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Started by viper37, November 08, 2016, 04:12:37 PM

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viper37

November 08, 2016, 04:12:37 PM
It dates from 2013, but I don't remember discussing it here.
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It's part of a book that goes into more detail.
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Valmy

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November 08, 2016, 04:17:40 PM
Damn the map is so small I cannot see clearly if I am in El Norte or Greater Caligaland. I it is the latter though.
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November 08, 2016, 04:18:22 PM
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viper37

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November 08, 2016, 04:30:54 PM
Quote from: Valmy on November 08, 2016, 04:17:40 PM
Damn the map is so small I cannot see clearly if I am in El Norte or Greater Caligaland. I it is the latter though.
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I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Valmy

#4
November 08, 2016, 04:33:37 PM
Ah thanks. Yes Fireblade and Caliga are my countrymen while you foreign San Antonio bastards are over in El Norte.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Admiral Yi

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November 08, 2016, 04:35:40 PM
Greater Appalachia jibes with my own observations, but I don't get Yankeedom in the upper Midwest.

derspiess

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November 08, 2016, 04:54:04 PM
Großappalachen
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Eddie Teach

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November 08, 2016, 04:57:52 PM
Agreed, you folks are gross.
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Rex Francorum

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November 08, 2016, 05:00:24 PM Last Edit: November 08, 2016, 05:03:04 PM by Rex Francorum
Quote from: viper37 on November 08, 2016, 04:12:37 PM
It dates from 2013, but I don't remember discussing it here.
Link

It's part of a book that goes into more detail.

So after 9 nations, there are 11?

The author Joel Garreau suggested in 1981 that North America was culturally/economically divided in 9 nations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Nations_of_North_America

I really wonder how accurate is this new book, because putting southern Louisiana with Québec and part of New Brunswick makes a lot of sense.  :wacko:
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garbon

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November 08, 2016, 05:02:09 PM
Quote from: Rex Francorum on November 08, 2016, 05:00:24 PM
Quote from: viper37 on November 08, 2016, 04:12:37 PM
It dates from 2013, but I don't remember discussing it here.
Link

It's part of a book that goes into more detail.

So after 9 nations, there are 11?

The author Joel Garreau suggested in 1981 that North America was culturally/economically divided in 9 nations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Nations_of_North_America

I really wonder how accurate is this new book.

I.feel.like we definitely talked about this more recent one a few years back.

Anyway, we're in a whole new century!
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dps

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November 08, 2016, 05:03:16 PM
Not really a new concept.  There was a 1981 book called "The Nine Nations of North America" that advanced similar, though obviously not identical, ideas.

Malthus

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November 08, 2016, 05:13:17 PM
Quote from: Rex Francorum on November 08, 2016, 05:00:24 PM
Quote from: viper37 on November 08, 2016, 04:12:37 PM
It dates from 2013, but I don't remember discussing it here.
Link

It's part of a book that goes into more detail.

So after 9 nations, there are 11?

The author Joel Garreau suggested in 1981 that North America was culturally/economically divided in 9 nations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Nations_of_North_America

I really wonder how accurate is this new book, because putting southern Louisiana with Québec and part of New Brunswick makes a lot of sense.  :wacko:

The old one was also a bit wonky:

QuoteThe Foundry — the by-then-declining industrial areas of the northeastern United States and Great Lakes region stretching from New York City to Milwaukee and down to the suburbs of Washington DC in Northern Virginia, and including Chicago, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Toledo, Philadelphia, and Southern Ontario centering on Toronto. Capital: Detroit.

An area that includes NYC, Toronto and Chicago - and its capital is Detroit?  :lol:

Back to the drawing board with that!
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Eddie Teach

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November 08, 2016, 05:25:24 PM
Detroit natives will thrive in the post-apocalyptic world, due to their greater experience.
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Malthus

#13
November 08, 2016, 05:28:57 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on November 08, 2016, 05:25:24 PM
Detroit natives will thrive in the post-apocalyptic world, due to their greater experience.

You make a good point.  :hmm:
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Savonarola

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November 08, 2016, 06:30:21 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 08, 2016, 05:02:09 PM
I.feel.like we definitely talked about this more recent one a few years back.

Why yes we did.  You can tell even this one is old since Tampa and Orlando aren't part of the Spanish Caribbean.

I had suggested Siege use that premise as the basis of his novel in this thread.  I don't think he listened to me, though.   :(



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