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108. Sorry if I came off as being pedantic.

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Half Of The United States Lives In These Counties [View all] xchrom Sep 2013 OP

I've lived in four of those counties. nt onehandle Sep 2013 #1

I've lived in five of them Beaverhausen Sep 2013 #2

Same here. -nt Liberal Veteran Sep 2013 #59

I have lived in three of them. n/t RebelOne Sep 2013 #3

Lived in four. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #4

I've lived in 4 and only those 4 Marrah_G Sep 2013 #5

Live in one now. Lived in 3 others. marmar Sep 2013 #6

Just for giggles.... Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2013 #7

Typically, the larger a county, the bluer it is. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #11

More populous hootinholler Sep 2013 #41

Right, sorry, that's what I meant. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #52

Not necessarily. Cobb County in GA is far from blue. n/t RebelOne Sep 2013 #68

The Google is strong with this one telclaven Sep 2013 #39

Yes it stands to reason that most people don't like to live next to bat shit crazy people npk Sep 2013 #75

I've lived in 4 of them - currently Wake County, NC NRaleighLiberal Sep 2013 #8

I actually used to live there. Good old Cary. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #10

My brother lives in Cary... Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2013 #15

No backronym has ever been more appropriate. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #16

Represent! But I'm in Durham....;) n/t Butterbean Sep 2013 #70

I've lived in three of them. City Lights Sep 2013 #9

I'm obviously a country boy .... oldhippie Sep 2013 #12

Lived in 6 frazzled Sep 2013 #13

Never lived in any of those counties, JEB Sep 2013 #14

3 of the shaded and one that is not shaded. JoePhilly Sep 2013 #17

Gotta put a holla in for the U.S. Census. Le Taz Hot Sep 2013 #18

Never lived outside a shaded county. malthaussen Sep 2013 #19

Pretty much same here PRETZEL Sep 2013 #27

Lived in two of them. Then we moved to Oregon. Shrike47 Sep 2013 #20

I've lived in two. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #21

San Bernardino County is the bigger of the two Inland Empire counties GObamaGO Sep 2013 #24

Oh, my bad. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #25

Sorry if I came off as being pedantic. GObamaGO Sep 2013 #108

Every county I've lived in is on that list wryter2000 Sep 2013 #22

FYI for some who don't know edhopper Sep 2013 #23

Never lived in any of those counties. nt Zorra Sep 2013 #26

I wish they had the equivalent voting power Nancy Waterman Sep 2013 #28

They do for the U.S. House and for the presidency. Jenoch Sep 2013 #46

We live in one and have lived in another... Tikki Sep 2013 #29

I have never lived in one of those shaded counties except when I was attending college totodeinhere Sep 2013 #30

i've lived in 7 of them i think! unblock Sep 2013 #31

And about half the states zipplewrath Sep 2013 #32

urban vs rural locks Sep 2013 #33

Not really zipplewrath Sep 2013 #55

Lived in 1; Living in another; Worked in another; Roland99 Sep 2013 #34

and yet, Wyoming at 400K people, controls 1/50th of the US Senate. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #35

And yet Wyoming only gets one Representative telclaven Sep 2013 #40

I'm not suggesting that it's not designed that way, nor am I suggesting that it should or even can Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #57

Which is why I favor repealing part of the 17th Amendment telclaven Sep 2013 #61

So you're saying you're opposed to the direct popular election of Senators, then? Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #64

Also, repealing the 17th amendment wouldn't do jack to alleviate the fundamental unfairness inherent Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #65

I will have to contemplate about that telclaven Sep 2013 #83

I am from Illinois. former9thward Sep 2013 #90

Maybe it's changed since the 70s, my days driving the milk truck in Kankakee. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #91

It has changed. former9thward Sep 2013 #103

Apportionment is what's really screwed up. joshcryer Sep 2013 #94

What is range voting? telclaven Sep 2013 #95

Basically you score your candidates. joshcryer Sep 2013 #97

And yet we control the Senate KamaAina Sep 2013 #43

Yeah, that's another problem. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #58

Damn! My County is one of them. William769 Sep 2013 #36

Poor bastards don't know what they're missing 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 #37

Oh, we know, all right. Arugula Latte Sep 2013 #69

Yeah, but the shopping there SUCKS. ;) n/t Butterbean Sep 2013 #72

well, at least our suburbs know they're suburbs instead of insisting everyone call them "farms" MisterP Sep 2013 #77

Look how close most of them are to the coast. Sea level rise is gonna suck NightWatcher Sep 2013 #38

ready for uninvited company? Supersedeas Sep 2013 #74

About nine for me. KamaAina Sep 2013 #42

Yeah, it would be eight counties/parishes here Brewinblue Sep 2013 #47

Polk County Florida is pretty much rural. lpbk2713 Sep 2013 #44

Large parts of counties like San Bernadino, CA are very thinly populated FarCenter Sep 2013 #45

San Bernadino County population is 2.065 million. 15 States have smaller populations than Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #98

Almost all of the population lives south and west of Victorville FarCenter Sep 2013 #104

Is Louisiana missing (New Orleans) because they have Jenoch Sep 2013 #48

Orleans Parish likely would have made the cut prior to 2005. KamaAina Sep 2013 #51

interesting...nt Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #49

live in one, previously lived in 3 others. i'm pretty much a city boy... KG Sep 2013 #50

Lived in 3 tabbycat31 Sep 2013 #53

I've lived in 4 of those counties....... Little Star Sep 2013 #54

I have lived in five markpkessinger Sep 2013 #56

Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties would be highlighted if they still existed carolinayellowdog Sep 2013 #60

Ramsey Co., MN. MineralMan Sep 2013 #62

But the other less than half has... MNBrewer Sep 2013 #63

They have acreage -- therefore their vote counts more. See how that works? Arugula Latte Sep 2013 #67

Hooray for cities! I love 'em... Arugula Latte Sep 2013 #66

I've lived in several American cities Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #93

I love cities too, but love my life in rural Colorado mountain grammy Sep 2013 #102

We're #36! (Fairfax County, VA) 11 Bravo Sep 2013 #71

Several in CA. Starry Messenger Sep 2013 #73

2 Senators for every state tblue Sep 2013 #76

I've lived in 5 of them! joeybee12 Sep 2013 #78

I have lived in every one of them! n-t Logical Sep 2013 #79

New Haven, CT!! bigwillq Sep 2013 #80

I know! xchrom Sep 2013 #81

Damn, I've lived in 10 of them Link Speed Sep 2013 #82

Wow look at that gopiscrap Sep 2013 #84

Live in one. Mostly always have curlyred Sep 2013 #85

My county is one of the 146. nt bluestate10 Sep 2013 #86

a shout out to los angeles county Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 #87

We love it! PasadenaTrudy Sep 2013 #101

. Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 #107

What states have the fewest people? fadedrose Sep 2013 #88

I've lived in five of those counties on the list, Blue_In_AK Sep 2013 #89

I get it. Lived in LA County for 19 years. mnhtnbb Sep 2013 #111

Thank heavens for Multnomah County and the half a dozen or so other blue counties davidpdx Sep 2013 #92

And yet of our 5 Congressional districts, 4 are currently Democratic and the one Republican Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #100

I am surprised that Greenville County, SC made the list RedRocco Sep 2013 #96

Sad and pathetic duffyduff Sep 2013 #99

My god. I'm no longer amazed that Travis Co. (Austin) grew Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #105

Amazed about So Cal and SW Az panader0 Sep 2013 #106

I would love to live in LA yuiyoshida Sep 2013 #109

I've lived in four. mnhtnbb Sep 2013 #110

I'm happy to report I live in the least populated county in Indiana. B Calm Sep 2013 #112