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Alaska's slightly passive aggressive map of the united states (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm fine with treating the lower 48 like this, but the Great Lakes did nothing to deserve their erasure!

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s awesome. Considering that Alaska is an afterthought on most maps of the U.S., this seems only fair.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Sort of? "It's a tiny section of our population" is a pretty legit reason to pay less attention, though.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm surprised Hawaii isn't a lot bigger. Seems like those two states would team up on maps.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Relative to the lower 48, Hawaii looks huge!

[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm torn. Alaska is about 100 times the size of Hawaii, so this seems about right. But also I like the thought of enormous Hawaii besides very big Alaska.

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They made Hawaii about the same size as the other 48 combined though. I guess that's something.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

It's about sending a message.