Every US state has at least one straight line segment for a border except for Hawaii (duh). Not in an infinitesimal way, they all have a long straight line somewhere.
Some of our borders are natural or caused by conflict like yours, but others are a bunch of politicians dividing land they've never seen. The squares are all the latter situation
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Technus@lemmy.zip · 34 pts · 1y
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Haha gay is funny
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
It always bothered me that the USA has some weird internal borders. Why is it a line? Why? That is wrong on so many levels.
This post was made by the EU gang. 🇪🇺
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
The early colonies had some borders by longitude or latitude and we just kept on with it like the stubborn asses that we are.
Colorado: "Fuck rivers, we are going all in on latitude and longitude!"
Utah: "That sounds awesome, we are also going to go all in!"
Wyoming: "Fuck Utah!"
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Bruh and I thought they can't top the imperial system.
The_v@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Okay I learned this one in elementary school when I was like 6. A lovely school called Hellgate Elementary.
Congress decided to follow the peaks of the Bitterroot range and the Continental divide. These high points created a barrier for travel.
https://mtbeyond.com/history/how-montana-got-its-shape/
psoul@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Every US state has at least one straight line segment for a border except for Hawaii (duh). Not in an infinitesimal way, they all have a long straight line somewhere.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Some of our borders are natural or caused by conflict like yours, but others are a bunch of politicians dividing land they've never seen. The squares are all the latter situation
chandlerbung@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 1y
Europeans complaining about straight lines on a border when they made 2/3rds of the world have them.
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Yes, but not on our territory. ;)
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 1y
You really didn't wanna label her beauty mark 'Boise'?
meyotch@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 1y
That mark would be more in the area of Rexburg. IYKYK
florge@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 1y
!cartographyanarchy@sh.itjust.works
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
now do Florida
FuckFascism@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Zier@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
Idaho: Oregon smells sexy. Montana: So do you. Idaho: Montana: Idaho: ... Montana: ...
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Pretty sure they made a movie about this
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I like to smell ear holes and shudders