This is a bit political but I think it’s neutral enough to not cause an argument (that wasn’t a challenge btw. I’m looking at you Level).
Gerrymandering (or drawing county maps in a way that keeps your party in power) is a pretty big problem in the US. Just look at these:
I don’t know what that means but it looks pretty ugly.
I think the best way to fix gerrymandering is to look at Iowa and copy them.
Iowa has such a beautiful county map. Other states should aspire to be as pristine as Iowa.
The problem is that we still have to take into account things like population density and urban growth.
Iowa is over 90% farmland, and its capital city alone (Des Moines) only has a population of around several hundred thousand. Its population is more evenly spread out within the state.
On the other hand, the East Coast, which is dominated by massive cities from Boston to New York to Washington D.C., has immense concentrations of people that is far from being as neatly spread out as Iowa’s population. Irregular county shapes are pretty much necessary.
I agree with you, gerrymandering is bad, but just placing a grid over a state and calling each resulting cell a county isn’t the best way to get rid of it.
where the fuck does the word gerrymandering come from
Maybe a guy named Gerry
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What did level get muted for again?
everything?
I somehow didn’t notice. I’m adding them to the cemetery.
I thought they were only muted for a few days.
Could you direct me to the topic that got them muted? If it isn’t unlisted, of course.
it was a collection of things but ya one sec
what started the convo in mod land
thank you
