bunch of stuff going around about us being the 51st state...heres an article from my school that explains some of it:
http://www.dowling.edu/news/news.php?eventid=437'
basically LI would be better off financially by seceding from new york
im not sure if this would include queens and kings counties (queens and brooklyn boroughs of nyc) or just nassau and suffolk counties, but either way itd be more populous than many states in the country, and land area wise itd be the smallest state by a hair, less than 100 sq miles under RI
i think its pretty interesting to think about it
L.I., the 51st state?
Re: L.I., the 51st state? (nismofly)
That is interesting. They have talked about splitting Calif into 2 states, No. Cal and So. Cal. I'm not sure I agree with it in Ca. though. I wonder how they would arrange the stars on the flag. That might not be easy.
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Re: L.I., the 51st state? (rn79870)
Interesting, but won't happen.
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Re: L.I., the 51st state? (smockers83)
I would think it would be more likely to split Upstate NY from NYC.
I've heard the talk about Cali splitting up. I've heard rumor that Puerto Rico might be getting closer to statehood. I've heard that the Upper Peninsula of Michigan will join Wisconsin. I've heard rumor that North and South Dakota could join together to make one giant worthless state instead of two.
I think it's all crap.. it will be a long long time before any of our states change at all. Quebec is more likely to split from Canada than any of our state changes.
I've heard the talk about Cali splitting up. I've heard rumor that Puerto Rico might be getting closer to statehood. I've heard that the Upper Peninsula of Michigan will join Wisconsin. I've heard rumor that North and South Dakota could join together to make one giant worthless state instead of two.
I think it's all crap.. it will be a long long time before any of our states change at all. Quebec is more likely to split from Canada than any of our state changes.
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Re: L.I., the 51st state? (rn79870)
If the nuts and the flakes each had their own state, maybe they would finally break off from the U.S. and form the Republica Popular de Kalifornia and get the hell off our lawn.rn79870 wrote:They have talked about splitting Calif into 2 states, No. Cal and So. Cal. I'm not sure I agree with it in Ca. though.
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i think youd be surprised, for example LI has some of the highest property costs in US, while most of the rest of the state has around average for the rest of the countrysensibleS13driver wrote:I can't imagine there is that large discrepancy of interests between LI and the rest of NY. Or not nearly as large as LI would like to make it appear.
its like the difference between rural midwest areas and the real expensive parts of socal, but within 50 miles instead of a few hundred or thousand
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