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Email a FriendPosted by Jenny P on Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 1:02 PM (EDT):
Cute. Looks like everyone should move to Iowa or Nebraska
Mapping Out Sin
Kansas State maps out nation's sin centers
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:52 AM
What’s your hometown’s sin of choice?
A team from Kansas State has mapped out our nation’s hot spots for the 7 deadly sins by plotting per-capita statistics of things like violent crime, STDs, and numbers of fast food restaurants.
Some might question the “science” of these findings, but the maps sure are an interesting way of looking at our country’s regions.
I especially like the fact that the map for pride is an aggregate of the other six maps “because pride is the root of all sin.”
Check out all the maps yourself.
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Posted by Anne in NYC on Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 2:37 PM (EDT):
Yeah for the Midwest and Appalachia! No wonder people in St. Paul are so nice—they seem to be more virtuous than average, statistically speaking. New York City, I’m afraid, seems to deserve its reputation for gruff meanies.
Posted by mom of "only" two on Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 3:13 PM (EDT):
I must speak up for my hometown! if you look at the maps you’ll see that NY, judging by the map, leads in “greed” which is merely defined as the disparity between wealth and poverty-naturally NY has a much more polarized grouping than anywhere else. the crime rate for violent crimes is much lower.
And as for gruff meanies—I don’t know what neighborhood you live in, Anne, but in my “outer-borough” community, neighbors care about each other, participation in volunteer and civic organizations is very high, and most people are pleasant and easy going enough. Except when driving, LOL.
Posted by Becky D. on Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 10:22 PM (EDT):
My area of Ohio is very middle of the road on this scale. It comes ahead for low violent crime. Now the gluttony is not likely accurate since it doesn’t take into account potlucks and other covered dish dinners. Not a lot of fast food but hearty midwest cooking can add pounds too.
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