Fun with maps

[tandfman]

lots of Walmart people, but as I recall, isn't the company famous for using part-timers and not providing "real" jobs?

Famous or infamous?

http://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-spent-18-million-on-reputation-repair-ads-2017-8

[gh]

lots of Walmart people, but as I recall, isn't the company famous for using part-timers and not providing "real" jobs?

[DrJay]

Largest employer in every state: http://didyouknowfacts.com/map-shows...r-every-state/

[jeremyp]

http://www.pewglobal.org/interactives/where-have-refugees-settled-in-the-u-s/

Where the refugees have settled in all the states by majority, from 2002 to 2017. Animation shows changes every year. Amazed at how many Burmese we took, Rohingya I hope.

[Powell]

Personally I think Spanish is way easier than Italian or French. It looks like the further East one goes the harder the language. Slavian anyone?

But the map ranks languages from the English native speaker's POV. Slavic languages are harder for you to learn in a large part because they are more dissimilar to English than those in the Germanic and Romance groups.

[gh]

mixing "financial safety" in there seems weird.

[br]

The most dangerous and safest states in America

http://www.businessinsider.com/map-reveals-most-dangerous-safest-states-in-america-2017-8

[Per Andersen]

Personally I think Spanish is way easier than Italian or French. It looks like the further East one goes the harder the language. Slavian anyone?

Personally I find Spanish easier than Portuguese.

I don't see why German is considered more difficult than Dutch.

[wamego relays champ]

This story does not feature a fun map, but it does provide some interesting facts about very old maps.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/10/arts/design/why-experts-dont-believe-this-is-a-rare-first-map-of-america.html

[Halfmiler2]

When I clerked at the 1993 WUG in Buffalo, we had an excellent interpreter helping us at the warmup track. She knew about a half dozen languages. She told us she had a Swiss instructor for German. When she spoke to the German Coaches, they looked at her funny, but the Swiss Coaches wanted to slap her on the back.

[lonewolf]

I think Oriental languages would be most difficult for westerners. I cannot understand anything that sounds like a word.
Also unintelligible, Arabic and Farsi...
Of course I don't even understand English as spoken by the Brits so I may not be a credible judge.

[Conor Dary]

Nepali wasn't so bad to learn.

[jeremyp]

This map shows the difficulty of learning different European languages (for a native English speaker)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQkNdcHW0AAr1NP.jpg

Personally I think Spanish is way easier than Italian or French. It looks like the further East one goes the harder the language. Slavian anyone?

[Conor Dary]

Sand???!

I'm also intrigued by Colorado's link with the UK. Wealthy Brits on skiing holidays? They may have legalized cannabis but Amsterdam is much nearer!

I believe dj has it on Nevada...but the UK-Colorado thing is intriguing.

[dj]

what the heck does Nevada send to Switzerland?!!!

Money for laundering?