cool project! i wonder some other cool projects with this dataset, one that comes to mind is seeing names that have similar graphs/trends over time to see similar names
A year ago I would have agreed wholeheartedly with this. Since then, though, a whole lot of stuff that I though could never happen has happened, and that trend is continuing.
I no longer think secession of the western states is impossible. The real question is could they survive the inevitable civil war such an effort would trigger?