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Alaska's slightly passive aggressive map of the united states

c/map_enthusiasts · u/Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 715 points

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u/Faresh@lemmy.ml · 18 points

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

u/Repelle@lemmy.world · 11 points

On the one hand, Mauna Loa is misspelled and misplaced. On the other hand, the big island is now the bigger-than-Texas island, and I enjoy that.

u/i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 43 points

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.

u/CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 points

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

u/can@sh.itjust.works · 2 points

![](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/4e74b988-58f7-4940-a623-2a9943cf7bd6.jpeg)

u/magnetosphere@fedia.io · 99 points

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

u/TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 62 points

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

u/edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 48 points

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

u/sudo@lemmy.today · 35 points

On second look, realizing Texas got absolutely trashed by this map.

u/tal@lemmy.today · 24 points

Slightly more-readable:

https://i.imgur.com/Zx8zMK0.jpeg