Other disgruntled areas including Staten Island, Martha's Vineyard and New York City have considered switching states, but none have threatened to leave the country. Political scientists say this is a ripple compared to the wave of Southern secessions that led to the Civil War. The South seceding from the U.S. had a lot bigger implications and was a moral issue. It's hard to get people very excited about fish. But in the Northwest Angle kids even go fishing at recess.
Fishing is a very important deal in Minnesota, and it is, it's life or death.
It's like the musket on the frontier, the automobile to the commuter. Most residents of the Northwest Angle would prefer to remain part of the U.S buy they would rather switch citizenship than lose their livelihoods. Some community members have not completely endorsed the idea of secession. I hope we don't get a lot of bad publicity over it. He worries a request for a vote on secession might provoke Congress.