Fun with maps

[Master Po]

This food map has to be one of the most questionable maps yet. WTH is durian and flan?
..and pickle in Ok?

This --

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crème_caramel

summarizes what I know of flan, other than to add that flan is delicious. (And that it's good to know, should I end up in North Dakota, I can apparently find some flan there.)

And here --

https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/durian_ars.html

is more than I ever knew about durian, other than to add that I never developed a taste for it. (And that Maine is one of the least likely places I would go looking for it, if I were looking for it. Which I am not.)

As for my part of the country, apparently "pastry" is trending. As far as I can tell, pastry has always been trending here...

[Atticus]

I hope you know

You KNOW I know . . . :-)

[tandfman]

This is almost getting tedious. Here's another fan map, supposedly college football following as measured by Facebook likes.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzBrXHtIUAAEI7V.png

[lonewolf]

Dunno what Facebook has to do with it but there are a hilluvalot more and widespread TAMU faithful than a little blob around College Station.. same for Okla State, whose followers dominate the Panhandle, rural Western and North Central .. Oklahoma Univ fans prevail radiating out closer to Norman..

[tandfman]

It may just be that TAMU and Okla State folks don't do Facebook as much as Longhorn and Sooner fans. (Or, I suppose, it could just be shit that somebody made up--but I doubt it. Why go to all that trouble?)

[Atticus]

it could just be shit that somebody made up

I strongly suspect that is the case.

[tandfman]

I strongly suspect not, considering the source.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/upshot/ncaa-football-fan-map.html

[gh]

The detailed explanation with the second link is fascinating. Oregon runs amok!

[Atticus]

"data based on Facebook ‘likes’ "

Hardly statistically valid. On the other hand, probably as good as we're gonna get.

[dj]

Here's a set of maps from Slate, showing U.S. birth place for pro athletes in baseball, football, basketball and hockey. Also shows the geographic center of the country for each sport at 10-year intervals back to the start of the 20th century.

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/culturebox/2014/10/baseball_player_map_a_new_u_s_map_based_on_where_baseball_players_were_born.html

[TN1965]

Average bedtime and total hours of sleep.

https://jawbone.com/blog/circadian-rhythm/?ClickID=bgsfvq1ksyyllfdeqf1g6gedu6dnee6zyvylvd

[tandfman]

This is not a map, and it may not even be accurate, but it's an interesting graphic supposedly illustrating risks leading to death:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BznpSriCUAArljd.jpg:large

[lonewolf]

Who knew War was so safe?

[tandfman]

Here's a map depicting the various level of U.S. State Department travel warnings currently in effect:

http://media.theweek.com/img/generic/statedeptwarning.jpg

I've been to six of the countries that have some level of warning. I have no pending plans to re-visit any of them in the foreseeable future.

[TN1965]

The Most Expensive College Dorms In Every State

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-college-dorms-map-2014-10