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« Reply #25 on: August 18, 2013, 02:54:52 PM »

"Avon River" works, or perhaps "Avon River-Gingin", since Gingin is a bit removed from the River.
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« Reply #26 on: August 18, 2013, 06:11:11 PM »

"Avon River" works, or perhaps "Avon River-Gingin", since Gingin is a bit removed from the River.


Thanks for that, I was trying to incorporate the various parts of the seat, but you're right, my original solution was too long.

Avon River-Gingin sounds excellent!
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« Reply #27 on: August 18, 2013, 09:35:01 PM »

Don't hesitate going with geographic features. This is not an exercise in combining all of the LGAs in a division into a name. Of course, as I add more (when I get time), I may resort to that, as my knowledge of Aussie geography is lacking (but this is my attempt to learn more Smiley )
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« Reply #28 on: August 18, 2013, 10:24:02 PM »

Don't hesitate going with geographic features. This is not an exercise in combining all of the LGAs in a division into a name. Of course, as I add more (when I get time), I may resort to that, as my knowledge of Aussie geography is lacking (but this is my attempt to learn more Smiley )

Some already do (not many, but some): see McPherson, for example, which is named after the McPherson Range. The other appropriate name for it would probably be something like the horribly boring "Gold Coast South" or "Burleigh -- Currumbin -- Coolangatta"
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« Reply #29 on: August 19, 2013, 12:23:28 AM »

Don't hesitate going with geographic features. This is not an exercise in combining all of the LGAs in a division into a name. Of course, as I add more (when I get time), I may resort to that, as my knowledge of Aussie geography is lacking (but this is my attempt to learn more Smiley )

In that case, Hasluck could be called Darling, and Swan and Canning could stay as they are.
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« Reply #30 on: August 19, 2013, 05:35:13 AM »

I would love to do this for the UK

"Fulwood—Poulton-le-Fylde—Garstang" would be a far better name than "Wyre and Preston North"

William Hague would be the MP for "Northallerton—Swaledale—Richmondshire"
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« Reply #31 on: August 19, 2013, 05:44:21 AM »

I would love to do this for the UK

"Fulwood—Poulton-le-Fylde—Garstang" would be a far better name than "Wyre and Preston North"

William Hague would be the MP for "Northallerton—Swaledale—Richmondshire"

The UK (and US for that matter) with Australian division names would also be fun to do!
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« Reply #32 on: August 19, 2013, 07:36:42 AM »

I've always fancied doing UK style names for the US to be honest.

"New York Central North", "Las Vegas and District", that sort of thing.
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« Reply #33 on: August 19, 2013, 07:44:09 AM »

I've always fancied doing UK style names for the US to be honest.

"New York Central North", "Las Vegas and District", that sort of thing.


Here are some easy ones: Wyoming, Vermont, D.C. Tongue
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« Reply #34 on: August 19, 2013, 11:01:50 AM »

I've always fancied doing UK style names for the US to be honest.

"New York Central North", "Las Vegas and District", that sort of thing.


Here are some easy ones: Wyoming, Vermont, D.C. Tongue
I've always fancied doing UK style names for the US to be honest.

"New York Central North", "Las Vegas and District", that sort of thing.


Here are some easy ones: Wyoming, Vermont, D.C. Tongue

Haha


Just picking Kansas at random,

KS1 = "Kansas Central and West"
KS2 = "Topeka and Kansas East"
KS3 = "Kansas City"
KS4 = "Wichita and Pratt"
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« Reply #35 on: August 19, 2013, 02:57:19 PM »

Just picking Kansas at random,

KS1 = "Kansas Central and West"
KS2 = "Topeka and Kansas East"
KS3 = "Kansas City"
KS4 = "Wichita and Pratt"

OK, Maryland next...

(or any other horribly gerrymandered state)
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« Reply #36 on: August 19, 2013, 03:13:11 PM »

While it's possible that Wichita wouldn't be named just that (more likely in a local gov't ward than a constituency though; same for including "central" in the Big First's name though there's a much better case for doing that esp. now that it includes Manhattan) it clearly should be.

Yeah; harsh gerrymandering makes this impossible. Don't try.
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« Reply #37 on: August 19, 2013, 05:38:56 PM »

I'll do Maryland as requested but might well leave it at that Wink

The Boundary Commission for England has reported and recommends the renaming as follows. The temptation to call MD1, "Maryland Banks", was only just averted.

MD1 = "Eastern Shore"
MD2 = "Aberdeen, Dundalk and Baltimore Outer"
MD3 = "Baltimore South and Maryland South East"
MD4 = "Severna Park, Prince George's North East and Suitland"
MD5 = "Maryland South"
MD6 = "Maryland North East"
MD7 = "Baltimore Central and North"
MD8 = "Cities of Bethesda and Westminster"
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« Reply #38 on: August 19, 2013, 05:48:13 PM »

Yeah; harsh gerrymandering makes this impossible. Don't try.

What's being alluded to here is the fact that in the early days of the forum (like a decade or so ago now) several of us did in fact try. Drove us all completely mad.
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« Reply #39 on: August 19, 2013, 06:02:15 PM »

Yeah; harsh gerrymandering makes this impossible. Don't try.

What's being alluded to here is the fact that in the early days of the forum (like a decade or so ago now) several of us did in fact try. Drove us all completely mad.

Yeah, I can see that =/

As much as I enjoyed having five tabs open to fathom out the extent of a county, I'd rather not go through that routine again, no matter how much it entertains my autistic tendencies.
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« Reply #40 on: August 19, 2013, 09:52:29 PM »

Yeah; harsh gerrymandering makes this impossible. Don't try.

What's being alluded to here is the fact that in the early days of the forum (like a decade or so ago now) several of us did in fact try. Drove us all completely mad.

It was that thread that got me to join this nutty place Cheesy
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« Reply #41 on: August 20, 2013, 06:56:05 AM »

Yeah; harsh gerrymandering makes this impossible. Don't try.

What's being alluded to here is the fact that in the early days of the forum (like a decade or so ago now) several of us did in fact try. Drove us all completely mad.
Al and me, we only went mad once, though.

Decided to stay.
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