The New States of America

Has any one ever thought about why we have 50 states? Or perhaps why they have the particular shape?
Perhaps you have noticed a difference between one part of a state to anothe, the regional differences; culture, speech, life style, ect...
I want to persuade you in these blogs to if not support the idea of retrocession at least think about the idea of reshaping our 50 states according to similarities in regional, economics and geographic reasons to create larger and fewer states.
This question I've been contemplating for some time. Do our present state borders do service or disservice to America? I say No. When the states were originally created little thought was given to the social economic struggles these state borders would create, and at there inception who would have known the country would grow as fast or as large as it is now, well perhaps Alexander Hamilton.
The main points in this post are: A brief history of how the states came to be. Why should we combine the states and How this could be done.
The beginnings can be traced to 1606 and James I of England with a charter designating the 34th to 45th parallels of latitude between what is now Nova Scotia and North Carolina. Land was granted according to religious affiliation ( Maryland to the Catholics for example). Skiping 179 years to 1785, Washington was not yet president ( not until 1789). Congress enacts the Land Ordinance of 1785. This sets the rules of survey, straight lines and rectanggular blocks of six mile squares according to Frederick Merk in his book History of the Westward Movement. The surveyors used the longatutdail and latitude lins, rivers and forts as starting points, yet the irregular shape of the states can be attributed to disputes between the 13 colonies and land

Be realistict: Demand the impossible

The writers of the United States Constitution saw a time when states may need to form new jurisdictions, other wise why include Article IV Section III. In a kinetic society as ours, change is inevitable if this union is to survive.
We do not need to reinvent our selves as a nation, only reorganize.

Do our present state borders do service or disservice to our nation? I say disservice, are we all not interested in more responsive government, better representation and above all more efficient government.

The next stage in order to form a more perfect union is accession.

A reconstruction 2.0 of our states based on regional similarities, economic, future growth and natural boundaries. If a state has four distinct regions, have the regions disband from the current state model and join with its natural course of growth to regions of its neighboring states.
Our current state borders are a major hindrance; they poorly reflect the changes in the population (voting, economic…) and in general are counterproductive to the nation. The current states are ineffective to handle future crisis (natural and man made) allowing regions to respond to crisis based on mass mutual aid is the future of this country.

States and local governments are the backbone of this nation and the federal government is to be subservient to the states.

A better organized Union of States would reduce the national debt, reduce to size of the Federal Government, be a better use of taxes collected and distributed, instill ownership and participation in the citizenry. And shake up the stagnation of our current two party systems, as well as infuse the nation with vitality, fresh new political blood and new ideas.

A national referendum to re-border the entire country would be quite a daunting task, although the creation of a new nation must have been even more complex.

The Budgetarian