of the choices, texas has a better balance of farming vs industrial and could most likely feed its own population without resorting to outside trade like cali and ny would. this would be the deal breaker, so i voted texas
Wrong. NY is better balanced. So is California. Both have vast agrigultural sectors and are well capable of not only feeding their own but exporting. The big thing Cal and Texas have on NY is oil and thats the only reason they have a higher gdp.

You're just taking the thread too seriously, Gawain
Im afraid you are taking me to serious.

awain you are misled firsts off Texas is not half mexican
OK 2/3

exas is the one state that the rest of us wish it was it's own viable country.
Now if he had phrased the question that we most of us would agree

Just like New york being the most jewish state doesnt matter
NY is the most ethinicaly diverse state in the union

California would be the most succesful state if it became independent: large country, 33 million people, at least the tenth largest economy in the world and great potential for trade with the Far East. New York could also make a good job of independence, becoming something like the Honk Kong of the Atlantic. As for Texas, well, pfffffffft.
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