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Andrew's avatar

MN-WI would be cute but is almost 12m people. Makes sense to cut off agricultural Western/Southern MN and give it to the Dakotas/Great Plains district, which would equal out MN/WI to a Lean D seat that probably has the most shoreline of any district.

From googling, looks like AK beats MN for total shoreline when it comes lakes and oceans, but if you throw in rivers, then MN is the top state. I’m not a whatever profession who determines that but shoreline to me says we next to water and enjoying the benefits. If I wasn’t so sore from doing yard work, I would have went for a walk downtown Mpls which is built around the Mississippi’s only waterfall. It’s nothing grand and not natural anymore but it is like damn, that hydropower did all this.

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Kildere53's avatar

I didn't think of that! You're right, keeping Wisconsin whole and adding in the Twin Cities metro area makes more sense than trying to keep Minnesota whole, which creates a very awkward split of Wisconsin.

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