That's because in the east the state lines were defined by silly things like pre-independence international borders, social-economic centers, and complex interstate politics. While the west basically boiled down to "We have a shit ton of new land now and we need to divide it somehow. Fuck it! Squares are easy to manage! Squares for everyone!"
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That's because in the east the state lines were defined by silly things like pre-independence international borders, social-economic centers, and complex interstate politics. While the west basically boiled down to "We have a shit ton of new land now and we need to divide it somehow. Fuck it! Squares are easy to manage! Squares for everyone!"