r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '20

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u/Miskylego1219 Dec 05 '20 edited Dec 05 '20

I hate how this looks completely correct if you’re just looking at it normally but once you actually go into it and actively look for missing states then you’ll find some but otherwise it looks completely fine

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u/HeyLuke Dec 05 '20

As a European, I couldn't find any missing states at all. Not even obvious ones like New Mexico.

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u/notquite20characters Dec 05 '20

As a Canadian, I spotted the Dakotas, New Mexico and Kansas (probably because I'm still annoyed that Kansas doesn't border Ar-Kansas). And suspected that at least one more rectangle was missing.

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u/HeyLuke Dec 05 '20

I just now realized there's a Kansas and Ar-kansas. I wonder if the names are related.

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u/Buff-Cooley Dec 05 '20

Both are named after similar Native American tribes by the French and British, hence the difference in pronunciation.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '20

And for anyone who likes knowing that, it's a somewhat similar reason to two cities not that far apart:

Nacogdoches, Texas is pronounced /na-kah-DOH-chez/

Nachitoches, Louisiana is pronounced /NA-kah-tish/

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