Originally the US expanded quite slowly, due to difficulties in travel and surveying. States were small and communities were close together, about as far apart as a person could walk in a day. At the end of the 1700s, it was only about as big as the blue area in the post above. But in the 1800s, after the Louisiana Purchase, we began to very aggressively expand westward. The construction of the Intercontinental Railroad helped immensely, and towns were being built almost faster than they could name them. The government began giving away land for cheap or sometimes free for anyone who could develop it. Native Americans were forced off their land and onto reservations. State borders became straight lines encompassing vast areas.

It's mostly a shitpost, but the US was originally only the East coast. Over time, the states spread more and more west, so it's saying that all these "new" states are basically a delusion.

We bought it for pennies. Imagine the ROI.

What I wouldn't give for my state to be part of France rather than this US bullshit.

I second the motion of making the Louisiana Refund real.

Sacrebleu!

Because it’s either that, or they pay taxes. They made their own bed.

if your state has a natural border, it's real. otherwise it's a prank. Which square state are you from, the one shaped like a square or the one shaped like a rectangle. get real motherfuckers

Fjords

Stalin: our nation should span from coast to coast

Putin: I won't be satisfied with just the Crimea peninsula

If you want more coastline, all you have to do is measure with more accuracy.

Mental Illinois sounds like a sick band name

I wish!

True. Also how is Florida not mental illness? SMH my head.

The great Florida reef?