>>1909817Not memeing my man, it's really because medium sized states can take like 5 hours to drive across on the interstate at 80 mph. States are fucking huge and have a variety of climates and subregions within them.
And most government people normally deal with is at the state level. every kind of license you get is at the state level. Each state has their own transportation department, public schools, environmental protection agency, and so on. Typically a state will have one or two giant flagship universities with 30-40k students each with their own history and traditions going back 120 years which is about 800 burger years.
