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I think NY state concurs wrt to NYC. So why don't y'all split the state up? NYC in one corner, the rest of NY on the other. Then upstate folk will get real po
by mousethatroared 1y ago
I think NY state concurs wrt to NYC.
So why don't y'all split the state up? NYC in one corner, the rest of NY on the other.
Then upstate folk will get real political representation in Albany, and NYC will send two interesting senators to DC. As much as I disagree with AOC I'd love for her to become a senator.
- School-Cotton 1y agoStates can’t just decide by themselves to split up. The federation has to consent, which with our permanently deadlocked congress will never happen.
- mcny 1y agoMore importantly the natural resources in upstate actually belong to New York, not to upstate.
- mousethatroared 1y agoThey belong to the state. But these things can be negotiated in the divorce
- mousethatroared 1y agoFirst step the state has to want to split, though. And I guarantee you that the red capitols (most of them) are game. That leaves a small hurdle of getting a couple of purple states. Perhaps a great compromise is reached - NY ex-NYC merges with PA ex-Philly and Philly joins NYC.
- toast0 1y agoEasier said than done, as it needs consent of the state legislature and the us congress. The last time a state was split off like this was West Virginia exiting Virginia in 1863, while Virginia had seceded.
- mousethatroared 1y agoKinda ironic that it took a civil war the last time it happened.
- IAmBroom 1y agoMore ironic that you'll probably find more confederate flags in WV than in VA, today. They don't exactly brag about their state's loyalty to the nation back then.