Idaho In New State Of ‘Salt Lake’?
New York City artist Neil Freeman is selling for $35 his poster that equalizes the populations of the 50 states as a proposed Electoral College reform. Freeman puts Idaho in a new state of Salt Lake, along with eastern portions of Oregon and Washington, northern portions of Utah and Nevada and western portions of Wyoming and Montana. Freeman’s poster isn’t new — it is dated 2012 — but I just learned of it in the post-Christmas culling of an overfilled email inbox. Each state would have a population of about 6.2 million. (Freeman promises the 22-by-28 poster offers much more detail.) Politically speaking, Freeman’s vision is past a pipe dream. But as a lover of maps, I find the exercise fascinating, particularly the proposed state names/Dan Popkey, Idaho Statesman. More here.
Question: I personally think North Idaho should be part of a state of "Columbia" -- eastern Washington, North Idaho and western Montana. What do you think of an Idaho that's part of "Salt Lake"?