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Greater Idaho measure clinches Wallowa County win

by b_mc2 on 5/26/23, 1:42 AM with 9 comments

• by celeritascelery on 5/26/23, 2:38 AM

  Imagine a world where counties could vote to move to different states they were adjacent to. One day you are living in Oregon, the next you are in Idaho. There would be little blue island states surrounded by huge red states. Would there would be competition among the states to bring in more counties? Or would some just not care because almost no one lives there?

• by xrd on 5/26/23, 2:36 AM

  As an Oregonian, I found it fascinating that Oregon has one of the highest public land percentages, 60%; #5 after AK, NV, UT and ID.

  https://www.summitpost.org/public-and-private-land-percentag...

  Then I read about corner crossing, where private landowners can capture public lands because it is illegal to cross into private land if that land connects via a corner to other private land. The landlocked public lands are technically public, but you are breaking the law if you go into it because every single edge has private land on one side.

  https://www.onxmaps.com/onx-access-initiatives/corner-crossi...

  I wonder how much this would change if a large swath of Oregon were moved into Idaho.

• by beej71 on 5/26/23, 5:22 PM

  All I really care about is what it might do to the electoral college. I haven't run those numbers yet.

• by twelve40 on 5/26/23, 2:29 AM

  they just want to get the Blockbuster back

• by slavboj on 5/26/23, 2:26 AM

  What possible justification does Salem have for keeping their non-coastal counties as captive colonies when they clearly want to leave?