• weariedfae@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    As someone of the earth sciences it is my opinion that whoever drew this has exactly zero understanding of “natural geographic borders”.

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        8 days ago

        Nobody got time for that. But yeah this map seems to be more or less randomly generated, it messes with a lot of borders that are already geographically defined. Seems like they just made everything into an irregular shape and assumed people wouldn’t look too closely.

        US states were in large part created to reflect natural geographic divisions already. They were frequently drawn up on maps before having any significant population centers, so geographical boundaries were the primary focus. A secondary focus being equality, so not making any state too big or small relative to its neighbors.

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      16 days ago

      Right??? This map changes borders that are already based on rivers and natural geographical features.

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      16 days ago

      The fact that the Mississippi River isn’t being used as a border anymore in some states bother me. But I’d love to see your take.

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      15 days ago

      100% agree. As an Oregonian, that border on the Willamette made me wanna cry. Literally no consideration of nature or people with that boundary, and yet it’s called a “natural border”.

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      15 days ago

      Looking at Long Island, I find it interesting that they chose the Hudson River as a natural boundary but apparently Long Island Sound is no big deal

      I can’t figure out what Rhode Island’s border is meant to be but it apparently doesn’t include Rhode Island