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Old Posted Sep 14, 2019, 8:16 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.
Not all state boundaries are arbitrary. Just look at how many state boundaries are delineated by major rivers like the Ohio and Mississippi.

But as you move out west into the "rectangle states", yes most state borders become pretty divorced from geography.
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