Which Iowa border state would you be most afraid of in a state vs state civil war?

[HFCS]

Once I argued as a 16 year old with my high school history teacher (living in Nebraska for a few years) for at least 10 minutes that Nebraska and Missouri share a border. We were only about 100 miles from the closest place they border each other and I kept offering to pull down the map above the board but he refused.

I bring this up to give an insight into Nebraska in these matters. Not only do Iowans outnumber them 2:1 but they just are who they are.

 

[BCClone]

Minnesota would be tougher than many think. Appearantly they abhor the grid system. There ain't a straight road in this state. I've been up here for nearly a decade and still need gps to find my way around

When I first moved up here I attempted to go to the local grocery store without gps. I drove for 20 minutes and without turning wound up back at my house?!

Southern MN is grid. We could capture that easily. The first tier or two would probably join us.

 

[BCClone]

North Dakota borders Iowa?

News to me

When we take over South Dakota it would. Maybe that’s the angle?

 

[Althetuna]

Southern MN is grid. We could capture that easily. The first tier or two would probably join us.

Minnesota would counter with their secret weapon... the hot dish. Good luck figuring out why its not a casserole.

I mean isn't anything served warm a hot dish?

 

[cyfan92]

Southern MN is grid. We could capture that easily. The first tier or two would probably join us.

90% of MN counties would join Iowa and likely all the Dakota's in an alliance. For our lack of population, we'd make up for in firepower, especially if we could secure the North Dakota AFBs

 

[CycloneT]

Minnesota would counter with their secret weapon... the hot dish. Good luck figuring out why its not a casserole.

I mean isn't anything served warm a hot dish?

If we played duck duck goose in front of them they would be so confused.

 

[CascadeClone]

TLDR.

Would North Dakota use their nukes? If so, they win.

Mizzou has Whiteman AFB and its B-2s. Some ICBMs in Kansas too I think.

Choose your allies wisely!

 

[Loyalsonsince81]

Populations
Iowa: 3.2M

Minnesota: 5.7M
Wisconsin: 5.9M
Illinois: 12.5M
Nebraska: 2.0M
South Dakota: 0.9M
Missouri: 6.2M

The answer is Illinois

So just spitballing here, Chicago Metropolitan area consists of 9.5 million people, they are more likely going to bum rush Wisconsin long before they worry about the iowa corn fields to control the great lakes which takes Wisconsin out of the picture as well.

Nebraska knows they will have to get 1.5 of us for everyone of them, not good odds. They are probably gonna want to take on south Dakota to get to north dakota for the oil.

That leaves us sandwiched between Missouri and Minnesota who neither of them would care too much about iowa because they would be focused on what Illinois is doing in Wisconsin.

But people in Missouri live in Misery so who knows what those crazy bastards will do.

Missouri hands down.

 

[Dgilbertson]

It's Missouri. No doubt in my mind.

Hell yes it is and it ain’t even close. Well let you live, but you’ll help us rebuild.

 

[qwerty]

North Dakota borders Iowa?

News to me

Southern South North Dakota

 

[heitclone]

Illinois is daunting, huge metro and a larger redneck contingent than most would think. Missouri is just another level of crazy though. A fight with them seems like it's to the death.

 

[NENick]

Illinois is daunting, huge metro and a larger redneck contingent than most would think. Missouri is just another level of crazy though. A fight with them seems like it's to the death.

Southern 2 tiers of Iowa counties would immediately join Missouri. Adding dozens of warriors.

 

[nfrine]

Southern 2 tiers of Iowa counties would immediately join Missouri. Adding dozens of warriors.

Wouldn't that be a win for Iowa?

 

[Cyowa 14]

Southern 2 tiers of Iowa counties would immediately join Missouri. Adding dozens of warriors.

Southern 2 1/2 counties, as someone who has lived in the northern half of a 3rd tier county all my life I'm telling you the cutoff culturally between Southern Iowa and Central Iowa is highway 92. I have no idea why it is but it is an absolute, definite, immediate cutoff.

 

[engineer_doug]

Missouri. Their Lamberts Cafe servers could drop hand grenades into coffee cans from 50 yards out.

 

[qwerty]

Missouri. Their Lamberts Cafe servers could drop hand grenades into coffee cans from 50 yards out.

And we would cheer them on . . . that place is a lot of fun.

 

[BCClone]

Southern 2 1/2 counties, as someone who has lived in the northern half of a 3rd tier county all my life I'm telling you the cutoff culturally between Southern Iowa and Central Iowa is highway 92. I have no idea why it is but it is an absolute, definite, immediate cutoff.

Kinda like IA/MN. Not much difference between the top 2 of Iowa and the bottom two of MN.

 

[CascadeClone]

Southern 2 1/2 counties, as someone who has lived in the northern half of a 3rd tier county all my life I'm telling you the cutoff culturally between Southern Iowa and Central Iowa is highway 92. I have no idea why it is but it is an absolute, definite, immediate cutoff.

92 is the land of my native people.

Dad's side of the family straddled it, farming around St Charles and Cumming/Bevington. Still do!

 

[Bob f]

Southern 2 tiers of Iowa counties would immediately join Missouri. Adding dozens of warriors.

It's not close. The boots on the ground willing to fight for colors.

 

[Bob f]

It's not close. The boots on the ground willing to fight for colors.

Goes north more than 2. Lots love God round here