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I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

California voters to weigh splitting into three states - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44471277

Seems like I've heard this before.

dafyre

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

California voters to weigh splitting into three states - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44471277

SoCal, NoCal, and Hollywood ?

Obsolesce

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

California voters to weigh splitting into three states - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44471277

All kinds of dumb from the looks of it. (but I don't know much about it as I've been kind of ignoring the whole thing)

NerdyDad

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

California voters to weigh splitting into three states - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44471277

But, why are they being different with the whole "Northern California" and "Southern California"? Why couldn't they just confirm with the Dakotas and the Carolinas and just do North California and South California?

RojoLoco

@obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

California voters to weigh splitting into three states - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44471277

All kinds of dumb from the looks of it. (but I don't know much about it as I've been kind of ignoring the whole thing)

And you know that if a billionaire venture capitalist came up with the idea, it will be a great move... for him. I guess he knows that he'll make so much money that any potential political fallout won't matter to him (or will make him more money).

Obsolesce

@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

@obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

California voters to weigh splitting into three states - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44471277

All kinds of dumb from the looks of it. (but I don't know much about it as I've been kind of ignoring the whole thing)

And you know that if a billionaire venture capitalist came up with the idea, it will be a great move... for him. I guess he knows that he'll make so much money that any potential political fallout won't matter to him (or will make him more money).

Yeah no doubt.

PenguinWrangler

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

California voters to weigh splitting into three states - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44471277

My 2 cents and looking at this pragmatically the only way it happens is if the Democrats take full control of Congress with a supermajority in both the Senate and the House in the next election cycle. As Congress would have to approve of the measure. Looking at how the map is proposed it would create two very heavily Democrat states, so they would gain two additional Senators in the Senate, at least. It would then create a purple state which could, in theory, give another two Senators to the Democrats. Republicans won't go for it, no advantages for them. The House wouldn't change because that is based on population.

scottalanmiller

@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

California voters to weigh splitting into three states - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44471277

Seems like I've heard this before.

Never been to a vote, though, ever.

scottalanmiller

@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

California voters to weigh splitting into three states - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44471277

But, why are they being different with the whole "Northern California" and "Southern California"? Why couldn't they just confirm with the Dakotas and the Carolinas and just do North California and South California?

South California already exists. It's in Mexico.

scottalanmiller

Technically it is North California being split. It really should be Southern North California, Northern North California, Central North California, etc.

scottalanmiller

South California area has a Northern South California (aka Baja) and Southern South California (Baja Cali Sur.) So as this is part of the larger old Mexican region of California that was already split into north and south, and the south already split into northern south and southern south long ago (1950s) it makes sense to keep it uniform for the region.