I'm not disagreeing with you as I write this, but there are many people who act like Hawaii is some kind of obscure appendage instead of being a state just like

I'm not disagreeing with you as I write this, but there are many people who act like Hawaii is some kind of obscure appendage instead of being a state just like the other 49 states. Puerto Rico is as close to a state as it's possible to be without actually being a state.