The best regional food item of each state — listed and ranked at the link.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
World Unemployment 1991-2018
A GIF of world unemployment since 1991 – Quartz
Unemployment in the United States is a matter of great concern to all of us in the United States...but the rest of the world has unemployment issues too, many far worse than ours. Here's a GIF of world unemployment since 1991, with projections out to 2018. Commentary and source information available at the link.
Unemployment in the United States is a matter of great concern to all of us in the United States...but the rest of the world has unemployment issues too, many far worse than ours. Here's a GIF of world unemployment since 1991, with projections out to 2018. Commentary and source information available at the link.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Unequal Inequality
The Geography of the American Dream - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic
Why Is the American Dream Dead in the South? - Matthew O'Brien - The Atlantic
How likely is it that a child born in the bottom 20% of the economy will rise into the top 20%? The degree of social mobility is a key indicator of the health of American society — without sufficient social mobility, we become a class-stratified society.
Overall measures of social mobility in the United States tend to disguise the fact that it varies tremendously from region to region. This map shows where social mobility is highest (pale yellow) and lowest (deep red). The first of the two links has several additional maps along with discussion of source information and methodology. The second link talks about what factors do (and do not) seem to matter in social mobility.
Why Is the American Dream Dead in the South? - Matthew O'Brien - The Atlantic
How likely is it that a child born in the bottom 20% of the economy will rise into the top 20%? The degree of social mobility is a key indicator of the health of American society — without sufficient social mobility, we become a class-stratified society.
Overall measures of social mobility in the United States tend to disguise the fact that it varies tremendously from region to region. This map shows where social mobility is highest (pale yellow) and lowest (deep red). The first of the two links has several additional maps along with discussion of source information and methodology. The second link talks about what factors do (and do not) seem to matter in social mobility.
Monday, February 10, 2014
The United States of Autocomplete
'Why Is Pennsylvania So Haunted?': The U.S. According to Autocomplete - Megan Garber - The Atlantic
Start typing "Why is [Name of State] so..." and here's what you get. Note how Alabama fares, especially compared to the states surrounding it.
Start typing "Why is [Name of State] so..." and here's what you get. Note how Alabama fares, especially compared to the states surrounding it.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Moving Pictures
Bruce Townley shared this map of the top rated (by IMdB) movie set in each state. I didn't know that Silence of the Lambs was set in Maryland, but maybe that explains why all these restaurants offer menu item of liver with lava beans with a recommended Chianti pairing.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
I Read National Geographic for the Maps
Official Enterprise Blog: National Geographic shares rich map content with the world via Google Maps Engine
A new project puts more than 500 of National Geographic's 800 historic maps online using Google's Maps Engine platform.
A new project puts more than 500 of National Geographic's 800 historic maps online using Google's Maps Engine platform.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
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