North Dakota resident here . All the towns that have a significant amount of people follow the eastwest highways of I 94 US 2 . The towns just so happen to be parallel to each other and equal distance . Also there ' s a WalMart north of Minot in bottineau that the map doesn ' t list which would ruin the pattern . <| sep |> Yeah my parents . They are eating brown rice because they think its healthier , its just healthier than white rice and also been offering me fruit and no they are not avocados . Initially they said I will have low energy with what I am eating . They have stopped because they saw me working out 5 times a week mainly after a full day of work have since eaten their own words . <| sep |> But , because of it ' s relationship to the greater US that ' s huge . To use Almonds as a dumb example in a trade war with the US , and with limited water , are Almonds part of the California economy ? No more US ports , or US military bases Showbiz money is already shifting slightly to Atlanta and New Orleans , New York production money would shift massively if California left the Union to really anywhere else , LA was just convenient at one point , and stayed that wayThe US has a huge incentive to lobby Silicon Valley corporations to stay in the States , and California Republic has a dubious bet to offer some would stay , but the US is their market . What good is Facebook , if it ' s operating out of a foreign nation , and the US government has a hostile relationship with their ownership ? What good is Uber ? That ' s why Russian and Chinese clones of these services exist , and the US is still the largest and most powerful economic actor by a great margin . It would fuck California , that ' s all I mean