kernals12
Banned
Lots of states have cultural fault lines. Illinois is very different outside of Cook County. Atlanta has little in common with the rural counties to its north. People in rural California complain endlessly about being dominated by Los Angeles and the Bay Area. And the introduction of telephones and railroads makes communication and transportation completely tolerable.Pretty sure Idaho has a clearly distinct identity from the coastal parts of Washington and Oregon, and you think it is a good idea to combine the three states? Making such huge states is an issue especially back in the day because of travel times to the state capital, issues in statewide campaigns (elections for governor, and later senator assuming the 17th amendment), and other communication problems.