# Do American states have the most iconic shapes of any national subdivisions?

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**Created:** [September 3, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-states-have-the-most-iconic-shapes-of-any-national-subdivisions/729845 "2015-09-03T19:57:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-states-have-the-most-iconic-shapes-of-any-national-subdivisions/729845/69 "2016-03-15T14:22:00Z")

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If the USA still looked like the USA, but the states rejiggered, by Randall Munroe. Quite extraordinary. I don’t know where/if he cheats much.

> **[Map of the United Repositioned States](http://vaviper.blogspot.com/2016/03/map-of-united-repositioned-states.html)**
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> Randall Munroe rearranged the states  without compromising the general shape of the U.S.: I highly recommend Munroe's books  - I've gi...

A nice icon for this thread.

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