The Maps and Geography Thread

[Uncle Ted]

It seems that republicans are more of the marrying type...

How Your Hometown Affects Your Chances of Marriage

Growing up in some places — especially liberal ones — makes people less likely to marry, new data shows.


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Polling data tells the same story about partisanship and marriage attitudes. When the Pew Research Center asked last year if society was better off when people made marriage and having children a priority, 59 percent of Republicans (a group that includes people who lean Republican) said yes, while only 36 percent of Republicans said society was just as well off if people had other priorities. For Democrats, the shares were virtually flipped: 35 percent and 61 percent. These attitudes evidently affect children growing up in different places.
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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...iage-most.html

or maybe the mormons just skew the results.

[wuapinmon]

I don't think this is a smart joke, more arcane if anything.

WTH are you trying to say wuap?

Arcane's probably right. I just hope someone gets it eventually.

[pellegrino]

I just did out of curiosity. I'm not smart enough to get your joke

I don't think this is a smart joke, more arcane if anything.

WTH are you trying to say wuap?

[Omaha 680]

I hope you at least googled it.

I just did out of curiosity. I'm not smart enough to get your joke

[wuapinmon]

You always say that.

I hope you at least googled it.

[Omaha 680]

Die nationalsozialistische Weltraumbeobachtung Sterne Herrn Auge des Adlers

You always say that.

[wuapinmon]

Where did they get the 1932 satellite images?

Die nationalsozialistische Weltraumbeobachtung Sterne Herrn Auge des Adlers

[Uncle Ted]

Where did they get the 1932 satellite images?

Captured UFOs. Duh.

[Uncle Ted]

http://www.upworthy.com/after-you-se...p-is-incorrect

Louisiana Coastal Erosion

The *basic* story of all these GIFs is this: Human infrastructure is causing environmental problems. Levees done messed it all up by blocking bayous that feed the delta sediment, and then oil companies' shipping channels and drilling finished the job.

Hmm... I thought levees were a good thing. Well, it seems another Katrina might fix this problem:

Five myths about Hurricane Katrina

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4. New Orleans’s levees are fixed and could withstand another Katrina.


After Katrina, Washington committed $14.5 billion to flood-protection improvements that are supposed to survive a 100-year storm — a term of art that refers to storms that have a 1 percent chance of striking in any given year.

But here’s the problem: By the Army Corps’ own accounting, Katrina was not a 100-year storm but an even stronger 400-year storm. And it only sideswiped New Orleans. In other words, the Crescent City still lacks a flood defense remotely strong enough to withstand a direct hit by the really big storms — Katrina-size or even larger — that the gulf can whip up.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...d89_story.html

Apparently $14.5b doesn't buy much these days.

[Omaha 680]

http://www.upworthy.com/after-you-se...p-is-incorrect

Louisiana Coastal Erosion

Where did they get the 1932 satellite images?

[wuapinmon]

http://www.upworthy.com/after-you-se...p-is-incorrect

Louisiana Coastal Erosion

[Lost Student]

Surprised to see Utah higher than surrounding states. Who in the NBA was born in Utah? I can't think of any...

We need to start recruiting Wyoming harder, it seems.

[LiveCoug]

My best guess would be CJ Wilcox because he played at PG. No idea if he was born here, however.

You are correct. Born and raised in PG.

[smokymountainrain]

Whoa.. I had no idea he was born in Ogden. Hilarious.


I just checked. There seems to be 1 current NBA player born in Utah. Who can name him?

My best guess would be CJ Wilcox because he played at PG. No idea if he was born here, however.

[LiveCoug]

Byron Scott, Ogden's finest

Whoa.. I had no idea he was born in Ogden. Hilarious.


I just checked. There seems to be 1 current NBA player born in Utah. Who can name him?