Dear Mr. President: There are too many states. Please eliminate three. PS: I am not a crackpot.

[houstonderek]

Kirth Gersen wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

Also, anything that has new york in it should be known as just new york.

You're obviously not from Albany! NYC should be part of New Jersey (it basically is anyway). And rename it. The rest of New York State can remain so, or else join New England or Canada. See also here.

It always amazed me that George Clinton did so well with a second act so unlike his first.

[Grand Magus]

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I watched the TV show How The States Got Their Shapes, and thoroughly enjoyed it
(in a nerd sort of way.)

One thing that surprised me was how influential the gold rush was on borders in the West.

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[FuelDrop]

can i suggest that you just make the entire US into a single 'superstate'?

[Freehold DM]

stormraven wrote:

No... FOR BROOKLYN!!!

HUZZAAAHHHH!!!!!!

[Kirth Gersen]

houstonderek wrote:

It always amazed me that George Clinton did so well with a second act so unlike his first.

P-Funk for the win!

But on the topic of 2 acts, the original GC was the only guy to be vice president under 2 administrations (Jefferson & Madison), IIRC.

[Callous Jack]

I'm surprised no one has brought up Jefferson's terrible names for states to utilize.
http://bigthink.com/ideas/21300

• Sylvania would have covered much of present-day Minnesota, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and some of northern Wisconsin.
• Michigania would have incorporated most of Wisconsin, but nothing of Michigan.
• Most of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula would have been the state of Chersonesus, which is simply the Greek word for ‘peninsula’.
• The northern part of modern-day Illinois would have been the state of Assenispia, after the Assenisipi River, also known as the Rock River.
• In between Assenispia and Pennsylvania would be the state of Metropotamia, a name referring to the many rivers originating there.
• The states of Illinoia, Saratoga and Washington would have incorporated large parts of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio respectively.
• Polypotamia (‘Land of Many Rivers’) and Pelisipia would have covered the western and eastern parts of Kentucky, mainly (and therefore are partially outside the Northwest Territory, as it is bounded to the south by the Ohio River, Kentucky’s northern border).

[houstonderek]

Kirth Gersen wrote:

houstonderek wrote:

It always amazed me that George Clinton did so well with a second act so unlike his first.

P-Funk for the win!

But on the topic of 2 acts, the original GC was the only guy to be vice president under 2 administrations (Jefferson & Madison), IIRC.

Wait, they're not the same guy???

[Kirth Gersen]

houstonderek wrote:

Wait, they're not the same guy???

They've got to be. Dude's just a serious polymath, like Ted Williams or Buckaroo Banzai.

Spoiler:

I'd've loved to have caught the exchange when Williams was inducted into the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame after he retired from MLB:

Announcer: "So, your name is Ted Williams, like the baseball player?"
Williams: "Um... yeah..."

[Doodlebug Anklebiter]

One Nation Under a Groove

[Grand Magus]

I told you.