In addition to the intellectual appeal of eliminating cross-border metropolises, and making small states larger and large states smaller, there's also the emotional appeal: we get our own state! We're not NYC's forgotten stepchild anymore! Come, proud Mohawkians, let us stride boldly forward into this new era of recognition and self-respect!
My only complaint: why do they call SW Ohio "Erie"? It doesn't border Lake Erie, and the Erie Indians never lived there. Humph.
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Date: 2006-09-09 11:21 am (UTC)In addition to the intellectual appeal of eliminating cross-border metropolises, and making small states larger and large states smaller, there's also the emotional appeal: we get our own state! We're not NYC's forgotten stepchild anymore! Come, proud Mohawkians, let us stride boldly forward into this new era of recognition and self-respect!
My only complaint: why do they call SW Ohio "Erie"? It doesn't border Lake Erie, and the Erie Indians never lived there. Humph.