Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoVirginia is shrinking!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1430arrow-down18
arrow-up1422arrow-down1imageVirginia is shrinking!lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI still don’t understand why they named West Virginia so. Virginia has land further West. North Virginia?
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoHistorical context makes it even weirder. The split was because WV allied with the North in the Civil War, North Virginia makes infinitely more sense in more ways than one.
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat really does. But humans aren’t particularly great at naming things sometimes.
minus-squarelseif@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agothe nucleus of Virginia Proper is further east
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoWhere is the mitochondria of Virginia though?
minus-squarePulptastic@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWestern Virginia doesn’t matter.
I still don’t understand why they named West Virginia so. Virginia has land further West. North Virginia?
Historical context makes it even weirder. The split was because WV allied with the North in the Civil War, North Virginia makes infinitely more sense in more ways than one.
That really does. But humans aren’t particularly great at naming things sometimes.
the nucleus of Virginia Proper is further east
Where is the mitochondria of Virginia though?
Western Virginia doesn’t matter.