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The eastern U.S. was so cloudless last week due to a massive high pressure system that you could actually see fall colors from space. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

How many of y'all are tracking counties lived in?

I got 2 on my bingo card, but current is not pictured.

[–] ViperActual 2 points 2 months ago

I can see my house!

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (9 children)

It's interesting to me how you can tell red states from blue states based on how their counties are divided. Up north is nice, squared, organized. But once you get into Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, the county lines drastically change to a chaotic, gerrymandered mess.

[–] ViperActual 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm surprised no one has brought it up so far. This is from way back when the US was still expanding east to west. Land Ordinance of 1785

It was literally just a means of dividing up the land to make it easier to manage. This is why much of the plains states follow such rectangular county/state lines between water geography.

Edit: States that had their counties/borders established before this act will have more organic geography following boundaries. Counties/States settled after 1785 will display this grid-like pattern.

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