[Magdalen] Canada's election

[Christopher Hart]

Hey Scott, If you can find a diagram of Pennsylvania's congressional
districts I would bet that our 7th (my district) would give yours a run for
its money. I've never seen such a crazy shape.

On Monday, October 19, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > My favorite for a long time has been Tobique-Mactaquac.
>
> Love it.
>
> I think our congressional districts are numbered to allow for
> gerrymandering. I mean, our 9th district here would have a name like
> Evanston-Skokie-Edgewater-Uptown-Lake View-Lincolnwood-Des
> Plaines-Mount Prospect-Arlington Heights. And the next redistricting
> could change more than half of those localities. Can't even name it
> "North Shore" because it reaches way west in a U shape and down a
> narrow leg to pick up our part of Chicago in addition to the rather
> posh but not ultra-posh North Shore burbs. So the neighborhood just
> west of us is not in our district, but Arlington Heights, which takes
> two hours to get to via public transport, is in our district.
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>


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