Metra NICTD Consolidation

[Eric S]

But it wouldn't be "Indiana" losing access to Lake Michigan or "Illinois" gaining more Lake Michigan shoreline, the idea (far-fetched as it may be) is that states would be completely redrawn without regard to current state lines or even the existence of current states. It's not so much adjusting existing states to better fit some suburbs/exurbs/satellite cities with the major city, but rather starting from scratch with a blank map of the US.

 

[Palmetto]

Yes, we're just dickering here on the topic.

 

[neroden]

The biggest example I know of such major reorganizations is Revolutionary France (which threw away the existing boundaries and created "departments" and "arrondisements" from scratch).

Margaret Thatcher's reorganization of all the municipal borders in England and Wales was pretty comprehensive.

East Germany completely redrew the borders of the constituent states. West Germany didn't, which accounts for the much goofier borders in West Germany.

 

[Metra Electric Rider]

Shoot, they even tried to throw away the calendar and time keeping too during the French revolution! Lots of countries have readjusted internal boundaries or borders, but not in a federal system which is semi-sovereign states.

 

[fairviewroad]

Speaking of the South Shore Line, here's an article published this week that describes the line's history in detail:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-bicentennial-south-shore-st-0619-20160617-story.html

 

[Metra Electric Rider]

I love how the article has the teaser about NICTD expansion to Munster but treats it like just an additional station.