Better organized states
1y 5mon ago by lemmy.world/u/The_Picard_Maneuver in cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee
Should've organized them alphabetically too
Much better to organize it by water systems, with some additional divisions for the Mississippi system ans consolidation of smaller systems not seperated by mountain ranges.
Edit: (Image credit: Robert Szucs, Fejetlenfej/Imgur)
What, kind sir, is the source of this beautiful piece of mappery?
Seems to be this.
I found it with google image search for river map usa, but it was not from the original source, so I did not want to credit them.
No wonder it's called the mighty Mississippi. It's huge!
So the states get gradually smaller as you go north? Got it.
Yeah, I would have gone with straight lines, not these weird curved ones.
This somehow feels like a joke about map projections that would make its way into Futurama
That's really high praise, thanks! Made my day.
Vermont's huge now compared to before.
Some choices were definitely made here.
Delaware.
Where?
Delagone
Uh oh. Looks like someone messed with Texas.
Gerrymanderers hate this one trick...
I moved from Pennsylvania back home to Minnesota a decade ago. Didn't expect it to move back to me.
Lol. California just became The State of Los Angeles
Ah yes Nevada, famous for its coast lines and the bay area
I see we've forgotten our non-contiguous siblings.
But more to the point, why not just arrange them alphabetically while we're here?
I'm not sure which state is furthest from it's original position, but Indiana seems quite far from home.
Delaware is in the U.P.
Kentucky took a pretty big trip, but New Jersey is the funniest to me. At least it still gets an eastern coast.
Connecticut borders Alabama, but I guess it still has Massachusetts
I love this map. It breaks my brain in so many ways!
This hurts.
We are just gonna give South Carolina the outer banks? No. Redraw these lines, pls thnx
South Carolina is Worst Carolina and they deserve nothing but the highway that runs through the state so people can get out quickly.
IMO we can just delete it. No one will notice.
Georgia and Florida are already kind of like that, culturally speaking.
Can't believe someone finally won the Toledo War. Really didn't expect it to be Rhode Island
tears up gambling ticket
Arkansas straight up deleted from existence.
Edit: it’s west of Oklahoma!
It's in West Texas
Ha you’re right thanks, I just missed it. I saw Oklahoma and didn’t look carefully to the west of it - I think I have been conditioned by the clearly inferior maps we’ve been using.
It's clearly north of Texas??
Ooo, I like this! Now I want to see a map where the area of each state is proportional to its population, but still fitting together in a recognizable way.
I'm not sure what giving NJ a giant flaccid water dong that just barely enters Virginia is supposed to symbolize, but I'm here for it.
I think.
Just the tip
[ANGRY PENNSYLVANIAN NOISES]
Maine be like "You guys changed the map?"
Boooooo!
Edit: I am pleased Ohio is in Oklahoma now.
They fucking deserve it.
I like this - it puts the Midwest where I assumed it was, before finding out that it's actually where I would want to call the 'Mideast'.
At first I was pissed thinking I don't want to live in Virginia or Maryland then I was like why the hell is Maryland south of Virginia?
Why the hell is Maryland landlocked??
Edit: also .. not wanting to live in MD or VA over Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois or Tennessee is … a choice I guess.
Made New York even richer and more influential, while nerfing most of the competition.
There are now two Kansas Cities in Ohio
Do all the people from the state move too, or is this just redrawn boundaries? Because if it's the former, California and Texas are going to be a bad time.
Ohio just got a lot warmer if it's the former.
Settle down, Jefferson.
I feel like a lot of people won't get your solid joke.
I'll cry into my basket of sweet early peas.
The idea that Connecticut shares a border with Alabama and SC is fundamentally cursed
NTY, I do not want to live where Ohio is.
New Jersey moves to Minnesota. That...
Yeah that tracks.
Went from Iowa to West Virginia. The politics are the same, just... Less teeth now.
*fewer teeth
🤣🤣
Since it’s not my country I vote for going diagonally
How about squiggles
Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.
This is delightful chaotic organization.
I can't exactly tell but I think this map would have me living in Ohio. So, I'd rather not thank you.
And where you are now is much better?
I guess we're just moving New Orleans to Galveston, Biloxi can take over the old location, though personally it feels very threatening to have Mississippi move back to me!
texas could honestly be a bit smaller. other states could make better use of that space
Do any people have to move? Do the governors have to move prior to next election?
Only if they live right on one of the new lines. No one can live on the lines!
So Rhode Bay instead? It definitely isn't an island.
Was it ever?
Well, at least it has islands in its current form.
Damn my brain loves this for some reason.
This is unironically an improvement for Washington and Oregon.
A more perfect union
Aww, Delaware is so ugly now.
Wow, you accurately maintained their shapes and everything!
Based on the Houstonians (as well as other Texans) I know, you'd have one hell of a riot in Louisiana.
Ain't no way south Dakota is that far left
Florida and California are gonna be pissed