Role of Government 📍

People for a long time proposed re-drawing Upstate and Downstate New York into two different states. I think there should be a national dialogue about state borders, as many do not represent community interests anymore and are inherently anti-democratic or lack any logic or reason except history.

The Northern Tier of Pennsylvania and Southern Tier of New York are communities of common interest, but they are separated by the 42nd parallel, and vastly different set of laws and representatives. The same is true with the North Country of New York and Northern Vermont and New Hampshire.  Or Northern New Jersey, New York City, and South-Eastern Connecticut — it’s logical that the entire New York City Metropolitan area be in one state. Likewise, should Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota be consolidated into one state?

But that’s a federal, not a state question. Redistricting all of America into new states with be very disruptive of business and culture, which is why it’s never been attempted. But it makes sense to group communities of interest together. But it would require the creation of a whole new set of state laws, replacing ones that have been created over centuries, and would upend almost all political structures that currently exist.