Comments on: 3 Maps That Get People Worked Up

By: DBinNYC

DBinNYC — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:48:00 +0000

@Meri – Actually, it would be: “I want to be a part of it, New York, Hudson” as the lyric refers to the City within the State.

By: David Evans

David Evans — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:07:00 +0000

You missed a fast ball right down the middle of the plate.
Have you ever heard of Israel? You know, some countries do not even recognize Israel, buy a map while in Iran and check it out.
The U.N. even has maps that do not include Israel! Well, one of their Bureaucrats got photographed in front of one. But that’s besides the point, how could you not include that problem?

By: Meri

Meri — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:38:00 +0000

“I wish they all could be El Dorado girls!”

“I want to be a part of it, Mohawk, Mohawk.”

“The stars at night, are big and bright – deep in the heart of Alamo!”

nah.

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:44:00 +0000

“Pearcy’s proposed state lines were drawn in less-populated areas, isolating large cities and reducing their number within each state.”

This must be mistaken. I don’t see how it is possible to reduce the number of large cities in each state. Unless he planned to destroy those cities, they have to show up somewhere else, so some states must be getting more large cities. Furthermore the plan reduces the number of states from 50 to 38, so the number of large cities per state would increase. On average, each state would have MORE large cities than before.

By: Wintergreen

Wintergreen — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:36:00 +0000

If the point of Pearcy’s work was to separate the major metropolitan areas into different states (to equalize state spending in these areas), then why are three of the nine largest cities in “Alamo” (Texas) and two in “San Gabriel” (So. Cal and Nevada)?

I imagine a lot of thought went into placing the new borders, but it seems like he missed on that part.

And why is Alaska split into two?

I like the idea, but I’m not so sure about the execution…

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:52:00 +0000

For the first map: Shouldn’t “Bonneville” (the Utah state) be called Deseret? It seems only right…