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Status_Silver_5114 t1_j3duo6p wrote

It’s actually not. It’s slightly bigger than Yosemite - by a hair basically but it is.

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BMorris2526 t1_j3e43i5 wrote

One could argue that RI is too small to be a state.

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New_Analyst3510 OP t1_j3e63zu wrote

Replying to BMorris2526 (#1,304,932)

Pretty much but I don't know what it should do I think that Washington County Rhode Island Kent County Rhode Island New London and Windham County Connecticut should become its own state the rest of Connecticut can you go with New York and Providence and Bristol and Newport County can go to Massachusetts

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Triggify t1_j3ebvsd wrote

One of the craziest things living here was the first time I flew out to LA and as we were coming up to lax it was literally just all city as far as you could see in every direction even from all the way up in the plane! Then coming back to RI and you can pretty much see the entire state and then some out just 1 window of the plane

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SluggDaddy t1_j3ech6q wrote

We should propose that the Rhode Island be added to the SI as an international standard for colloquial representation of geographic area

According to the Internet, Russia could fit 5,445 Rhode Islands. Or alternately, 5.445 kilorhodeislands

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New_Analyst3510 OP t1_j3edfrq wrote

Replying to AhChingados (#1,305,283)

I wouldn't say that with all the disappearances that happened in Yosemite but I'm in The Missing 411 and the supernatural so I don't know how normal people feel about it but in terms of preserving Land beauty yes it is much better managed although we do have Patchogue state forest, the Acadia management area and some historic sights

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Kingman9K t1_j3ef9pn wrote

There are private ranches in Texas that are bigger than RI

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TheBerric t1_j3eiv6m wrote

los angeles is 5 times bigger than rhode island

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Stickyfynger t1_j3ejbym wrote

We just started to binge out Yellowstone on peacock and were leveled when they said the Dutton ranch was about the size of RI. Puts it in perspective

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lazydictionary t1_j3eqtg0 wrote

Replying to Triggify (#1,305,218)

I was on the flight deck of a C-130 south of Newpory Island a few years ago - you could literally see from Nantucket up to the faintest edges of Boston, all of Rhode Island, and then glimpses of Hartford and Worcester. And I think we were only at 10k ft at that point.

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FAYCSB t1_j3euowz wrote

But we have a much bigger population. Of humans.

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Db3ma t1_j3f609v wrote

We dont say "y'all"

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New_Analyst3510 OP t1_j3gkjcc wrote

Replying to BMorris2526 (#1,305,930)

No it is way too culturally different in North and South in my eyes I think New England should probably be a country adding the states of New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Quebec and the Atlantic provinces of Canada

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zporiri t1_j3gspqv wrote

I believe yellowatone is 4x size of RI IIRC

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samcar330 t1_j3h4pmx wrote

But do they have a dunkin donuts within 5 minutes reach to all residents?

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tads73 t1_j3hocxj wrote

I was driving in the northwest corner of Colorado, and estimated I could see in all directions the land area equivalence to the size of Rhode Island.

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overthehillhat t1_j3hz37r wrote

Pretty sure the Bay and Block Isand - -

not only make it bigger -

but better

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umodCUZimGOD422 t1_j3i0ubz wrote

When I visited Yellowstone in 2019, there was something in the visitor's center saying it was larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined.

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BobDylan1904 t1_j3j2fci wrote

Almost 17 Rhode Islands can fit into the nation's largest national park.

You could fit at least 4 into Death Valley.

These are fun statistics.

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Db3ma t1_j3mpvl4 wrote

Replying to New_Analyst3510 (#1,308,240)

My response was an attempt at humor. I grew up in Lil Rhody but spent a lot of time south of the mason/dixon. I still goof on southern vernacular. Hence, my attempt... No worries. ;)

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AhChingados t1_j3p78wk wrote

Replying to New_Analyst3510 (#1,305,289)

Supernatural stuff aside, it would be a matter of comparing violent crime per capita (taking into account visitors). Then also taking into account suicides (taking those out of the equation since it seems to be also a suicide destination). The crime rate might still be lower. These shows would provide a very skewed portrayal of violent crime. I mean, also what type of crime, the park didn’t have a whole chain of banks swindled by a guy that now has to pay a couple thousand dollars per month for 1000 years (not feeling like looking up the actual number).

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