As someone of the earth sciences it is my opinion that whoever drew this has exactly zero understanding of “natural geographic borders”.
Can you draw us a better map then?
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.
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.
Maps! Bring us the maps!
I know a couple of guys that can help.
Thank you, this makes me happy
New Jersey is glaringly bad
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
State borders if we sliced through major population centers
I guess it worked for Kansas City, right? Be prepared for NYC NY, vs NYC CT
I get why rivers and creeks and streams were historically convenient borders, but when we started building cities along them it got weird. Then some mf’er invented the bridge and it all went to hell.
Kansas looks like a mini map!
This makes my brain itch, in the best way. Oklahoma got much bigger, I approve.
Omg, imagine looking natural & normal
MA using the dark side of the Force
It looks so… gloopy!
I like how some states are basically identical. Florida is a given and NH is just kinda like “what happened to you guys?”
NH missed the opportunity of the Merrimack River as a border…… plus the Saint Laurence Seaway up north, oui?
I will die before I’m a fucking Wisconsinite. Love, a proud Illinoisian.
Go pack.
Where we goin? Should I pack boots or flip flops?
I really like this for some reason.
Mimel looks like he ate too many shrooms and is having a rough day.
this looks much normaler, but the edgy things are funny.
The US snacking on Mexico while Canada munches them back.
I’d like to see a map with cultural boundaries. As a resident of NE Florida I can say we might as well be part of Georgia.
As always Florida is Florida It’s a law of nature nothing before nor after can be Florida, Florida is eternal just like the geriatrics in there nursing homes.
eternal
Well, at least until it’s under water, anyway.
I still like this version of a natural American borders:
I quad this.
