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Anyone want to annex California? It's clearly becoming more trouble than it's worth.
by RhysU 2y ago
Anyone want to annex California? It's clearly becoming more trouble than it's worth.
- mdp2021 2y ago(I actually laughed out loud) We'll get many large backgardens ("for investment only - currently inhabited"), as the same proposal was made in the UK in 2021 (if I remember well. Cannot search for the article right now). Edit: ok, etiquette obliged. I am checking. The results are much worse than I understood... (This is so unnerving I typed 'understool', and there could be many slips in that.) > The EU ruled on 6 July 2022 that all new cars manufactured in Europe must be fitted with speed limiters as of July 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/new-car-speed-limiters-driving-laws-uk-b2157426.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/new-car-spee...
- elicksaur 2y agofyi annex means the opposite of how I think you are using it. e.g. “The city annexed part of the outlying county to increase its property tax base. It now has to provide services to that area.”
- alexey-salmin 2y agoI assume that's exactly what he meant, like Mexico annexing California
- RhysU 2y agoI am using it like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Ru...
- elicksaur 2y agoAh, I see. My mistake!