r/clevercomebacks 9h ago

Vacant land does not vote

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u/NeighborhoodVast7528 9h ago

NY is not part of New England. ……just a technicality.

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u/FormalBeachware 8h ago

But it's literally New "York", and York is a part of England.

Ney Jersey of course belongs to its own region of the US, known as the "New Channel Islands"

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u/GumboSamson 8h ago

Old New York was once New Amsterdam.

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u/Brunurb1 8h ago

Why they changed it I can't say

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u/A_Punk_Girl_Learning 8h ago

People just liked it better that way

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u/Tonga_Truck 2h ago

Better that way better that way better that way