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Old Posted Sep 14, 2019, 7:17 PM
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Because American state boundaries generally make little practical sense. They’re arbitrary lines and yet remain the means by which we apportion political influence.
Yes and no. The western states were just arbitrary lines but the the original 13 states plus Vermont, Texas and Florida were a bit more complicated.
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