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California has the world's 4th biggest economy, but this shows what would happen if several eastern states were merged into one state of similar geographic size.
Twitter ^ | Daniel Alman from Squirrel Hill @DanielAlmanPGH | April 6, 2026

Posted on 04/06/2026 7:39:55 PM PDT by grundle

California has the world's 4th biggest economy, but this shows what would happen if several eastern states were merged into one state of similar geographic size.



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KEYWORDS: ifwisheswerefishes; pimpmyblog; sowhat; vanity; whatif

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1 posted on 04/06/2026 7:39:55 PM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

“Combined Northeast” looks like Elbridge Gerry’s Gerrymander, or maybe a praying mantis or a Rorschach test.


2 posted on 04/06/2026 7:42:46 PM PDT by x
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To: grundle

Bkmk


3 posted on 04/06/2026 7:45:45 PM PDT by sauropod
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To: grundle

But the coefficient of idiocy would far exceed even the laughable state of Corrupt-O-fornia.


4 posted on 04/06/2026 7:46:22 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: grundle

I would like to see a map of CA split in half from the leftist coastal cities.


5 posted on 04/06/2026 7:47:07 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: KC_Conspirator

Draw a map of a State from the left coast to about 50 to 100 miles inland.

Group all of the Libtards together.


6 posted on 04/06/2026 7:53:24 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: x

California having the 4th largest economy in the world is often asserted but has always been an urban myth. The calculated GDP is bogus.


7 posted on 04/06/2026 7:55:27 PM PDT by norcal joe ( )
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To: grundle

California has lots of poverty.

Ask a Democratic California legislator.

Spain has vastly more nice weather, highly inhabitable territory.


8 posted on 04/06/2026 8:13:52 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: grundle

Much of California is inflated because of inflated tech. As obama would say, “YOU DIDN’T BUILD THAT.” Tech was developed with our taxpayer dollars — NASA, federal grants to colleges and universities, etc.

Most these tech companies wouldn’t exist without US tax dollars. Therefore, we all share in that.

California has also had a lot of military contracts over the years.

California is what it is because of the entire USA.


9 posted on 04/06/2026 8:29:47 PM PDT by boycott
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To: grundle

“merged into one state of similar geographic size.”

Only TWO filthy senators in that area, I’ll take it. No intention of reading the article.


10 posted on 04/06/2026 8:32:38 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: grundle

Not a pertinent comparison. A LOT of California by area is effectively uninhabitable.


11 posted on 04/06/2026 9:34:31 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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