Adam,

You wrote:

> but the only true exclave in the US is in the western corner of
> Kentucky.

Don't forget Liberty Island and the original portion of Ellis Island, which are
New York enclaves within New Jersey. Of course, a number of states have inlands
that are enclaves within international waters, but that's obviously not what you
meant.

Just which states would fall into the latter category? I'd nominate Florida,
California, Alaska, and Hawaii. Any others?

Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "adamnvillani" <avillani@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 6:48 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps

> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Choate" <choatune@y...>
> wrote:
> > What about US states with counties? Or I'm sure with all the
> > gerrymandering in state legislatures, a congressional district map
> > somewhere needs a fifth color. Anyone know of one?
>
> Probably not, actually. The gerrymandering takes such bizarre forms
> because the districts have to all be continuous. So if a district
> wants to include two towns on opposite ends of the state, there has
> to be a continuous corridor of that district between the two towns.
> And any districts inbetween can't cross the corridor; to be on both
> sides of the corridor, they'd have to reach around one or both of the
> two towns in question. So topologically, there are no exclaves of
> congressional districts, and water counts as territory. The only
> exception would be something where the state itself has an exclave,
> but the only true exclave in the US is in the western corner of
> Kentucky.
>
> Adam
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