Re:Four Million Commutes Reveal New U.S. 'Megaregions'
by bluejekyll on Sunday December 04, 2016 @12:54PM
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If CA were to divide, this would imply that two more Senators would be added to Congress, and coming from this region, it would imply more representation of the west coast ideas in congress.
Re:Four Million Commutes Reveal New U.S. 'Megaregions'
by nostrademons on Sunday December 04, 2016 @02:23PM
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Jefferson would likely be more conservative than either CA or OR. If you've ever visited the North Coast of California, it's very rural in character, and in culture is much closer to Montana or Wyoming than the Bay Area.
Re:Four Million Commutes Reveal New U.S. 'Megaregions'
by mc32 on Sunday December 04, 2016 @01:14PM
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Yes, exactly. I'm not saying I either want or don't want more west coast ideas in congress, I'm saying if people say we have too few senators for the pop. a solution is divide. Also, I'm not certain a "Jefferson" would be the same politically as So. Cal and Bay area.
Re:Four Million Commutes Reveal New U.S. 'Megaregions'
by dcosson on Sunday December 04, 2016 @01:34PM
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By that logic there's also no such thing as too many senators for a given number of square miles if you cram enough states into it, so California could split into 100 states and that would be just as fair.
Re:Four Million Commutes Reveal New U.S. 'Megaregions'
by kerbalspacepro on Monday December 05, 2016 @10:23AM
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The point of the Senate is to protect slavery.
Isn't the whole point of the US Senate to prevent the more populous states from passing stuff against the interests of the less populous states? There is no such thing as too few senators for a state's population.