Posted under Sovereignty and Secession
I love my home state of Wisconsin but it’s tough living where I do so close to the Twin Cities metroplex. We get Twin Cities media and know more about what’s going on Minnesota while own state capital in Madison along with Milwaukee and Green Bay are far away, not just in distance, but in culture as well. Heck, I probably could recognize more public officials in Minnesota than Wisconsin. And it’s a lot easier attending the Minnesota State Fair, which is about an hour from my home than traveling five hours to go to the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis.
I imagine I’m not the only one who feels the same way about there own home states. I sure South Georgians feel the same way about Atlanta, or San Diegans about Sacramento, or Chicagoans about Springfield (or Springpatch as its known in the Windy City). Of course we haven’t even gotten to the tensions between Upstate and Downstate New Yorkers yet.
The way the states were put together in the past of course don’t always match the cultural and economic realities of today. People in Southern Illinois (or Little Egypt as its known) have nothing in common with Chicagoans and vise-versa. Hell its closer to Mississippi from Cairo, Ill. than it is to Chicago. I am still wondering how in the hell the UP is part of Michigan instead of Wisconsin.
I am not opposed taking a good look over each state and seeing where borders could not be redrawn. Some can obviously can stay intact, a New Hampshire, a Vermont or a Hawaii. An Iowa too, there really are no obvious divisions in such places. But in others well, you can start envisioning new states forming that were once cities and suburban areas.
Russell Arben Fox goes into more detail with article from Front Porch Republic entitled “In Praise of the States. Let’s Have More of Them”. Bill Kauffman also writes about this in “Nowhere USA” on AmCon’s website.
CorkyAgain on 15 Jul 2009 at 12:18 am #
Here in Washington state, the main cultural divide is along the Cascade mountain range. Dry-siders over in Ellensburg or Yakima probably get more information than they want about the strange doings in Seattle and Tacoma.
The wet-side is further subdivided into the Olympic Peninsula vs the Puget Sound region. People in Port Angeles or Hoquiam probably feel as disinterested in Seattle as the people in Yakima are.
But Seattle is to Washington as Chicago is to Illinois. Its interests dominate state politics. Isn’t that the case in every state with a major metropolis?
Lord Peter on 15 Jul 2009 at 1:06 am #
American Devolution!
roho on 17 Jul 2009 at 1:53 pm #
Look at South Florida vs The Panhandle?
Callahan on 19 Jul 2009 at 1:51 am #
I generally find that the people who are the most repulsed by ethnonationalism are usually the ones who live in the most homogenous areas. Mr. Scallon, I understand that the state of Wisconsin is over 90 percent White. Perhaps this is the reason that you think that White racial consciousness is evil. The only experience that you have with diversity is from afar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin#Demographics
For me it’s much different. I live in Northern Virginia, which is probably one of the most diverse regions in the country. There are people living in this area from just about every country in the world. Moreover, unlike you I went to minority White schools my entire life. In short, I know exactly what happens when different races actually mix in real life.
Sean Scallon on 19 Jul 2009 at 4:13 pm #
I have no problem with white racial consciousness. My problem is white racial consciousness usually wasted in prison, or in slam dancing or in violence.
I grew up in a community that was 60-40 white/minority so don’t talk to me about “homogenous”. If you believe race mixing is a bad thing then there are plenty of places in the U.S. you can still go where other races will not bother you. But don’t come complaining to me until you exercise those options.
Callahan on 22 Jul 2009 at 2:07 am #
Mr. Scallon,
My apologies. I of course didn’t know for sure where you had grown up. I was merely speculating. As I said in my previous comment it is my experience that many anti-racists have never known diversity in their own lives. And this lack of experience allows them to live in the theoretical.
First of all, I just wanted to mention that I find it odd that you say that you have no problem with White racial consciousness, and then proceed to imply that it usually leads to anti-social behavior. When you say this you show that you have the same negative stereotypes about racially conscious Whites that liberals have.
But you are correct when you say that there are some places I could go to get away from multiculturalism myself. However, it is not about me individually. If I moved to some backwoods town in the middle of nowhere that wouldn’t change the demographic situation in this country. It wouldn’t change the fact that 47 percent of American children under five are non-White. Also, it wouldn’t change the fact that 44 percent of children under 18 are non-White.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/013733.html
Furthermore, I am not so revolted by the presence of non-Whites that I have to flee from them. I probably have more non-White acquaintances than you do.
One last point: America is importing basically the entire Third World. It won’t be long before there is absolutely nowhere to go to escape the demographic tsunami.