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

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Oct 20, 2021
9:44:46am

LeftOfNormal Truly Addicted User

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

down the MT/WY/ND/SD/NE line. All states generally west of that add up to 1.75mil SQ mi, east of that add up to 1.78mil.

So the East would lose the weird western triangle of Texas (but would keep any city of note besides El Paso) and the West would lose about a fifth of Colorado.

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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.

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?

10/20/21 9:27am

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

10/20/21 9:54am

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

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

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. 🤣

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...

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.

lightmann

10/20/21 10:52am

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