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sbaldrick posted:The Dakotas collectivity have a smaller population then the Canadian city I live in now, let alone Toronto (which is bigger the Chicago) so no they really wouldn't. 
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Guavanaut posted:The Dakotas would be in more of a position to change that than Canada. I saw I-7 & I-9 last time I was up there!
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sbaldrick posted:The Dakotas collectivity have a smaller population then the Canadian city I live in now, let alone Toronto (which is bigger the Chicago) so no they really wouldn't. Not disputing the dakotas being empty, but comparing just the city populations is not telling much, especially given Chicago's ridiculous sprawl. The Chicago metro area is like two thirds bigger than the Toronto metro area - 5.8m to 9.7m.
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sbaldrick posted:The Dakotas collectivity have a smaller population then the Canadian city I live in now, let alone Toronto (which is bigger the Chicago) so no they really wouldn't. I'm not convinced, show me what ur made of, kanuck 
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Guavanaut posted:The Dakotas would be in more of a position to change that than Canada. THE CITY OF  MAXBASS 
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Omelette du Fromage posted:Not disputing the dakotas being empty, but comparing just the city populations is not telling much, especially given Chicago's ridiculous sprawl. The Chicago metro area is like two thirds bigger than the Toronto metro area - 5.8m to 9.7m. Toronto ate a pretty good portion of its own sprawl in 1998 for who knows what reason, but without that act we wouldn't have had Rob Ford to kick around later. Dickensian Aspect fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Sep 19, 2015 |
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Sep 19, 2015 01:18
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Dickensian Aspect posted:Toronto ate its own sprawl in 1998 for who knows what reason, but without that act we wouldn't have had Rob Ford to kick around later. Toronto's still smaller than New York City's land area, so that's not very sprawly, just good long term planning.
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If all the US states were independent nation-states they'd be absolutely swimming in irredentist wars. The bloody struggle to get back West Florida, or the dream of Greater Texas.
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This expert broke new grounds by making Russia loosing territory too.
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Can someone translate the burgundy blob in southern France? Just the Russian name for PACA?
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Sep 19, 2015 11:47
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Arabian Piedmont. I also like free Corsica and Wallonia.
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Sep 19, 2015 11:48
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Kurtofan posted:Can someone translate the burgundy blob in southern France? It's an Arab Islamic State 
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Kurtofan posted:Can someone translate the burgundy blob in southern France? Arabic Piedmont. 
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Soviet Commubot posted:Arabian Piedmont. That's what I figured, tried putting Islamic in google translate but nothing. I like how Wallonia is independent but not Flanders. Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 11:55 on Sep 19, 2015 |
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Sep 19, 2015 11:52
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Soviet Commubot posted:I also like free Corsica and Wallonia. The latter has a very interesting shape. I wonder why they didn't just use existing maps instead of messing around in MS Paint. Having an independent Wallonia while Flanders joins up with the Netherlands seems counterintuitive as well.
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Alright, guessing time, what's this?:  (I do not know why they only labeled 4 countries and why those 4, but it's irrelevant vs map subject)
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double nine posted:Alright, guessing time, what's this?: well the four labelled countries are PIGS which are the European states most likely to default on debts (Ireland is sometimes included), so I'd guess it's something to do with levels of borrowing with darker meaning larger amounts or perhaps government spending as a percent of GDP?
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Something about Norway? Or big flaccid Scandicks. 
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a pipe smoking dog posted:well the four labelled countries are PIGS which are the European states most likely to default on debts (Ireland is sometimes included), so I'd guess it's something to do with levels of borrowing with darker meaning larger amounts or perhaps government spending as a percent of GDP? It's got nothing to do with government debt or Piigs and the labeling is irrelevant. I'd have removed the labels but it looked ugly as hell. I'll give you one hint: Darker deeper orange means more X.
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The lack of Norway and the greyness of Switzerland and some other countries suggest it's an EU-only thing. I don't know of anything that's common in Scandinavia AND that Belgium has more of than the Netherlands, though.
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double nine posted:It's got nothing to do with government debt or Piigs and the labeling is irrelevant. I'd have removed the labels but it looked ugly as hell. Countries who have all their X in one basket?
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Carbon dioxide posted:The lack of Norway and the greyness of Switzerland and some other countries suggest it's an EU-only thing. Don't forget Cyprus
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It's a tough one. It could be Norwegians living abroad (Brussels and Dublin being expat hotspots and the Mediterranean countries having a pleasant climate for retired people), but then Romania doesn't make much sense.
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You people think it's about Norwegians because Norway is missing on the map, I don't think that's likely. That would mean there's exactly 0 Norwegians in Switzerland and those non-EU balkan countries? No, it's clearly something EU specific, which is why Norway is missing and those countries are all grey. It would make more sense if Norway had been grey as well, but 
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Phlegmish posted:It's a tough one. It could be Norwegians living abroad (Brussels and Dublin being expat hotspots and the Mediterranean countries having a pleasant climate for retired people), but then Romania doesn't make much sense.
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Phlegmish posted:It's a tough one. It could be Norwegians living abroad (Brussels and Dublin being expat hotspots and the Mediterranean countries having a pleasant climate for retired people), but then Romania doesn't make much sense. Sweet sweet Romanian oil.
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Kurtofan posted:That's what I figured, tried putting Islamic in google translate but nothing. What I don't get is that the article mentions Paris' 13th arrondissement. That's where the Asian community is, what's the link with Islam ?_? Kassad fucked around with this message at 14:09 on Sep 19, 2015 |
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Sep 19, 2015 14:06
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I think between this and that map of the US splitting up, it's safe to say that Russian map-making 'experts' don't know poo poo about anything.
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Kassad posted:What I don't get is that the article mentions Paris 13th arrondissement. That's where the Asian community is, what's the link with Islam ?_? in what context? edit: google translated it, I guess they think the 13th arrondissement is a separate entity run by China or something, which is pretty funny. Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 14:26 on Sep 19, 2015 |
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Sep 19, 2015 14:13
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Germany going back to it's post-WW1 borders... 1/10 for effort, or the lack of it.
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Interestingly it's from 2012.
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Germany taking back Alsace-Lorraine and Prussia in the 21st century  I also love how he predicted Russia invading Ukraine two years before it actually happened. Even if the extent of the land taken so far is a little off ...
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Apparently there's a bunch of Lotharingia irredentists who have been waiting a really, really long time. Edit: What are the least dumb things there? Scotland and Catalonia I suppose, Italy and Belgium splitting? I don't know how likely any of those are but at least they make sense. And Russia invading its neighbors. Grand Fromage fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Sep 19, 2015 |
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Sep 19, 2015 16:00
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double nine posted:Alright, guessing time, what's this?: gays (per capita)
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Grand Fromage posted:Apparently there's a bunch of Lotharingia irredentists who have been waiting a really, really long time. It's absolutely possible that both Scotland and Catalonia become independent states in the next few decades. Belgium is less likely but not impossible. Italy splitting up in this fashion is not very likely as far as I know, if the country breaks up it will splinter into more states imho.
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Nagorno-Karabakh has been de facto independent of Azerbaijan for years so maybe them joining Armenia isn't too out there. Then again, that conflict's been frozen for years so who knows.
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3peat posted:gays (per capita) Why isn't Sweden black?
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