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relayerbob

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59. I live in Georgia

Mon Oct 4, 2021, 08:36 AM

Oct 2021

So, yeah, I know a few folks in red states. I’ve also lived all over the country, and you know what? Moving isn’t a bad thing.

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RIP USA -- Poll: Half of Trump voters, 41% of Biden voters support splitting up the U.S. [View all] durablend Oct 2021 OP

Most of these are knee jerk responses based on people's anger JI7 Oct 2021 #1

Right?!?! Tell me what that map looks like... Volaris Oct 2021 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author pinkstarburst Oct 2021 #14

Not really. Blue_true Oct 2021 #16

Who's going to give it to them? fescuerescue Oct 2021 #66

You are assuming that one side would have most of the people moving. Blue_true Oct 2021 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Oct 2021 #85

It can never happen as there is no way to divide up the states geographically... brush Oct 2021 #42

Actually the majority of blacks live in red states cinematicdiversions Oct 2021 #45

That doesn't sound right. fescuerescue Oct 2021 #67

Well, New England is pretty white, relatively speaking. smirkymonkey Oct 2021 #74

Oh, yeah I've said that before in DU some months ago, or last year... electric_blue68 Oct 2021 #54

bet Putin is doing the happy dance DBoon Oct 2021 #2

Putin's worse nightmare is a blue USA, even if only half of what we have now. Blue_true Oct 2021 #19

Reminds me of Brexit. Raven123 Oct 2021 #4

You'd have to carve out states, multigraincracker Oct 2021 #5

Exactly. There are Democrats in red states too JohnSJ Oct 2021 #10

Yes. Blue_true Oct 2021 #17

In some cases you might multigraincracker Oct 2021 #30

Not likely. Blue_true Oct 2021 #44

Have two islands - let them choose to live there if they wish packman Oct 2021 #6

You'd need a hell of a big island for seventy some million people Amishman Oct 2021 #50

Seems rather counter-productive to a unified nation packman Oct 2021 #75

I no longer believe a truly united nation is possible Amishman Oct 2021 #76

RIP USA -- Poll: Half of Trump voters, 41% of Biden voters support splitting up the U.S. FelineOverlord Oct 2021 #7

Except I want Ben and Erin Napier to come with us. spooky3 Oct 2021 #9

They are the best! Mossfern Oct 2021 #69

Love that show OriginalGeek Oct 2021 #70

I agree with you and Mossfern. spooky3 Oct 2021 #77

Good luck to the red states for covering their own bills without spooky3 Oct 2021 #8

A poll on Turbineguy Oct 2021 #11

No shit. TheProle Oct 2021 #40

Problem is, it's urban vs rural, not North vs South relayerbob Oct 2021 #12

This USAFRetired_Liberal Oct 2021 #13

I would vote for that. That would be an eye-opening experience. walkingman Oct 2021 #26

Yeah, as backwards as the red states are relayerbob Oct 2021 #43

I'm not ok with it Withywindle Oct 2021 #57

I live in Georgia relayerbob Oct 2021 #59

Moving is expensive Withywindle Oct 2021 #82

It would look like Swiss cheese. There would be a hundred thousand miles of interlaced border walls lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #60

I don't think it needs to be a relocation thing. Issue Red Cards/ Blue cards ecstatic Oct 2021 #84

The poll demonstrates how asinine polls can be. gulliver Oct 2021 #15

This! PortTack Oct 2021 #20

Exactly StarfishSaver Oct 2021 #48

Worth considering. The backward south is taking the TeamProg Oct 2021 #18

Millions of liberals in the South who you'd prefer to suffer their fate. Kaleva Oct 2021 #22

They'll continue to suffer, that's my point. The North is suffering minority rule. If that can be TeamProg Oct 2021 #27

What are you going to do with the millions of Magahats who live in the North? Kaleva Oct 2021 #28

Health mandates - no exemptions. Just like Polio and Smallpox and all of the others. TeamProg Oct 2021 #32

So you'll do mass arrests. Kaleva Oct 2021 #36

Massive health care for all. Which the north will be able to afford. n/t TeamProg Oct 2021 #37

No Northern state is interested in health care for all. Kaleva Oct 2021 #39

"Doesn't sound like much of an improvement over what we have now." TeamProg Oct 2021 #38

If the country was partitioned in two, the current North and South Blue_true Oct 2021 #47

You are talking about relocating millions, not just "some" Kaleva Oct 2021 #53

Yes, millions would have to move. Blue_true Oct 2021 #79

I'd think it'd be worse for the Red states as they'd have to deal with the influx of millions Kaleva Oct 2021 #81

Well, the south is actually becoming more advanced, socially and Hortensis Oct 2021 #63

The split isn't going to happen in our lifetimes. But rights in general appear more limited now in TeamProg Oct 2021 #72

Failing a RW coup d'etat, tho, we will normalize again. Even in the south Hortensis Oct 2021 #73

The folks who consider this don't take in account the problem of relocating many millions. Kaleva Oct 2021 #21

Yes, it's not serious. Even those who love the idea the most would Hortensis Oct 2021 #65

I'm not really surprised by this vercetti2021 Oct 2021 #23

Stay away from the eastern 2/3rds and south-western parts of Washington. Kaleva Oct 2021 #24

Thanks for the heada up vercetti2021 Oct 2021 #25

Southern Congressmen would NEVER go for a split up - The KNOW the south would fail at all things. TeamProg Oct 2021 #29

The split would be north to south to make most sense. Blue_true Oct 2021 #49

This will not happen. But maybe one state would secede... NurseJackie Oct 2021 #31

They can try Red Mountain Oct 2021 #35

I think they'd let them go without a shot fired this time Polybius Oct 2021 #51

LOL Red Mountain Oct 2021 #33

Talk is cheap. And stupid. nolabear Oct 2021 #34

I kind of "get it" on a shallow, thoughtless level- I would be lying Thtwudbeme Oct 2021 #41

In MI, the great majority of Trump voters live in the urban or mostly urban counties Kaleva Oct 2021 #55

The good news is that it'll never happen budkin Oct 2021 #46

Correct! n/t TeamProg Oct 2021 #52

"Fiddle dee dee. War war war. This war talk is spoiling all the fun at every party this spring." betsuni Oct 2021 #56

Lol. Speaking of, who gets what parts of our enormous military? Hortensis Oct 2021 #71

No, no, no. I wrote this last year and posted it on FB in response to a 'Secession' comment GoneOffShore Oct 2021 #58

Yes. Yearning for easy answers would be blasted soon enough Hortensis Oct 2021 #68

They have to live under our Presidents Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #61

The new Red State nation would be similar to Gilead in The Handmaid's Tale. Roisin Ni Fiachra Oct 2021 #62

Living in GA, I've thought of this each time people imagine a split or splits. Hortensis Oct 2021 #64

If Texas was to be one of the states that left the USA marie999 Oct 2021 #80

Irreconcilable differences. ecstatic Oct 2021 #83