US with Canadian Ridings

[ilikeverin]

Here is Washington DC:



All five districts are extremely solid Democratic ridings. Obama won the blue district on the eastern side of the Anacostia River in 2008 98.8-.08 over McCain. 2 districts are big majority Black (blue and green), 1 is majority Black with a large Hispanic population (yellow), 1 is majority white with a large Black population (purple) and 1 district has a big white majority (red).

Some name possibilities:

Red: Washington West--Georgetown
Yellow: Washington North
Green: Washington Northeast
Blue: Washington Southeast (or perhaps Fort Dupont--Anacostia)
Purple: Washington--Capitol (or Washington Center)

I unfortunately didn't have time when I posted them last night.

Red: Washington Northwest—Georgetown
Yellow: Washington North—Howard—Pentworth
Green: Washington Northeast—National Arboretum
Blue: Washington—Anacostia
Purple: Washington—Capitol Hill—Downtown

Let me know if I did anything wrong.

"Downtown" is never used in a riding's name. The preference is for "Centre" or in this case it would be "Center".  I don't think "National Arboretum" belongs in a riding name either. "Capitol Hill" sounds nice, but may not be appropriate either. What about "Beltway"? Perhaps just calling it "Washington Center" would be best.

Washington Center or Washington—Capitol Hill are both appropriate, I think.  The north one is probably more appropriately Washington—Columbia Heights, though Petworth is also a thing.  For northeast, maybe Washington Northeast—Brookland or Washington Northeast—Brentwood?  Washington Northeast—University Heights?  Ugh.  Lots of no-name neighborhoods up in there.

[ilikeverin]

Minnesota.  I'll try to cut down on the number of dashes, though it gets hard in the Twin Cities.  I'd imagine the people naming the ridings of Minnesota would kind of have a thing for lakes...



Tomato: Grand Rapids—Red Lake—Lake of the Woods
Medium Violet Red: Iron Range (/Arrowhead)
Turquoise: Duluth
Thistle: Moorhead—Thief River Falls
Royal Blue: Bemidji—Detroit Lakes
Khaki: Brainerd—Leech Lake
Magenta: Fergus Falls—Morris
Lime Green: Alexandria—Milaca
Orange Red: Hinckley
Lawn Green: Willmar
Light Coral: St. Cloud North
Dark Sea Green: St. Cloud South—Elk River



Light Steel Blue: Marshall—Worthington—Montevideo
Firebrick: New Ulm
Moccasin: St. Peter—Hutchinson
Medium Aquamarine: Mankato—Blue Earth
Dodger Blue: Owatonna
Orange: Austin—Albert Lea—La Crescent
Spring Green: Rochester
Dark Orchid: Winona
Pink: Hastings—Farmington—Zumbrota



Plum: Buffalo
Indigo: Chanhassen—Norwood-Young America—Delano
Sienna: Shakopee—Savage—Belle Plaine
Aquamarine: Inver Grove Heights—Rosemount—Lakeville
Yellow Green: Eagan—South St. Paul
Pale Violet Red: Woodbury—Cottage Grove—Lakeland
Gray: Oakdale—Forest Lake—Scandia
Yellow: Chisago City—Lino Lake—Rush City
Dark Slate Blue: Anoka
Lime: Coon Rapids—Blaine
Cyan: Brooklyn Park—Champlin
Slate Blue: Maple Grove—Rogers—Minnetrista
Green: Lake Minnetonka
Teal: Wayzata—New Hope (people in Plymouth would be totally used to this)
Gold: St. Louis Park—Brooklyn Center
Purple: Minneapolis Harriet(/South)—Edina—Richfield
Blue: Bloomington—Eden Prairie
Deep Pink: Minneapolis Nokomis(/Uptown)
Red: Minneapolis West
Dark Gray: Minneapolis River(/East)—St. Anthony
Dark Orange: Fridley—Shoreview—Circle Pines
Cornflower: St. Paul Como—Roseville—New Brighton
Chartreuse: Maplewood—White Bear Lake
Dark Salmon: St. Paul West
Olive: St. Paul East

[ilikeverin]

Train, your names sound more British than Canadian.

I freely admit that the subtleties in differing naming conventions have so far escaped me.  What would make them more "Canadian"?

Try focusing more on town names.  Your PG names, for example, are a mess.  They should instead be something like:

Clinton—Brandywine
Suitland—National Harbor
Bowie—Upper Marlboro—Rosaryville
Capitol Heights—Largo
New Carrollton
Laurel East—Greenbelt
Laurel West—College Park

[ilikeverin]

For your MontCo districts:

Silver Spring—Takoma Park—Chevy Chase (or perhaps Silver Spring Center...)
Bethesda
Colesville—White Oak (or perhaps Silver Spring North; these bits are indeed categorized as "Silver Spring" by the post office for no apparent reason whatsoever, as no one from these parts calls them Silver Spring)
Wheaton—Glenmont
Rockville
Olney—Fairland—Damascus
Gaithersburg
Germantown
Potomac—Poolesville