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Most of north dakota, south dakota, montana, wyoming, idaho, eastern Washington, and oregon are a very similar set of ecosystems.

• cucumber3732842 28d ago
  Which are a completely different set of ecosystems with different needs than the gulf coast, or the southwest, or the northeast. Like for example aquifer depletion is a serious thing in the southwest. It's borderline irrelevant in the northeast which is only getting wetter with climate change anyway. So you split the difference when you write the federal rules and the result is insufficient for the southwest and their governments have to do a bunch of BS rule stretching crap to take it further and a nuisance in the northeast where their governments have to do a bunch of the same BS in the other direction to lighten it up. Why not just let these states write their own laws that work for them. Sure you'll probably get one or two screw ups but most states will probably be better served.
  • NewJazz 28d ago
    But you're still delineating regionally, based on one specific issue... There are issues that affect many or multiple regions. And states are going to have to duplicate effort, and firms or individuals will need to relitigate state by state. There's been studies of healthcare administration, education, and other areas of devolution in UK and Spain. There are benefits, but there are also costs and outcomes can get worse despite the benefits.