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

What possible justification does Texas have for keeping Dallas/Travis (Austin)/Bexar (San Antonio)/Harris (Houston)/most of the Mexico border counties as captive colonies when they clearly want to leave?

And that’s notwithstanding Texas is actually constitutionally allowed per its annexation agreement to split itself into 5 separate smaller states, if it so wishes! The reason it hasn’t though is because at least 3 of the 5 would be solidly Blue by the approved divisions made at the time. One a tossup. One solidly red.

So, similar too the Greater Idaho plan. Or the Jefferson/California plan. Or Calexit. Or…

Why is this downvoted?

Admittedly, I am a Cascadian partisan (flying Old Doug and being vocal), not a part of Greater Idaho, but the parent's viewpoint is valid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_flag

And the people who live there who don’t want to leave? Those who want to leave are free to move to Idaho any time they like. They’d rather forcibly drag people out of Oregon with them rather than leave just themselves?

And the people who live there who don’t want to leave?

They're already f-ed by every Oregonian referendum that touches their benighted soil.

If Greater Idaho showed any sympathy, it would purchase their property as public domain (to be auctioned off) and it would help with moving expenses. Not that I expect that.

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