Exploring America: 45 Maps That Might Shift Your View Of The US

Not a mountain, though; there's a tiny notch of Minnesota that's surrounded by Canada on three sides.

That's where we keep the Poutine Repellant.

Sorry, that's my hair

I got a question wrong in 5th grade about this part of the US. They asked what is the northern most state, and I found this stub on the map, answered Minnesota because the stub is further north than Maine....

Not only the US. Prairie: a large open area of grassland, especially in North America.

Yes, it's called "the Great Plains," and it's considered one of the world's great "breadbaskets." More like Ukraine or Patagonia [Argentina] than Australia, though. Also known for oil, pig farms, ranching (in the Western portion; the Eastern potion is too valuable), and literally most of the world's tornadoes.

Yup that's the our Bread Basket

A lot of that was plain (grassland) naturally, with millions of bison roaming around. Another interesting thing is that a lot of that forested land in the east and midwest was settled and cleared for farms when the USA was young, but the farms are long abandoned and the forests have regrown.

Yes, yes we do. It's not entirely treeless but it's mostly plains area used for farming.. at least it's mostly fertile

Welcome to the Great Plains. 😁👍

Oh yeah. This plain feeds about a billion people. It is the USA grain basket. Enjoy your wheat bread.

It's called the prairie my friend.

Canada too

Yup. We call it the Great Plains. It's where our Dust Bowl was the worst.

Large flat areas without mountains result in less spring water so all that prairies rely on is rainwater which is not enough for tree growth.

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The area known as dust bowl.

We keep Straya in the middle of the US?

The coconut plant is not a tree. It is a woody perennial monocotyledon.

We’ll they couldn’t be bothered to put Hawaii (or Alaska)on the map, so I assume not.

They count them on their fingers

And the entire LA county equals 1/6 the population of the Brazilian city of São Paulo. Now that’s a yuk moment. LA is charming in comparison

Yup, over 10 million out of California's 40 million.

Oh so about the same as greater London, but without any decent public transport 🤔

The electoral college is based on people not land, proof you do not know how it works. See, each state has 2 Seantors, and 1 or more Representitives based on population size. Elector numbers are the number of Senators + number of Reps. So Alaska gets 3 electors and California gets 54. What this does it while it does have population be the factors in who wins, it also acknowledges every state having their own interests and prevents essentially 6 states from being the only ones that matter.

Based on that idea, Alaska and several states should have less representation than Los Angeles County and therefore have less chance of being heard.

Decent idea, but I don't want some goober from San Francisco telling me I can't own a gun or have a gas stove.

So people form LA and SF would dictate how to live in Utah or Colorado?

States vote because we're a republic.

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Because people in Grey areas have needs and rights too. The Founders knew and understood this and decided a system that prevented Red area dictatorship otherwise known as mob rule. That's why we are a Republic and NOT a democracy.

And you just exposed yourself as an idiot regarding the electoral college.

The electoral college is based mostly on population. Unfortunately most population centers are not near where food is produced. Those people could easily vote to starve to death without realizing it.

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You want a pure Democracy then, 50% plus one rules .......The Electoral College keeps 5 cities from picking a President. A history book wouldn't kill you Ya know?

But if most people live there, why should their vote count less?

So instead we are having the minority Gerry mander and rule?

Or, you know, food production.

The population of this planet is neither good nor bad enough to deserve Paris or Texas.