This is mostly an artifact of how eastern states states are smaller because most states on accession to the union were within an order of magnitude vs peers pop

This is mostly an artifact of how eastern states states are smaller because most states on accession to the union were within an order of magnitude vs peers population wise and the east was much more densely populated. I do wonder though if the west coast wouldn't be better managed if the states were split up a bit more population wise like in the east.