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kentauros

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22. There are no Bristol or New York counties in Texas,

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #18)

Fri May 13, 2016, 05:14 AM

May 2016

though we do have a town named Manhattan

I wasn't talking about smallest counties everywhere, only the smallest in population in Texas, and the largest counties in Texas by area, which are larger than whole states elsewhere in the country.

Wikipedia's List of Texas Counties is a good resource, as you can also order it by any of the columns, such as county population and area

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If Texas does secede, we should support letting the Lone Star "blue zones" secede FROM Texas. [View all] Ken Burch May 2016 OP

Our house is a blue zone. Will that qualify? Kip Humphrey May 2016 #1

works for me. Ken Burch May 2016 #2

Lets go further than that... TampaAnimusVortex May 2016 #3

Texas will flip SCantiGOP May 2016 #4

So for at least the next ten to fifteen years, life is totally hopeless in Texas Ken Burch May 2016 #15

Y'all sure do seem to have a reading-comprehension problem. kentauros May 2016 #5

LOL! Texasgal May 2016 #6

No, it's less than five percent of all counties in the state. KamaAina May 2016 #7

Thanks for correcting my math. kentauros May 2016 #11

The smallest counties by area are Bristol (RI) and New York (NY). KamaAina May 2016 #18

There are no Bristol or New York counties in Texas, kentauros May 2016 #22

Uh, the Texas GOP is actually debating support for secession today. Ken Burch May 2016 #14

Your OP may not be about it per se kentauros May 2016 #21

So we'd have a chain of West Berlins on our hands? KamaAina May 2016 #8

That might be the only way to get any real change for anybody living in those South Berlins. Ken Burch May 2016 #16

I remember them! KamaAina May 2016 #17

It could be the Crescent Free City. n/t. Ken Burch May 2016 #19

After Katrina, I was following a number of NOLA blogs. KamaAina May 2016 #23

I'd definitely be down with that. n/t. Ken Burch May 2016 #25

Keep South Texas (including Austin) in the US. Let the rest secede meow2u3 May 2016 #9

It could be like the Berlin airlift Fumesucker May 2016 #10

Hasn't Texas been threatening to do this for 170 yrs? AgadorSparticus May 2016 #12

Are those ignoranuses still yammering on about that? lonestarnot May 2016 #13

Even if only the Red parts, if you let Texas Secede it leave good liberals stuck in a RW Theonomy LostOne4Ever May 2016 #20

Texas is no more secessionist than, say, Alaska. Or Rhode Island. LanternWaste May 2016 #24

It's interesting to do a thought experiment about secession. Jerry442 May 2016 #26

Texas secession plank defeated at state GOP convention blogslut May 2016 #27

Texas can't secede. Texas vs White puffy socks May 2016 #28

I say we start a meme about this and even a mini-campaign of sorts... silvershadow May 2016 #29