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- KibblesnBitts, on 04/30/2009, -0/+18Am I the only one who tried scrolling it to the future, praying there will be some green?
- sprkoolguy, on 04/30/2009, -0/+18Katrina was the most fascinating part of this map, although the current state of things makes even it pale in comparison, great graphic
- eastwood24, on 04/29/2009, -1/+15Take off your partisan hat. It is clouding your judgements.
I find it completely normal that large cities are more democratic.
Look at per capita rates:
Example:
Boise Metro lob losses (current YoY)/metro population =18400/590000=
.031
New York City Metro lob losses/metro population = 219700/18815000 =
.012
Boise has lost almost 3x as many as the most democratic city in the nation on a per population basis. See how I used math to prove you wrong :) - covertbadger, on 04/30/2009, -1/+14This map would be more compelling if it wasn't deliberately misleading. The actual scale in use here is the DIAMETER of the circles, not the AREA, but most people on first glance would assume the latter.
For instance, move to March 2009 and look at the Philadelphia cicle (-77,000) against the NY circle (-219,700). Now, from the numbers we can see that Philly's net job loss is a little over a third that of NY, but because of the dishonest representation it looks like NY's is about 6 or 7 times worse. This also exagerrates the rate of job losses, since small increases in diameter size (linear) dramatically increase the area (quadratic) of the circle.
There's no good reason for having the values represented by diameter rather than by area, except to be sensationalist.
http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2009/02/financial ... - FastZ, on 04/30/2009, -0/+10You out a word I think.
- covertbadger, on 04/30/2009, -0/+8They might be in proportional, but the proportion is quadratic not linear, that's the whole point. Linear changes in the data are being represented by quadratic changes in the representation, which is deliberately misleading.
Look, I'll prove it. The ratio of the NY and Philly numbers above is 219700/77000 = approx 2.85. Right?
Now, if we assume the diameter is measured in units of 10,000, then the diameter of the NY circle is 21.97, and the Philly circle has a diameter of 7.7. The radius of each is therefore 10.99 and 3.85. Right?
The areas of the circles are therefore pi*10.99^2=379.44 for NY, and pi*3.85^2=46.57 for Philly. The ratio of the area is 379.44/46.57 = approx 8.15.
So, the ratio of the actual numbers is 2.85, but the ratio of the corresponding graph representation is 8.15. In other words, the numbers say NY has 2.85 times the job loss of Philly, but the graphic representation says NY has 8.15 times the job loss of Philly. Hence, massively dishonest and, basically, wrong. - crash331, on 04/30/2009, -0/+8As a guy looking for a job near Atlanta since 1/20/09, I am now officially depressed.
- PhillyMJS, on 04/30/2009, -0/+7Does anyone else have a sudden urge to watch WarGames again?
- bringinSXEback, on 04/30/2009, -0/+5That got really scary toward the end
- rhustang, on 04/30/2009, -0/+4wow, that really drives the point home.
- grinsy, on 04/30/2009, -0/+4Austin, TX - FTW - the only green spot left.
They're like Bartertown in this economic apocalypse. - haydesigner, on 04/30/2009, -0/+3He is not arguing visual absolutes. He is directly addressing visual perception and comprehension.
- Diggnabbit, on 04/30/2009, -1/+4Well, he showed that you were wrong when you said that the "major areas hit are largely democrat."
- DarthMonkey, on 04/30/2009, -1/+4Note the explosion of jobs gained and lossed in the geographical areas linked to the current economic mess....move to where the gains have been slow and steady and you'll be fine.
- nealparr, on 04/30/2009, -1/+4The current map looks like my face when I was a teen.
- Pawfoots, on 04/30/2009, -0/+2While this may be depressing for many people, I'm CEO of a company in Durham, NC that is on the rise. We just hired 2 new people in March and need to hire another soon... The company upstairs has also been hiring a few people each month and are still hiring. We're both internet companies, so keep a look out for internet companies in your area.
- nealparr, on 04/30/2009, -0/+2I agree. Boom, big red spot, out of the blue. It's fascinating because it shows that things can be going along great and at any moment go real bad, real quick.
- belyle, on 04/29/2009, -0/+2Now i'm all depressed. No jobs anywhere!
- tpmidd, on 04/30/2009, -0/+2Geometry FTW!
- telapan, on 04/30/2009, -0/+22 Largest State Economies (by GDP): California, New York
2 Most Liberal States (by Population): California, New York
Not saying liberalism leads to economic prosperity, just pointing out that it doesn't kill it. - KibblesnBitts, on 04/30/2009, -0/+2Dallas too!
- Long189, on 04/30/2009, -1/+31400 new jobs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
They will be awarded to the first 1400 people to make it to Baton Rouge, Louisiana
GO! - covertbadger, on 04/30/2009, -0/+2The NY circle is over 8 times the size of the Philly circle, but the underlying NY number is less than 3 times the Philly number. Perhaps you think it's perfectly understandable and sensible to produce a graph that distorts the data to such a huge degree, but I think it's more likely that you're the one who's confused, not me.
- Greengoo, on 04/30/2009, -0/+2How about a game of Global Thermonuclear War?
- AtomicTheory, on 04/30/2009, -0/+2Man, that thing is broken. It gets stuck right after the "2009" tick mark, and won't even to go 2010.
- Tenareth, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1lossed? Really?
- tpmidd, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1The Katrina Red explosion in 2005 down in New Orleans was pretty wild.
- jonshipman, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1Need any employees to work out of Kansas City?
- inactive, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1-1 needs
- jbella, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1The interesting thing is, according to the statistics, the job loss here in the San Francisco bay area today is much higher than during the dot com bust ... but the dot com bust, to me, felt much worse. At that time, I remember thinking that none of my friends were currently employed. Today, none of my friends are unemployed. That tells me that this economic recession, unlike the dot com bust, must be disproportionately affecting a different income group.
- inactive, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1Towards the end of '08 it looks like the US goes nuclear.
- haydesigner, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1Don't worry, this is a Hollywood script. There will be a happy ending.
[the audiences in the test screenings seemed to like it better that way] - tpmidd, on 05/01/2009, -0/+1It's true.
- Fragger404, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1My dad was axed in Sept. 08 in Atlanta and he is still looking...
- wthulhu, on 08/29/2009, -0/+1Seeing New Orleans pop in there near the middle was pretty interesting. But honestly, I was a little shocked to see what things are looking like right about now.
- CrankMyBlueSax, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1Looks like Chimpy McFlightsuit had a pretty good watch until the end, and that whole Katrina thing.
- ryanonfire, on 05/03/2009, -0/+1needs^
- leatherback, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1It looks like a beating heart that bursts at the end!
- purewisdom, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1So Texas is carrying the country?
Love me some balanced budget (even though I think FL has one too). - herojon, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1"Then the catastrophe occurs, and its consequences are the worse and the reaction against the bull tendency of the market the stronger, the longer the period during which the rate of interest on loans has been below the natural rate of interest and the greater the extent to which roundabout processes of production that are not justified by the state of the capital market have been adopted."
Ludwig Von Mises discussing the economic consequences of an inflationary central bank. The man predicted it about 100 years ago and has been proven right on more than one occasion. Wake up people. Abolish the fed.. - zugdar, on 05/04/2009, -0/+0Very cool, nice work putting this together
- pathouston22, on 04/30/2009, -1/+1Texas was all green right until 2009, while the rest of the country was nuked. Even with a hurricane shutting down south-east Texas and Houston for 1-2 weeks.
- inactive, on 05/02/2009, -1/+1Michigan is consistently the butthole of the nation as far as jobs go. You have your dear old UAW to thank for that, and no end in sight.
- sddk, on 07/06/2009, -0/+0things are going to be bad more ...
http://www.jobreports.co.cc/ - Nydas, on 04/30/2009, -1/+1Dumbass.
- jobspath, on 09/01/2009, -0/+0Try http://www.jobspath.com/
Jobs Path, job search site, employers may post jobs for less, $1, potential employees may post their resume. Designed for your hiring success. - Kate1240, on 05/01/2009, -0/+0Pawfoots- Which company? I'm in North Cary
- MF2x, on 04/30/2009, -0/+0What's with Michigan?
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