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Is It Time to Realign State Borders?

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Posted By: Hazymac, 1/15/2026 6:50:45 AM

Let’s pretend you are a liberal living in a red state. If you feel aggrieved about the condition of the world and believe that conservatives are to blame, you can find a few like-minded souls, print up some signs covered in half-clever phrases, and go protest. In most cases, unless you chain yourself to a railing on the courthouse steps or attack the police, you will usually be ignored. On the flip side, let’s pretend you are a conservative living in a deep blue state. If you don’t like the school policy, E.V. mandates, high electricity prices, or restrictive gun laws, and you dare to complain,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 1/15/2026 7:49:27 AM (No. 2055206)
We hope that someday western Colorado becomes part of Wyoming.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: red1066 1/15/2026 9:07:33 AM (No. 2055257)
It's not only western Maryland that wants out, but northern Maryland and the eastern shore of Maryland. The middle of the state is nothing but communist territory run by total nutjobs that continually want higher taxes and fees to cover their inability to stop spending money.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Strike3 1/15/2026 9:08:34 AM (No. 2055258)
One of the simpler moves would be to merge Philadelphia into New Jersey so they can no longer sully the reputation of the entire state of Pennsylvania. Then Fairfax county into Maryland to free normal Virginians.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 1/15/2026 10:00:36 AM (No. 2055302)
Suggesting that Chicago become a state? VERY bad ideas....two more Senators for the insane leftists. No new states. Perhaps some moving of state lines would be senseible, but not creation of new, tiny extremist states.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: VAPMAN 1/15/2026 10:56:34 AM (No. 2055342)
I agree that there should be a realignment of States. Start with putting Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connnecticut and Vermont together. You woud reduce 10 leftist senators to just 2.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: wildcat1 1/15/2026 11:25:33 AM (No. 2055362)
#1 And Eastern Colorado would like to become part of Kansas. Again. Before statehood, Kansas Territory reached the continental divide in central Colorado.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: doctorfixit 1/15/2026 11:26:34 AM (No. 2055364)
1. Remove Democrat-run coastal cities from the US and allow them to be independent city-states. or 2. State borders should be completely redrawn to reflect regional and cultural commonalities. For example, Western NY and western PA have much more in common with each other than with the communist cities of NYC and Philadelphia. 3. If Democrat cities can't be removed, then the entire megalopolis from Boston to Washington DC should be one state. Similarly, a narrow strip of the Pacific coast from Seattle to LA should be one state Another state would stretch all the way around the south of the Great Lakes to include Milwaukee, Chicago, Gary IN, Toledo, Detroit, Cleveland, and Buffalo.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Proud Texan 1/15/2026 12:58:12 PM (No. 2055409)
#4 Those big cities already have enough votes to determine who the senators are. Separate them out and let lower population density areas have some representation too.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Catherine 1/15/2026 1:42:13 PM (No. 2055422)
Let's go way back and give Louisiana all their territory back, which was huge and right down the middle of the country. There would be Cajuns and bass boats everywhere and everyone would learn how to make gumbo and jambalaya.
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