[Travis McGee]

Or we become two different countries based on cultural and linguistic identity.

This won't happen peacefully. The cultural/linguistic regions are far to comingled. Look at India / Pakistan or the Balkans to see the model: civil war, ethnic cleansing, and only then partition.

[kabar]

Agree. But if California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, LA, MS. AL GA, and FLA link up culturally and linguistically, it could form the basis of a new country. The first four states are well on their way to having an Hispanic majority. We are already experiencing a significant internal migration.