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Originally Posted by 10023
Using a river as a boundary is actually arbitrary as well, in the absence of any longstanding cultural divide along said river. Human civilizations generally developed along rivers, on both sides. It would make more sense to have a state around a river than to use one to delineate a boundary.
And the borders of the original colonies were often quite arbitrary in some places as well. Lines of latitude, etc.
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Everything is pretty much arbitrary within most countries then. I mean, using culture to create states, the US would have what...5 states?