If the US was split straight down the middle, who wins in a war? East or West side?

Oct 20, 2021
9:24:59am

letthewookieewin Holochess World Champion

My money is on the East but my heart is on the West. East has all the people. West has a terrain advantage and natural barriers.

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If the US was split straight down the middle, who wins in a war? East or West side?

letthewookieewin Holochess World Champion

10/20/21 9:24am

Depends on which side Texas joins.

Skeptical Optimist

10/20/21 9:25am

The side with more money almost always wins, so the east

spinner

10/20/21 9:25am

Texas is on which side? They have most of the guns.

Fatalplacebo

10/20/21 9:26am

Texas is split down the middle. The split doesn't recognize state lines

letthewookieewin

10/20/21 9:27am

Oh if west has west Texas I choose west

homegrown

10/20/21 9:43am

But Cali has no guns, so they provide 0 help.

NewMexiCoug

10/20/21 9:37am

Well...I wouldn't say 'zero help'. We need someone to go to the war protests and

m0resn0w

10/20/21 9:46am

CA has more registered guns than Florida

letthewookieewin

10/20/21 9:52am

Also - more registered guns than Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, Texas...

Eddie

10/20/21 9:56am

But can they use them? (My comment was TIC)

NewMexiCoug

10/20/21 10:59am

Who controls Iowa? Whoever controls the heartland (Iowa) would win the war.

DieHarder

10/20/21 9:26am

Which middle? Geographical or geo-populace?

LeftOfNormal

10/20/21 9:27am

The geo-populace center of the U.S. in 2010 was south central Missouri.

Sactown Cougar

10/20/21 9:54am

If you divide the states into east/west by population:

Sactown Cougar

10/20/21 9:57am

I haven't taken the Critical Coast Theory class yet

Indy Coug

10/20/21 9:28am

Here's the Geo-populace center of the US...

VACOUGFAN

10/20/21 9:30am

If this is the dividing line I take the west. If the dividing line is geographical it's the east.

bag

10/20/21 9:37am

If we were doing it by this map(population) I take the west

cougarfann888

10/20/21 9:37am

Cool. Just ran the numbers, and figured the square mileage line would run about

LeftOfNormal

10/20/21 9:44am

Alaska REALLY skews the geographic center west, doesn't it?

Squeegee

10/20/21 1:04pm

And good luck trying to fight a land war there. 🤣

LeftOfNormal

10/20/21 1:52pm

Continental US only? Where do you put Alaska & Hawaii to determine the middle?

fan_byu

10/20/21 9:30am

SEC seems to always win.

Cougarclaw

10/20/21 9:31am

East, easily

Hotlanta

10/20/21 9:31am

West. The East would be in bed by 11pm EST....then the West would attack.

WJCougar

10/20/21 9:32am

East. More industry, people, and more natural alliances with other countries.

ForzaPuma

10/20/21 9:32am

I agree. The east would dominate. The west coast is too soft and would collapse without much effort. Texans

Baron

10/20/21 9:34am

What does the military do in this hypothetical? Bases on the east/west each

Tricky

10/20/21 9:39am

Where are the most military bases located?

Eddie

10/20/21 9:41am

47% of the country lives in the eastern time zone, 29% in central, 7% in Mtn, and 17% in Pac. I'm going with the East.

HarlemCoug

10/20/21 9:46am

West - Hollywood would convince the East to surrender.

mudpupper

10/20/21 9:49am

West, assuming they get Hawaii. Look what happened to Japan after Pearl Harbor.

hydrocoug

10/20/21 9:54am

West, since the East gets the commander in chief.

hydrocoug

10/20/21 9:56am

Excellent point. Worked for the Taliban...

LeftOfNormal

10/20/21 10:17am

Texas would refuse to join either side and would just reconquer the land

j-woot

10/20/21 9:57am

West - No question. Bangor.

Chadillac

10/20/21 10:36am

East would be able to more quickly concentrate their population in a given area. East wins.

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