loweffortname comments on Teddy Roosevelt would've never been the man he was without North Dakota

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[–] loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 6 months ago (5 children)

It's not important, but the Badlands are in South Dakota: https://www.nps.gov/badl/index.htm

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[–] aGlassDarkly@piefed.zip 21 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Yet another good argument to combine the Dakotas. The title won’t even need editing then.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

We should just call the state West Dakota

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

We have badlands in other states too! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_National_Park

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[–] loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Impossible!

This only lends credence to my planned citizen's initiative requiring unique names for all places.

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago

I second this motion, down with universals!

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