[lonevoice]

Of course it will never happen. It was already being proposed and widely spoken of when I moved away from the San Diego area over 30 years ago. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the same discussion has been happening for decades about Eastern Washington splitting off from Western Washington for exactly the same reasons. I guess maybe someday all the sane people will be living in Texas, causing Rep Hank Johnson to worry that, like Guam, Texas may tip over and capsize.

[Inspectorette]

There's still a small movement to create a new state from Northern California and Southern Oregon, called "The State of Jefferson", with Yreka, CA as its capital. Apparently it got really hot and heavy about 70 years ago, but then World War II happened, and it was forgotten.

It got revived again a few years back. In fact, traveling up the I-5 around the high plains near Mt. Shasta, there are signs proclaiming "The State of Jefferson".