Posted on 12/20/2016 11:04:26 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
Back in July, as the world was reeling from the U.K.’s Brexit vote, Harper Polling asked Pennsylvanians which part of the state they’d like to see exit the Commonwealth. Half of respondents weren’t sure, but nearly-two thirds of those who were said it should be “Philadelphia and the Southeast.”
Let’s start with the obvious: The Philly region will never become a state. Ever. Legislators in Harrisburg wouldn’t let its southeastern population center and economic engine ghost. Nor would a Republican-controlled U.S. Congress admit a new, predominantly Democratic state to the union. But that doesn’t mean Philly, and what have become its increasingly like-minded surrounding counties, couldn’t go it alone.
(Excerpt) Read more at phillymag.com ...
How about just nuking it instead.
Along with San Francisco, Portland and Detroit.
And New York City could separate from the rest of New York; Chicago could split from Illinois; Denver could split from Colorado, etc. Politically you would end up with city states which elect Democrats only. But the leftover parts of these states would be more Republican, without having their votes diluted due to big city overwhelming rural and small town GOP votes.
Why not let NYC and philly become part of nj? Would solve all our problems. One liberal state that is already liberal anyway and two new conservative states.
Perhaps separate statehoods would be the best thing in all of these instances. It wouldn't be a case of creating additional blue states - the states in question are already blue. Instead, it would create new (albeit smaller) Republican states with two new Republican Senators and retaining the conservative upstate Congressional districts. The Senate and Congressional count from the liberal metro areas would remain unchanged if they became independent, in contrast.
I say that it's a win-win situation for us, so by all means let the Upstates start their divorces from the Metro areas.
Take out Chester and Upper Darby while you're at it...
Combine all the big cities ; Pilaelphia, NYC, Detroit, Chicago, LA, SF, etc ... The New State would be called, “The Pepole’s Conederation of Sanctuary”... One State... Fence them off, and have guards preventing anyone from leaving. Sort of a Berlin wall in reverse
Why not? Give Philly and it dark blue fraud machine to the Dems which gives them 3 electoral votes in exchange for turning the other 17 PA electoral votes to the GOP?
Negative on two more libtard senators in perpetuity. I would rather see New Jersey’s state line redrawn to include Philadelphia. No new senators and Pennsylvania goes red forever. Win-win.
The best thing to happen to Pennsylvania would be for a huge hurricane to come in and wipe out Philthadelpia, just like hurricane Katrina did to Chocolate City.
It would be glorious to see 200,000 democrats forced to move to Baltimore. Let Maryland deal with the parasites in the same way that Houston Texas had to deal with the leaches of Norleans.
These dumb ‘think’ pieces are so 2006.
That is map is stunning, particularly the bottom half.
It is also encouraging - most of the >50% areas are all that high (60% or less) - within reach!
63 year 5 county resident. What would happen to the 4 counties surrounding Philadelphia would be absolutely hilarious.
That is, quite simply, brilliant, Brilliant !
Let me try that in English (this is what I get for not proof reading ....)
my post should have said:
That map is stunning, particularly the bottom half.
It is also encouraging that most of the >50% areas are not all that high (60% or less) - they could be within reach.
If you further distilled the “archipelago,” their weakness would be even more fully revealed.
They can’t feed themselves, heat themselves, or power themselves. They would die without Redsylvania.
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