Resurrecting the Pearcy 38 state map?

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by HerthaBerwyn, Nov 17, 2011.

  1. HerthaBerwyn

    HerthaBerwyn Member+

    May 24, 2003
    Chicago
  2. tomwilhelm

    tomwilhelm Member+

    Dec 14, 2005
    Boston, MA, USA
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'd take Plymouth. Most of coastal New England in exchange for Western Mass? In a heartbeat.
     
  3. JBigjake

    JBigjake Member+

    Nov 16, 2003
    If you're going to give all the new states new names, might as well rename the country.
    America? USA? (not initials, the actual name! :D) Columbia? Estados Unidos? (No offense to Colombia, or the Estados Unidos de Mexico! :D)
    Also, why not wait, until Canada splits up, then have a talk with the western provinces? Or, the Maritimes?
    P.S. How would the most populous Native American tribes feel, about being left out of the renaming process?
    http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0767349.html
     
  4. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Loving it. Dearborn rocks even though we get Northern Indiana. Northern Californians will be loving El Dorado.

    Can we make this a Constitutional Amendment?
     
  5. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's perfection seeing that I have always thought the Metro/Red Bulls should have been named Hudson United.

    Take a walk, upstate.
     
  6. tomwilhelm

    tomwilhelm Member+

    Dec 14, 2005
    Boston, MA, USA
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's Mohawk to you, city slicker... ;)

    More interesting redrawing of the North American continent...

    http://www.newgeography.com/content/00720-borderline-reality
     
  7. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    I'm all for Mexico taking over Texas, can we rush that prediction?
     
  8. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Piedmont has made some improvement- lost a good bit of Middle and South Georgia and gained only a small negative in Western South Carolina.

    Bayou took a BIG hit. Now New Orleanians (?) have to live with not only the rest of Louisiana, but East Texas, a lot of Mississippi and southern Arkansas.

    Chesapeake has too much of Virginia.

    Dearborn looks good to go, Mohawk is screwed.

    A South Biscayne with the border running in an east-west direction right around Daytona would save South Florida from the comparatively backwards panhandle. Yeah, I know Gainesville and Daytona aren't writing-home material either, but a line needs to be there somewhere.

    Carolina's a weird one. Culturally, North and South Carolina aren't very much alike despite sharing a border. Carolina really ought to return Western North Carolina to Albemarle and then encompass all of Georgia that isn't Piedmont, and go into Florida as well all the way down to my proposed South Biscayne border.

    Talladego (my state)? It's beyond help, both geographically and culturally.
     
  9. GiuseppeSignori

    Jun 4, 2007
    Chicago
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That just means we get Three Floyds! :)
     
  10. Dante

    Dante Moderator
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    Nov 19, 1998
    Upstate NY
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If that means you'll stop shipping all your criminals and welfare bums up here I'm all for it.
     
  11. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We'll send them to the Poconos. Anyone doing anything with Mount Airy Lodge nowadays?
     
  12. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
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    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think the intent was basically "the crackers in upstate South Carolina aren't too different from the crackers in western North Carolina."
     
  13. Barbara

    Barbara BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 29, 2000
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Yeah, that blows. The whole Gulf coast from the LA-TX border east through the Florida panhandle should be its own region, since the southern parts of Louisiana, Mississippi & Alabama are somewhat less odious than the northern parts.
     
  14. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I can't say that about Alabama. Your region would include Birmingham, Montgomery, Selma and Mobile, all of which pale in comparison to Huntsville, which for a few generations got the benefit of transients from all over the world. We used to say growing up that we kept the state's culture and SAT scores from looking exactly like Mississippi's or South Carolina's. That said, even Huntsville's felt the downsizing of the space program and as transients bore children who grow up as traditional Southerners, we're not as urbane as we were 20 years ago.
     
  15. PeanutFlush

    PeanutFlush Member

    Jul 8, 2009
    NoVa
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Absolutely. Let Richmond and everything else south of Fredricksburg rot with Albermarle or Appalachia.

    Why is Alaska split into 2 states? There aren't really enough people for one state as it is.
     
  16. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Indeed.

    El Dorado would be f'cking awesome.

    Locating the capitol in Placerville (in El Dorado county!) would be a good compromise between Sacramento and Carson City.
     
  17. argentine soccer fan

    Staff Member

    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    I wonder, if we get most of Nevada, do we also get the legal gambling and prostitution?
     
  18. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Canton,NY
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Screw you guys-we'll join Canada and get better beer,sweeter chocolate and friendlier strippers.
     
  19. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good. Go suckle at Toronto's teat for a couple of centuries.
     
  20. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    As long as we don't legalize pot. Because if pot's legalized, then the economy of several of El Dorado's northern counties will crash. Gotta keep those prices high! ;)
     
  21. profiled

    profiled Moderator
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    Feb 7, 2000
    slightly north of a mile high
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Who'd have the best soccer players?
     
  22. argentine soccer fan

    Staff Member

    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    That would still be Argentina.
     
  23. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Canton,NY
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    LOL.You're kidding right?Montreal's the place to suckle on teats.:D

    Speaking of Montreal,I forgot poutine and smoked meat!
     
  24. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Cool. We get Rutgers grease trucks.
     
  25. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I drove thru part of that area on my way to Greensboro a few years ago. Kept thinking the rocks were going to roll down on my car.
     

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