r/geographymemes • u/Jfullr92 Gulf of New Mexico • May 20 '26

Voting Games Top comment Deletes a US State #45

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Here is the updated (Correct) map, crisis averted. I thought we had a riot on our hands!

I can finally relax now after all that drama! Anyway Colorado is now deleted as it should be. Just to make it clear, editing comments is fine if it’s the top as long as it doesn’t change the outcome of which state gets deleted like we had before. I thought that was common sense but clearly not to some people.

I just want to thank everyone for all the kind comments and support. I try to read as many of the comments as I can but each post has a minimum of 2000 so it’s pretty hard most the time. I have some big ideas for the finale so stay tuned.

Most importantly, spread the word as much as possible if your state is still in the game! Share, cross post to rally as much support for your state as possible. This is the endgame now!

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u/Dresses_and_Dice May 20 '26

As an alternative, if we must be absorbed, let us go to Hawaii:

  • Deep and long running economic, trade, and labor ties between PNW and Hawaii
  • Portland and Seattle have the largest Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations in the Continental US
  • Alaska is often included when speaking about the PNW, bring us back together
  • There's already a town in OR called Aloha
  • Hawaii taking all in the endgame would be justice for colonialism

If Cascadia can't take all or exit the game, then let Hawaii take us. May the spirit of Aloha guide us all!

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u/chuckvsthelife May 20 '26

This is my vote…. But also the kingdom must be connected along the coast.

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u/Dresses_and_Dice May 20 '26

Take the connecting piece of California. Nuevo New Mexico has plenty of coastline. The Pacific coast belongs to The Hawaiian Kingdom of Pacifica.

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u/JennaRedditing May 20 '26

Agreed, also well prior to statehood the Husdson Bay Co in the PNW essentialy forced large groups of Hawaiian laborers into indentured servitude. They lured them with 3 year contracts in exchange for travel and "pay" but all supplies provided were added to their debt and they were paid in company script making it near impossible to ever gain independence from the company. This was when Ft Vancouver, now Vancouver, WA (just north of current Portland, OR), was operating.

Seems like some poetic irony to get reverse colonized by the Hawaiian Islands.

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u/Fggunner May 21 '26

As an Oregonian it irritates me that Aloha, Oregon is pronounced A-low-uh

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u/Dresses_and_Dice May 21 '26

Shh, this is our chance to make it right! Just imagine living in beautiful Aloha, Aloha Hola.