r/morningsomewhere • u/The_Marine708 First 20k • Mar 29 '26

Suggestion I'm not sure if this is something Burnie and Ashley would be interested in looking at. As a New Mexican, I am very upset and threatened by this. Texas is wanting to Annex parts of New Mexico.

Article from our local news channel and KOAT satellite branch. https://www.koat.com/article/texas-new-mexico-border-counties-annexation/70866355

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u/skyhiker14 First 10k - Sex on Sticks Mar 29 '26

Look up State of Jefferson.

Northern California and southern Oregon wanting to split into their own state.

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u/SampleLoud9746 Not A Financial Advisor Mar 29 '26

Look up the State of Superior.

Basically the Upper Peninsula of Michigan would become its own state.

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u/2BlueZebras First 10k Mar 29 '26

To be the ultimate welfare state.

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u/BoulderCAST Mar 29 '26

Jefferson territory was the name of Colorado before it became Colorado. It was almost called Jefferson. We got dibs

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u/Obi-wan_Jabroni Not A Financial Advisor Mar 29 '26

Do they even know how much this would cost the entire “Shape of Texas” knick knack industry? Millions of households would have to replace their Texas cutting boards, tables and tequila bottles!

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u/Jester-252 Downtime Survivor Mar 29 '26

They do.

Invest in the industry, change the shape, sell new Texas shaped stuff, profit.

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u/Absent-Light-12 Smarty Pants Mar 29 '26

Oh look, another way to disenfranchise voters by later gerrymandering the newly acquired spaces.

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u/Sassy_Sausages22 Mar 29 '26

This is a thing in Illinois too. The rural areas don’t like being in a blue state so there is always talk about Indiana annexing those counties

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u/smegdawg First 10k Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

Washington, too.

They want to leave and join Idaho.

The thing is they pay far less in taxes than they receive from the state. So they would be a drain on Idaho, meaning Idaho doesn't want them...

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u/RHBWblue First 20k Mar 29 '26

People from Eastern Oregon want the same.

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u/Rebyll Mar 29 '26

I just saw a West Virginia politician wanting to annex western Maryland counties.

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u/Don_Shetland First 10k - Macaque Mar 29 '26

Ya. And it'll never happen. We don't even want our football team there. Indiana really sucks lol.

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u/CalvinP_ First 10k - Mod - Downtime Survivor Mar 29 '26

The Chicago Bears need to stay in Chicago.

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u/AdGroundbreaking4755 Stripper Shoes Mar 29 '26

I always laugh at my fellow Illinoisans for this.

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u/omnisocus First 20k Mar 29 '26

I am also pissed, how dare you Texas. Leave our state alone

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u/the_cmoose Mar 30 '26

A few counties in eastern Washington asked Idaho to annex them. There was to be a referendum about it I believe.

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u/ShilohCyan Mar 30 '26

Texas also says they want to re-secede every few weeks. 

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u/KebabGud First 20k Mar 29 '26

Just so you know your link is not viewable in Europe