Rhode IslandFollow

So I was checking out a map to estimate the relative distance that I will be travelling on Friday morning for the Friday the 13th biker rally and noticed that my corner of the world (you call them countys, we call them regions) is actually larger than the entire state of Rhode Island. Additionally, the travel distance for this ride is about the length of Massachusetts. The question I have for you Americans is "Why is Rhode Island considered a state?" Seriously, you could lump the entire North East into one tiny state slightly bigger than Nova Scotia (one of our smallest provinces) and not look so silly. So what's the deal with that?

I think we let Rhode Island just remain a state as a Thank you for turning traitor and being the first to tell the British to eat it.

It's Revolution baby!

Edited, Apr 11th 2007 2:17pm by Kaelesh

To make matters worse..the state of Rhode Island has many areas where the speed limit is about 5-10 miles under most states norms. I think they do that to make the state seem bigger.

Holy crap!

I'm more impressed by the 30,000 people who live in under a square mile of Monaco. Do they live under the ground like Morlocks?

A whole lotta apartment buildings, I guess.

Edited, Apr 11th 2007 12:28pm by Jophiel