The Maps and Geography Thread

[Uncle Ted]

Cool website on gerrymandering.

The Atlas Of Redistricting

I live in one of those highly competitive districts (51% likely republican, 49% likely democrats)... good thing I throw my vote alway on the libertarian.

[myboynoah]

Cool website on gerrymandering.

The Atlas Of Redistricting

[falafel]

Interesting.... I didn't know that folks spoke anything besides Spanglish in Texas.

Technically, its Vietnamanglish.

[Uncle Ted]

Man, I would've thought that Missouri would be Russian. There are so many Russians in St. Louis. Korean in Georgia makes sense; if you've ever driven down Buford Highway, you'll know that the city had to make an ordinance requiring business names to be in English too so that first responders could find places they were trying to get to.

Interesting.... I didn't know that folks spoke anything besides Spanglish in Texas.

[wuapinmon]

Interesting map from 2014. Didn't see it listed in this thread close to the date it was released so thought I'd share.

Man, I would've thought that Missouri would be Russian. There are so many Russians in St. Louis. Korean in Georgia makes sense; if you've ever driven down Buford Highway, you'll know that the city had to make an ordinance requiring business names to be in English too so that first responders could find places they were trying to get to.

[Copelius]

Interesting map from 2014. Didn't see it listed in this thread close to the date it was released so thought I'd share.
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[wuapinmon]

Does anybody ever say:

"Want a coke?"
"Yeah, gimme a Pepsi."

Yeah, fucking Yankees.

[falafel]

Growing up in Georgia, everything is a coke.

"Want a coke?"
"Yeah, gimme a Sprite."

Does anybody ever say:

"Want a coke?"
"Yeah, gimme a Pepsi."

[wuapinmon]

I agree with creekster. I'm also twice as crotchety despite being 40.

This regional vocabulary made me think of soda. Growing up in Nebraska we all called it pop. When I went to BYU I switched to soda and never looked back. Now it sounds weird when I go home and everyone is talking about pop. Sometimes I'll say soda pop as a folksy compromise.

Growing up in Georgia, everything is a coke.

"Want a coke?"
"Yeah, gimme a Sprite."

[Jeff Lebowski]

The best thing about Nebraska is that fake bo pellini twitter account.

[Omaha 680]

Same here. Except for the creepy Nebraska part.

There is nothing weird or creepy about Nebraska.

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[Pelado]

I agree with creekster. I'm also twice as crotchety despite being 40.

This regional vocabulary made me think of soda. Growing up in Nebraska we all called it pop. When I went to BYU I switched to soda and never looked back. Now it sounds weird when I go home and everyone is talking about pop. Sometimes I'll say soda pop as a folksy compromise.

Same here. Except for the creepy Nebraska part.

[smokymountainrain]

I agree with creekster. I'm also twice as crotchety despite being 40.

This regional vocabulary made me think of soda. Growing up in Nebraska we all called it pop. When I went to BYU I switched to soda and never looked back. Now it sounds weird when I go home and everyone is talking about pop. Sometimes I'll say soda pop as a folksy compromise.

I feel like soda is the right way, so at times I've tried to create a habit of saying soda, but ultimately I can't escape my Utah roots and inevitably revert back to pop.

[Omaha 680]

I'm a knock out/potato bug guy.

I agree with creekster. I'm also twice as crotchety despite being 40.

This regional vocabulary made me think of soda. Growing up in Nebraska we all called it pop. When I went to BYU I switched to soda and never looked back. Now it sounds weird when I go home and everyone is talking about pop. Sometimes I'll say soda pop as a folksy compromise.

[smokymountainrain]

That game is called “speed”. Your wife agrees with me.

no, that game is called tornado (though my dumb kid and his dumb friends call it lightning). and its a potato bug.