America is increasingly divided not between red states and blue states, but between connected hubs and disconnected backwaters. Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution has pointed out that of America’s 350 major metro areas, the cities with more than three million people have rebounded far better from the financial crisis. Meanwhile, smaller cities like Dayton, Ohio, already floundering, have been falling further behind, as have countless disconnected small towns across the country.
A New Map for America – The New York Times
The 50-state model is holding the country back. It needs a new system, built around urban corridors.
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Hey +Cindy Brown​, remember when I said I'd split the lower 48 into 7 regions?
This almost gets it right.. my great plains and inland west would split north south (and Texas would replace the gulf coast..
The arra between Portland and DC is called The Sprawl.