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\u00a0 \u00a0 What if it weren\u2019t mountain ranges or rivers or politicians wielding an occasionally arbitrary straightedge\u00a0that created the shapes and outlines of the 48 contiguous United States, but economic relationships? \u00a0Our political map might look considerably different: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.realclearscience.com\/quick_and_clear_science\/2017\/01\/27\/what_if_us_states_were_shaped_according_to_economics.html \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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