Texas is an easy answer, but I live here and would prefer to retain my US passport. Also I’m not sure of the wisdom of lopping off such a large part of the US economy, particularly some of its biggest ports and much of its refining capacity.
So, Rhode Island, mainly because hardly anyone would miss it. Bonus: it could then become the Monaco of North America.
Yeah, well, you conveniently forget that South Carolina WANTED to leave the Union, and you liberal Yankees wouldn’t let them.
NOW, after forcing them to stay in the Union at gunpoint, NOW you want them out?
People, get your story straight! Do you want us in the Union or not?
Depends. Do you want out? Then we won’t let you.
That’s some catch, that Catch-22.
Hmmm. Texas certainly didn’t do well here. I was moved to write my own version of the refrain from “Deep in the Heart of Texas”, but came back and edited it away, not meaning to be too divisive.
Why would “we” “lose” any of that? Does Liverpool being in England prevent the Beatles from being so important to American culture?
?? I’m from Missouri but I don’t get it.
Pssst… the Beatles copied their whole sound from Southerners. Do the names Chuck, Elvis, Jerry Lee, Fats or Buddy ring any bells?
Get rid of Florida and suddenly Medicaire becomes viable
Why do you think this contradicts my point rather than supporting it? The fact that Chuck, Elvis, Jerry Lee, Fats, or Buddy came from the American South has not prevented them from being important to British culture.
Did we as Americans “lose” Shakespeare or Handel with independence? No, we didn’t.
Cultural heritage is not affected in any way by changing national borders. It simply doesn’t work that way.
I’ve lived in FLa, and every real wanted for murder nutjob I had the unfortunate coincidence of crossing paths with while in Fla was from Ohio.
So Minnie smells? I thought Nebraska was the stinkiest state?
I think we should add to our states not kick any out. There’s one or two that should be gated and put under martial law
Chuck is from St. Louis, not the South.
Yes, they made those rough bits of American culture more palatable for the white kids of Yankeeland.
That’s a horrible attitude. That would make things bad.
If this site is any indication, Hawaiians want to become an independent nation (there is even a claim that Hawaii sued Obama/the U.S. Government for violating an 1893 treaty, something I hadn’t heard of until now).
Let 'em go. If the Japanese get frisky again, I’m sure the Royal Hawaiin Army will do just fine.
I voted Mississippi, but I’d be just as happy getting rid of any other hell-hole former Confederate state.
Texas. Fuck 'em!
Having lived in Hawaii, I can assure you that is a very fringe group. Not unlike, say, Texas Secede.
Don’t be a hayter, just because we’re Homecoming Queen every four years!
I voted for Arizona, which is just a bunch of rich white old people on Medicare who vote Republican, who aren’t even from Arizona. The cool young people who are actually from Arizona and like living in Arizona can stay in the US by relocating to New Mexico. Samey samey.
this whole thread is a bad attitude! Guess I was projecting and imagining horrible futuristic scenarios to what is in store for the good ol USA, state fights over oil, water pot etc…
Even the Tennessee state flag acknowledges the fact that each region is worth its own star!