Bluegrass_Buddhist [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • edit-22 years agoITT we imagine possible city-states that could emerge from the former US as collapse acceleratesmessage-squaremessage-square73 fedilinkarrow-up136file-text
arrow-up136message-squareITT we imagine possible city-states that could emerge from the former US as collapse acceleratesBluegrass_Buddhist [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • edit-22 years agomessage-square73 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBluegrass_Buddhist [none/use name]hexagonhexbear23·2 years agoI could see the area between Seattle and Portland coalescing into an effectively single polity too, Tenochtitlan - Texcoco style. link
minus-squareEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]Mhexbear11·2 years agoMilwaukee merging with Chicago is more likely, but still not likely. link
minus-squareBluegrass_Buddhist [none/use name]hexagonhexbear12·2 years agoI could see that. The Minneapolis-Milwaukee-Madison-Chicago megalopolis is already kind of a thing. link
minus-squareCommunistBear [he/him]hexbear14·2 years agoIf only there was something connecting them at high speeds :train-shining: link
minus-squareEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]Mhexbear1·2 years agoBring back The Milwaukee Road! link
minus-squareCommander_Data [she/her]hexbear5·2 years agoIt actually extends all the way to Rochester, NY https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_megalopolis link
minus-squarezxcvbnm [he/him]hexbear8·2 years agoIDK they are kinda far and it's pretty rural in between. It's not like the eastern seaboard. link
minus-squarediscountsocialism [none/use name]hexbear4·2 years agoRather than Oregon having no sales tax and Washington having no income tax, they'll create a patchwork of no-tax neighborhoods to spread the love more evenly. link
I could see the area between Seattle and Portland coalescing into an effectively single polity too, Tenochtitlan - Texcoco style.
Milwaukee merging with Chicago is more likely, but still not likely.
I could see that. The Minneapolis-Milwaukee-Madison-Chicago megalopolis is already kind of a thing.
If only there was something connecting them at high speeds :train-shining:
Bring back The Milwaukee Road!
It actually extends all the way to Rochester, NY
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_megalopolis
IDK they are kinda far and it's pretty rural in between. It's not like the eastern seaboard.
Rather than Oregon having no sales tax and Washington having no income tax, they'll create a patchwork of no-tax neighborhoods to spread the love more evenly.