Journal Marxist Hacker 42's Journal: A theory 9
That the relative size of most US States is directly proportional to the level of transportation technology available at the time of incorporation.
Time to take stock. Go home with some office supplies.
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that's fine East of the Rockies on the plains- but what about out here in Mountain Land? We not only had bigger forests than the east- but also some pretty impressive natural boundaries, like rivers a couple of miles wide running through 200' deep gorges.
And I thought (Score:2)
your theory was about the Brontosaurus!
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That it starts thin at one end, thicker in the middle, and gets thin at the other end?
Hawaii (Score:1)
Texas
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Well, there are a few anomalies. But Texas was once it's own country, and Hawaii is surrounded by ocean. A better comparison would be Texas-Alaska.....
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2nd reply- Hawaii fits too now that I think of it, didn't even become a state until airline travel made it reachable!
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Captain Cooke begs to differ.
Although you have a good argument with Texas and Alaska- two points do make a line. And with any state before Texas, you got three points.
Just hope Puerto Rico never gets statehood.
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Yeah. But the point with Hawaii is that air travel turned a 3-to-6 month journey into a 12-24 hour journey. That, and there just isn't that much land there to begin with.