouldnt have a huge lake cutting itself in half. If there could be a way to "fix" that, I'd like to see it.

Is there a huge pdf file of this?

Yeah I would live in Menominee and though I like some things about it that shape is ridiculous.

Also can't tell what state Lansing is in.

Looks like it is in Detroit.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Detroit, Saginaw and Flint ought to be put into a separate entity and left by the curb for Ontario.

 

[mr roboto]

Which cities are better off with the realignment? In other words which areas would be better off financially or culturally by being severed from some other areas of their existing state?

I know for sure southern Illinois would be absolutely fine with not being attached to Chicago for example.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Which cities are better off with the realignment? In other words which areas would be better off financially or culturally by being severed from some other areas of their existing state?

I know for sure southern Illinois would be absolutely fine with not being attached to Chicago for example.

As far as California goes it is tough to say.

I'm sure the SoCal and NorCal snobs would say that they're happy to be rid of us hicks in the Central Valley. But then again 3 of the 4 largest agricultural producing counties in the USA would be in Tule. Not to mention Kern county and it's oil industry.

 

[roadkill1292]

Cold day in hell before they rename Alabama after Dr. King

How bout "Talibama" instead?

 

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I'm not sure what this chart is useful for and it's even more vague with the goofy made-up names.

 

[roadkill1292]

I'm not sure what this chart is useful for and it's even more vague with the goofy made-up names.

It's to have fun with.

 

[Fat Nick]

I think I end up in Pocono...not sure how I feel about that.

 

[17seconds]

I'm not sure what this chart is useful for and it's even more vague with the goofy made-up names.

It's to have fun with.

It purports something interesting, but I don't know what. The shapes are somewhat arbitrary. I guess that bugs me. Plus the names.

 

[roadkill1292]

I'm not sure what this chart is useful for and it's even more vague with the goofy made-up names.

It's to have fun with.

It purports something interesting, but I don't know what. The shapes are somewhat arbitrary. I guess that bugs me. Plus the names.

It's to have fun with.

 

[El Floppo]

I'm not sure what this chart is useful for and it's even more vague with the goofy made-up names.

It's to have fun with.

It purports something interesting, but I don't know what. The shapes are somewhat arbitrary. I guess that bugs me. Plus the names.

It's to have fun with.

it is with which fun is had.

 

[SWC]

this would make me a fgb so i am not for it and would not support it brohans

 

[rockaction]

Everybody in CT is trying to escape Williamantic already, and they went and annexed Western MA and RI. How wonderfully plucky of them.

 

[Koya]

I couldn't zoom in enough... did NYC finally ditch Staten Island?

You mean they haven't already?

 

[roadkill1292]

What would the Senate look like with these borders?

 

[roadkill1292]

I zoomed in tighter and now I think I'm in Washington. Hey, legal weed! Let's do this.

 

[MC Gas Money]

What is this based on density?

 

[fdas2]

What would the Senate look like with these borders?

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

Muskogee

 

[Gawain]

Think it's Throg's Neck, but the whole NYC metro area needs more detail and thought

Should be LI including Brooklyn and Queens as a state, then Manhattan/Bronx with Westchester and Staten Island with Jersey.

Menominee at least has the Mackinac Bridge. There's be no way to get from the two halves of Throg's neck without going through a different state as the map appears to me.

 

[roadkill1292]

What is this based on density?

What would the Senate look like with these borders?

 

[NREC34]

Shenandoah. Morgantown is in a different state from me now. Sign me up.

 

[heckmanm]

Maumee here, near the Firelands border

 

[Bobcat10]

Elyria as the capital of Firelands?

 

[fdas2]

What is this based on density?

What would the Senate look like with these borders?

I think I misread your question. I assume now, you mean in terms of republican/democrat.

 

[Mister CIA]

I'm not sure what this chart is useful for and it's even more vague with the goofy made-up names.

It's to have fun with.

It purports something interesting, but I don't know what. The shapes are somewhat arbitrary. I guess that bugs me. Plus the names.

It's to have fun with.

Merrymandering.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Elyria as the capital of Firelands?

This sounds like something from Game of Thrones.

But it is actually Ohio.

 

[roadkill1292]

What is this based on density?

What would the Senate look like with these borders?

I think I misread your question. I assume now, you mean in terms of republican/democrat.

Ed Zachary. Maybe one of our political wonks can take a guess. I look at Ogallala and see a loss of a bunch of seats that probably go Republican all the time. But that might be offset by gains resulting in Texas splitting up. This isn't one of my strong areas but would like to hear from the people who know stuff. Not jon_mx , though.

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

Oh great, Houston is already full of itself and now has a State named after itself?

That's hilarious coming from somebody from Dallas.

Pool cue fight!

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Pretty sure the Senate would look the same. 100 people in a room.

 

[Tom Servo]

Scioto here

Live on the west side of I-71 in C-bus, don't you?

 

[Tom Servo]

Muskogee

You're not the Okie from Muskogee.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

Elyria as the capital of Firelands?

I don't think it's meant to be the capital. Just a city of 50-100k population. Which I also find astounding as any time I've been there it looks like a ghost town.

 

[roadkill1292]

Pretty sure the Senate would look the same. 100 people in a room.

 

[TenTimes]

State of Miami was the winner here, right?

 

[jhib]

What was the reason for the new names?

Mesabi here.

Some details from the artist.

The capitals of the states are existing states capitals where possible, otherwise large or central cities have been chosen. The suggested names of the new states are taken mainly from geographical features:

• mountain ranges or peaks, or caves – Adirondack, Allegheny, Blue Ridge, Chinati, Mammoth, Mesabi, Ozark, Pocono, Rainier, Shasta, Shenandoah andShiprock
• rivers – Atchafalaya, Menominee, Maumee, Nodaway, Sangamon, Scioto, Susquehanna, Trinity and Willimantic
• historical or ecological regions – Big Thicket, Firelands and Tidewater
• bays, capes, lakes and aquifers – Casco, Tampa Bay, Canaveral, Mendocino, Ogallala, Salt Lake and Throgs Neck
• songs – Gary, Muskogee and Temecula
• cities – Atlanta, Chicago, Columbia, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington
• plants – Tule and Yerba Buena
• people – King and Orange

The words used for names for the name are drawn from many languages, including many American Indian languages. While some etymologies are unclear, the root languages for the state names include Abenaki (Casco), Algonquian (Nodaway, Pocono, Willimantic), Apache (Chinati), Calusa (Tampa), Choctaw(Atchafalaya), English, French (Detroit, Ozark, Rainier), Greek (Philadelphia), Iroquoian (Shenandoah), Lakota (Ogallala), Latin (Columbia), Luiseño (Temecula),Mayaimi (Miami), Mamaceqtaw (Menominee), Miami-Illinois (Chicago), Mohawk (Adirondack), Muscogee (Muskogee), Nahuatl (Tule), Odawa (Maumee), Ojibwe(Mesabi), Potawatomi (Sangamon), Susquehannock (Susquehanna) and Wyandot (Scioto).

Keep in mind that this is an art project, not a serious proposal, so take it easy with the emails about the sacred soil of Texas. That said, if you have any questions,drop me a line.

 

[jhib]

I couldn't zoom in enough... did NYC finally ditch Staten Island?

Yeah, I wish it was more detailed. I'll look around.

You might have to buy the poster.

A poster version of the map is for sale. The poster has much more detail than the map here, including hundreds of smaller cities, an inset for the New York area and better elevation shading. The poster is 22″ by 28″ (56 x 71 cm).

The poster is $35 and ships first class to your door, safely packed in a sturdy tube.

 

[B-Deep]

I've got something safely packed in a sturdy tube

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I couldn't zoom in enough... did NYC finally ditch Staten Island?

Yeah, I wish it was more detailed. I'll look around.

You might have to buy the poster.

A poster version of the map is for sale. The poster has much more detail than the map here, including hundreds of smaller cities, an inset for the New York area and better elevation shading. The poster is 22″ by 28″ (56 x 71 cm).

The poster is $35 and ships first class to your door, safely packed in a sturdy tube.

I'd buy that in a Throg's Neck minute!

 

[Quez]

Cool map. Paging Dalton.

 

[Keerock]

Cold day in hell before they rename Alabama after Dr. King

Same goes for Chicago / NW Indiana being named after Gary Shandling

And what is now SE lower Michigan being named after Doctor Detroit.

 

[Guest]

Springfield!

 

[Mario Kart]

I'd hate to see the congressional districts in: Salt Lake, Ogallala, and Shiprock.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I'm looking Orange

But feeling Mesabi

 

[WampusCat43]

Scioto. I live in a medical condition.

 

[TenTimes]

So I guess the past 15 years of the NBA will be known as the Chinati Dynasty?

 

[Annyong]

I'm looking Orange

But feeling Mesabi

Looking Mesabi from here