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Posted by: forthnback
I'm from Queens, I'm pretty familiar. I promise you that Chicago took over plenty of urbanized areas. Know why? Because it spread, the single city, over three ****ing entire states. Each of which have capital cities, and sprawling urbanized areas. Three whole states.
But don't worry guys, somehow the crap outside of NYC can't be knocked over or rebuilt. The USA certainly doesn't have laws where the state can evict you to lay in a highway, or anything like that. Wait, we do.
However Chicago took over 3 states, I'm certain New York could. If we can build FTL drives, augment soldiers with metal bones, terraform planets to the point where they are liveable within a single generation, and create shoulder mounted lasers....I'm pretty sure your concerns about plumbing and pre-existing buildings is a moot god-damned point.
If you don't find that realistic, despite Chicago having done it (and ignoring the second Civil War which shattered America), then you shouldnt be playing a game where you fight armored space dinosaurs that shoot lasers.
I am not saying they couldn't, merely that there would be little incentive and it would be significantly more difficult.
Indiana: 6.5 Million
Wisconsin: 5.6 Million
Missouri: 5.6 Million
Iowa: 3 Million
New Jersey: 8.7 Million
Pennsylvania: 12.6 Million
Rhode Island: 1 Million
Sure, I could definitely see Rhode Island and the greater New York State being thrown under a bus, but when the population of two of New York's neighbors is greater than four of of Illinois' neighbors (combined), your argument seems to weaken a little.
Not every city could have/would have expanded like Chicago. States adjoining Illinois are generally less densely populated and "built up" than those near New York. Nerdrage all you want, it doesn't make you right.
P.S. I apologize for the delayed response. More important things to do, and all of that.