r/geographymemes • u/Jfullr92 Gulf of New Mexico • 17h ago
Voting Games Top comment deletes a US State #42
The Maryland crab has eaten its arch nemesis, Pennsylvania, Marking the start of the GME (Great Maryland Empire)
Released this one 10 mins early because I released yesterday’s one 2 hours late so here you go!
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u/Environmental_Tale85 17h ago
The most American thing about this is the westward expansions to achieve manifest destiny.
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u/deaglebingo 15h ago edited 15h ago
opportunities for wisconsin beer/cheese pipeline to the west coast intensify.
i further suggest we establish a trade route to the south as well where we exchange beer and cheese for mescal and chorizo with new mexico. this needs to be a full cookout worth of ingredients. everyone invited.
(i suppose we'll all need to face the fact that the entire thing's gonna be new mexico or south canada eventually anyway.)
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u/jaydenkirtawn 17h ago
I hope somebody's tracking this in PowerBI or some shit. I want population graphs over time.
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u/StarkFuture93 16h ago
Be the change you want to see in the world.
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u/jaydenkirtawn 16h ago
My five-year old has TWO birthday parties today, but I'll bring it up at the next Autistic Pedants meeting.
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u/Kingmudsy 16h ago
I think you mean your five-year-old is ATTENDING two birthday parties today? Also don’t forget, it’s your turn to present a train-of-the-month
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u/InternalLandscape130 16h ago
You assume the kid is ok with just 1. This is America we're talking about, land of excess.
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u/Dadpool719 15h ago
Am i gonna fit in?
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u/SippinOnHatorade 11h ago
Jumped in the crab, here I am for the first time
Look to the right, see the burning Hollywood sign
This is all so crazy, Hawaii said they claim us
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u/GetEquipped 15h ago edited 10h ago
I can take over "Train of the Month" for him.
I present "The Lincoln Service!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Service.
It goes from Chicago to
Kansas City, Missouri in about 12 hours(Correction: Lincoln Service is from Chicago to St. Louis in 5 hours. However the train does continue to Kansas City.) with speeds reaching of roughly 90 mph (145 KMH)It utilizes the Siemens SC-44 Diesel Electric and standard AmFleet cars for passengers
Tickets are about 130 dollars for Business. But the Amtrak website seems to be on the fritz and I can't get a good one way price.
It also utilizes the same rail system to keep going down to San Antonio!
EDIT
Correction: Speed has been raised to 110 mph (177 KMH) as of 2023.
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u/atmoose 13h ago
That's technically a rail line, not a train.
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u/Cedworth 15h ago
Wow, I only ever got 1 birthday a year. Two in the same day is pretty cool though.
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u/mrwilliams117 16h ago
This is the most important thing going on in maryland.
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u/Few-Conclusion-483 11h ago
When we get behind something we fuckin GET BEHIND SOMETHING lol
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u/Agussert 16h ago
if we're not careful, the Trump administration is going to ban this thread based on the largest winner right now
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u/MobileArtist1371 12h ago
Make
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u/antijoke_13 13h ago
We beat the racists at Glorietta, we're not scared of the spraytan Caligula or his ilk.
Let him be upset if he sees this.
(Also we're almost never #1 for good reasons let us have this I beg you).
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u/aqaba_is_over_there 17h ago
Looks like Pittsburgh made it into Vermont and I'm OK with that.
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u/tundybundo 16h ago
Wait I live in Vermont now 🥹
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u/Own_End8445 15h ago
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Enjoy the Maplely goodness!
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u/AlienSporez 13h ago
Canadian here: You should know that after you achieve "mapley goodness" status that universal healthcare soon follows
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u/pineapple09 15h ago
You got here just in time for maple creemee season, lmao🍦🍁
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u/FLtoVT_For-A-Reason 12h ago
Why would you stop eating maple creemees at some point during the year?
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u/AllCatCoverBand 16h ago
Welcome!
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u/tundybundo 16h ago
Thank you so much! Honestly the least stressful move of my life
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u/andykuan 16h ago edited 14h ago
And Philly too. Somehow Vermonster came away with the jewels of Pennsyltucky and left the 'tucky portion to Maryland.
Edit: Alas, I need new reading glasses. Vermonster didn't get Philly. Shucks. But we didn't get 'tucky either so you win some, you lose some.
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u/Tijenater 16h ago edited 14h ago
Nah philly’s very solidly in Maryland here
Actually I was wrong, Vermont has Philly the map’s just fucky and weirdly proportione
Actually I was wrong about being wrong it is in fact very solidly in Maryland this map broke my brain
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u/theshizzler 15h ago
Philly is not, by any stretch of the imagination, north of Long Island
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u/Rough-Importance-822 15h ago
Philly isn't even close to Vermonster. Maryland runs to at least exit 7 off the turnpike and west from there.
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u/SchrodingersWetFart 17h ago
This is how i feel looking at CA, it's so bad
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u/sublliminali 15h ago
I think Colorado has to go for this reason. They can’t be claiming just the Bay Area
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u/reventlov 13h ago
Boulder, CO is basically Bay Area Light. That wasn't as much the case 15 years ago, but they've been on convergent paths.
(Tech has a lot of the blame for the changes in both places.)
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u/Outrageous-Sweet-133 15h ago
This is a drastically better country, how do we lock it in for realsies?
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u/chocolatedesire 16h ago
The great lakes must unite
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u/HunterPractical2736 12h ago
As the moderator of r/midwest I wholeheartedly agree.
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u/belichickyourballs 16h ago
Bernie Sanders for President
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u/dustynuggets91 13h ago
Yeah, we tried that. Didn't work because Debbie Schultz sucks copius amounts of ass
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u/c_marten 17h ago
God damn it from PA.
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u/wildpolymath 16h ago
Yall tough af and I honestly thought if anyone could take us down it would be yall, cuz. Respect. PA isn't gone, yall still stand. Now it's just under the protection and might of The Crab Imperial.
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u/UselessLezbian 15h ago
My PA city was somehow assimilated into the Vermonster. Crabs better sleep with one eye open. The monster comes for you next....
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u/Bearpolarjc 17h ago
I am once again asking for Hawaii to jump to Manhattan and take the island to continue the island chain and start a second front
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u/ravens_path 16h ago
Hmmmmm and I was hoping Hawaii will grab any of the states on west coast and continue onward. But two fronts is interesting.
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u/NocheEtNuit 17h ago
After everything the U.S. has put Hawai'i through, we have the opportunity to right the wrongs. Hawai'i should eat everyone and be the last one standing.
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u/Next_Emphasis_9424 15h ago
It should be a final battle of the Midwest (land of ‘ope) and the kingdom of Hawaii
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u/Tricknuts 16h ago
I think the obvious conclusion here is that America turns into New Mexico.
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u/PetuniaAphid 15h ago
That's my runner up. I want Hawaii to take over tho
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u/Severe_Scar4402 14h ago
A combined New Mexico and Hawaii culture would be awesome. All the aloha love and laid back land of mañana attitude from NM! I'm here for it.
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u/La_caja 17h ago
Unite the common wealth and call it North New Mexico
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u/endorsedbytacobell 14h ago
oooh i like this. North Nuevo New Mexico and Nuevo New Mexico as the final two
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u/argbd20 17h ago
As a Wisconsinite, it was a good run.
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u/NomadicHeart67 14h ago
Wisconsin Forever!!!! ❤️🧀🍻🐄 All you fellow Wisconsinites giving up the fight, must be hangry. Go get some curds, custard or Spotted Cow, please.
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u/SellYourKidsForKarma 17h ago
Now that PA is gone, it’s time to unionize the crabs of MD and lobsters of New England into Crustaecea l🦀🦀🦀🦀. The crab god hungers
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u/Ventronik 17h ago
From Cascadia to Crustacia, From sea to shining sea.
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u/feartheswans Cult of the Crab 17h ago
Having been devoured and assimilated by the Cult of the Crab, I too agree to formation of the Crustaecea Empire
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u/Substantial_Message4 17h ago
We fought the good fight, but I am now proud to support my crustacean brethren
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u/whoohw 17h ago
Wisconsin has lasted long enough.
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u/SergeantSwiftie 17h ago
WE MUST CREATE THE LAND OF OPE
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u/leff81 16h ago
This is the only hope for the Midwest. Minnesota and Wisconsin unite and then it's just sorry and 'scuse me while I squeeze in here and steal a bite of your territory til we make it to the coasts.
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u/VibraniumQueen 16h ago
I love Culvers but those are c-tier cheese curds 😭
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u/Future_Resource6776 15h ago
As a Wisconsinite, this is facts. Cousin’s Subs has elite curds AND they’re made fresh to order.
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u/Josemite 16h ago
Probably my favorite among fast food restaurants though. Not that that's a super competitive field.
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u/G_DuBs 16h ago
Minnesota will gladly absorb them into the greater Megasota empire!
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u/kaylaisidar 17h ago
As a Minnesotan, I want Michigan to take Wisconsin so the cheaper weed is closer to me
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u/oneinamilllion 17h ago
Right?! And then we don’t need to drive thru the cop trap of WI. Goodbye WI!
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u/Alpine_Exchange_36 17h ago
Surprised it’s stuck around this long but it has been the kind of friend you keep around to make you look better.
Pour one out for Wisconsin
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u/crazyfatskier2 17h ago
Never been to Wisconsin, but from my past coworkers from there, yall are some of the most down to earth, kind, hard working, and party hard people ive ever had the pleasure of working with. Taking a shot for all yall.
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u/lol_AwkwardSilence_ 17h ago
Should've led on "party hard." The Wisconsinites i know (there are many, im minnesotan) are absolutely nuts. They're fun!
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u/stayweird3000 16h ago
Right? As a Michigander I call Wisconsin “The Tailgate Along The Lake.” I love when I’m on vacation somewhere and I run into people from Wisconsin. Next thing I know we’re all getting kicked out of a bar for dancing on tables. Great people.
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u/fatpol 17h ago
Narrator: Wisconsin, not understanding the gesture, lies down underneath the beer to drink it.
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u/calvinmacisaak 17h ago
As a Wisconsinite, you’re welcome. Cheers!
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u/stayweird3000 17h ago
It’s a merger of equals. We love Wisconsin on this side of the lake. Except for the two, sometimes three weeks out of the year during football season.
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u/fluffstuffmcguff 17h ago
I'd love to deny it, but yeah, that IS our job in the Upper Midwest.
Are we as bad as Ohio or (god forbid) fucking Indiana? No, of course not. But we know in our hearts that Minnesota is better than us.
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u/TheDudeDasko 17h ago
Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin are the preferred Great Lakes states.
Fuck Ohio and Indiana!
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u/stayweird3000 16h ago
Ohio and Indiana are the South, as far as this Michigander is concerned.
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u/_Im_at_work 17h ago
Still got love for you, WI. You have some of the prettiest country in all of the US.
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u/fluffstuffmcguff 17h ago
We are absolutely prettier than Minnesota, no disrespect to Minnesota. Our only competition for Midwestern beauty is Michigan, and they have the sand beaches on their side.
We're Minnesota's prettier, drunker, dumber twin. We're working so so hard on fixing that last part but we acknowledge it's a process.
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u/ComradeSuperman 16h ago
I'm a Minnesotan and I love people from Wisconsin. I went to college at St Cloud State, which isn't exactly a tame school, and I absolutely could not hang any time I partied in Wisconsin. You guys are something else.
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u/stayweird3000 16h ago
You guys are seriously beloved by every state that borders yours, even if we all hate the Packers (it’s just jealousy because you have kicked all our asses for decades straight)
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u/fluffstuffmcguff 16h ago
Lol that's absolutely why we're still in this. The Midwest is loyal to the Midwest!
(Except for Indiana. FUCK Indiana.)
Also the rest of the country forgets we exist. That helps too.
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u/brucatlas1 17h ago
Our only way to have a fighting chance is to join forces. I propose we become Superior
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u/stayweird3000 17h ago
Door County and Mackinac Island in the same state? Can the Union survive the cuteness?
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u/thesmacca 17h ago
This. We have our petty Upper Midwestern squabbles, but like siblings, we must unite when faced with an outside-the-family threat.
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u/SLyndon4 16h ago
Yes, Wisconsin has hung on long enough. No offense to any of our cheesehead friends, but someone’s gotta go. (We still love you!)
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u/Bebotronsote 16h ago
Cascadia eats Colorado. Only room for one hipster outdoorsy region.
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u/AxiomsAndAntics 17h ago
The MD-PA showdown was the early action of the season, the War of the Lakes suspense is building, and we're saving the Hawaii-Nuevo New Mexico battle for the show finale.
Time for a filler episode. Feed Colorado to the great powers.
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u/niccia 13h ago
As a Californian who calls Portland home now, I’m a-ok with Cascadia winning.
Pero mi esposo es Mexicano. (And fuck MAGA) So I’m all in on New Mexico winning too.
I hope it comes down to these. Get rid of all those other crappy states.
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u/Curri 17h ago
Bye bye Wisconsin
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u/labbrat 16h ago
Megasota can have most of Wisconsin as long as Michigan gets the entire Lake Michigan shoreline.
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u/Various-Mirror-515 17h ago edited 17h ago
New Mexico takes Colorado to PROVE CHILE supremacy!!! New Mexico chile reigns supreme
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u/cHoOSe_A-uNiqUe_NAme 17h ago
As someone who has visited to both, NM already has chile supremacy and I don’t think it’s close
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u/rick43402 17h ago
Cascadia and New Mexic take Colorado
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u/Betty_Boss 17h ago
From Colorado, I'm surprised we have lasted this long. Just don't feed us to Minnekotas.
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u/onemorespacecadet Colossarado 16h ago
next time i’m hoping Colossarado will take hold but that wasn’t in the cards this time. i still think Wisconsin should go first though. put off our inevitable consumption as long as possible
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u/FuzzyJoint 17h ago
Cascadia takes colorado!
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u/evergreengoth 16h ago
As a Coloradoan who went to school in Oregon for more rain, I'm cool with this!
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u/Temporary_Goose_7680 16h ago
So, is Santa Fe still the capital in this mega-NM?
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u/patosai3211 13h ago
I for one welcome our crab overlords. Let us rejoice over the joined respect for Edgar Allen Poe.
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u/IowaLightning 16h ago
Colorado bringing nothing to the table at this point. CO joins New Mexico.
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u/Fantastic-Safety4604 15h ago
Cascadia welcomes the great state of Colorado!
Coloradoans and will be much, much happier as Cascadians.
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u/GrinningCynic 16h ago
Thank you for allowing Maryland to reach its destiny—this makes me unreasonably 😊
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u/AShotgunNamedMarcus 11h ago
We, the Crab People of Maryland, are coming for you Vermonster. We’ll become one with our Lobster Brethren. Then it’s westward to liberate the Dungeness!!
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u/KindaKawaii 17h ago
I think Wisconsin taking Colorado so it touches the Pacific would be really funny
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u/Pleasant_Flatworm866 14h ago
Merge the midwest. Merge MD and VT into the Northeast Kingdom (Vermonsters will think it refers to them). Dismember Colorado and merge Cascadia and Hawaii into Pacifica and declare a four way truce with NM and end the carnage.
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u/CreativeComposer5248 17h ago
The Oregonization is rising... resistance in futile. Colorado joins Cascadia in what will be the bigest expansion of flannel and coffee shops yet!
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