vanfullofretards Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 http://chicagoist.com/2010/03/09/confirmed_wisconsin_drunker_than_il.php FloatingSheep loves to stick data on maps, thereby graphically illustrating the data, and one of their new maps is a real lulu. Using stats gleaned from Google Maps, they did a simple comparison between grocery stores and bars to discover a remarkable geographically [sic] phenomenon. We had expected that grocery stores would outnumber bars and for most parts of North America that is the case. But we could also clearly see the "beer belly of America" peeking out through the "t-shirt of data." Starting in Illinois, the beer belly expands up into Wisconsin and first spreads westward through Iowa/Minnesota and then engulfs Nebraska, and the Dakotas before petering out (like a pair of love handles) in Wyoming and Montana. In other words, on the map above every patch of red represents a location where bars outnumber grocery stores. Dubious at the results, they looked at official 2007 Census Country Business Pattern data. And it matched up. It's easier to see on the full sized map: although Illinois clearly loves a good tipple, all that red in Wisconsin jibes with Forbes 2006 list of America's Drunkest Cities, which had Milwaukee as the most soused metropolis in the nation. Chicago? #6. BITCHES!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfffffffffft Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 white america Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Drunk Savant Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 ummm yea my state drinks a lot as you just proved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
`Melinoe Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Fuck yeah, Wisconsin! And Milwaukeeeeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
where Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Dope thread. Props. I'd like to see what Canadadada looks like with that map, but it might be safe to say that's the highest concentration of bahs in the friggin world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pew_Pew_Pew Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Medicine Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 boo-zhoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feed Yer Ego Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 my city was voted drunkest city in america a couple years in the last decade more bars per capita than anywhere else state has lots of breweries too atleast one of the big 3 and a whole fuck load of micro breweries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxcarrapist Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Yes go Illinois! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1988 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Looks like the city in which I reside has more bars than grocery stores... But I already knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenQ Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 MADISON WISCONSIN!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milk Grenades Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimes Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Thats cuz there aint shit else to do but drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfffffffffft Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Thats cuz there aint shit else to do but drink. DING!! DING!! DING!!! DING!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire15 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Basically. Your states are so fucking lame, and boring that the only thing to do to pass the time is to drink away your depression induced by the soul crushing lameness of your states. Rest of the world> Midwest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feed Yer Ego Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 spitfire, you remind me of gay nh ceptyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalashnikov Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Basically. Your states are so fucking lame, and boring that the only thing to do to pass the time is to drink away your depression induced by the soul crushing lameness of your states. Rest of the world> Midwest. Other 49 states > Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violent Gangbanger Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 What qualifies as a grocery store? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pornbooth Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 whats weird is there are not many bars here in indy and a lot of grocery stores and its got a red dot but portland dont? that shit cant be correct anywhere you are in portland you can walk to at least four different bars and you usually have to drive, bike, or bus to a grocery store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarwalker Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 i wonder what the 2010 data would look like compared to the one up top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimes Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 N.O. has more bars than most cities combined and we dont have a red dot.Even our grocery stores sell alot of beer and liquor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pornbooth Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 whats weird is there are not many bars here in indy and a lot of grocery stores and its got a red dot but portland dont? that shit cant be correct anywhere you are in portland you can walk to at least four different bars and you usually have to drive, bike, or bus to a grocery store. actually looking real close i think portland does have a red dot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarwalker Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 looks like mexico is dirt poor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampFightOner Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Providence definitely has more bars than liquor stores, but I can't tell if it's red on there. Either way, it should be, and my state drinks alot. Also, what Spitfire side is pretty true, the Midwest is a shithole. Northeast > rest of US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Either way, it should be, and my state drinks alot. Yeah, only because you live there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarwalker Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 earth>all other planets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
where Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 The crust>all other layers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pornbooth Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Midwest is a shithole. co-fucking sign thats why im moving east this summer, well that is if i dont move to milwaukee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire15 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Pic related: Hell on earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.hopeless. Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 my old neighborhood had 3 ligour stores and a bar and strip club all on the same block...and that was in the residental area... fuck your city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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