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- xtmno3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+44Very cool graph, but would be even cooler if you could focus in on certain areas. Also, if you could rotate/scale it to your own desire.
- snurfle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+38Depends on who that person is!
- Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26Agreed, its cool but has no functionality.
- floppyparty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23I wonder if they can make it look any creepier.
- playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25Time to move me and my cult to Wyoming.
- SpacemanSpiff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Sure, just change the title to "Places North Korea Is Likely To Nuke First"
- StarManta, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15About 1 degree per square mile, too.
- 98acura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Alaska sounds nice... 1 person per square mile...
- brimg87, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10It's amazing how unpopulated the west is.
- airship, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Verifex, here's how it REALLY works:
Representation in the House is based on population. The big population centers get WAY more Representatives than we do here in the Midwest.
The Senate is different. Each state gets TWO Senators. So yes, by your logic, we are "over-represented" in the Senate.
But the whole country elects the President, via the Electoral College, where representation is based on population, just like the House. So, again, the populous areas have more say.
So Congress and the President are elected MOSTLY by the big populous states, while the Senate has more of a voice from the less populous states.
The Judicial branch is appointed by the President with approval by the Senate, so both sides get a say there.
The framers of the Constitution called it "Checks and Balances". Look it up. - playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9...and what, put them in Montana? They'd just end up being tired, poor, and huddled closer together to escape the cold.
- sjbdallas, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11They must be repurposing the graphic for the bird flu pandemic that never happened. They went through all the trouble of showing how many people had died as it spread from east to west in a disturbing way. Since no one caught it and there was no pandemic to graph out, they must have decided to just show where everyone lives instead.
- lintmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I didn't know Puerto Rico was a state.
- StarManta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7It looks better on glossy paper because on glossy paper, one doesn't expect to be able to move and zoom and rotate on a whim. Has Google spoiled us, or does this site just suck? You decide. ;)
- Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7More and more I want to move to one of those empty places but where would I work? Man, I wish I had a telecommuter job.
- kingstarusa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Looks cool! As a Chinese, I wonder what would the map look like for China. Someone should do one for the world.
- KennyF, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I made a mashup to show population density of zip codes color coded blue to red. You can zoom in and replot points in the new view. Check it out. http://kenfehling.com/cityranks/
- MrMysterious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Too bad you can't zoom in.
Also, anyone think that they flipped New Jersey and the Philadelphia Metro dot? - HelenVr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I saw this in Time in print. Looks a lil better on glossy paper. But a very cool graphic nontheless
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6why is it lame, because I gave u the link to my submission? Fine, click directly on the link:
http://www.maxkiesler.com/index.php/designdemo/comments/gapminder_visualizing_human_development/
it's very cool and some folks may think it's worthy of a look. Jeez.. - mecole21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4that's only in the senate and not in the house...
- mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Put it on Google Earth as a 3D overlay.
- rpflug, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Looks like an inverse of the 2004 Presidential election map.
- fnaqzna, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Isn't the ratio of men to women something like 10 to 1?
- fnaqzna, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5That, and we voters in California are just thrilled to death that our Presidential vote counts for less than some ***** in Kansas.
- imjoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I live in western North Dakota. It's pretty sweet. My friend just bought 7 acres of land with a nice house and outbuildings for around $23,000. There's plenty of work (unless you want an office job, not too many office buildings out here), you just have to learn a trade or be creative.
- PPoff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Pretty cool. Kind of surprising that Dallas/FortWorth is that big.
- HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It's not individuals who are intended to be represented, it's the states.
United STATES. Remember? Our nation is a union of sovereign states. Every state has to be treated equally in order for the union to work. If New York and California were able to decide all the elections and national policy, why would ...say...Wyoming and Georgia want to be a part of the union?
That's why the electoral college exists; to give the states more or less equal representation. The people who blather on about it being an outdated concept are ignorant of the very foundations of our nation. Take away institutions like the electoral college and we're apt to have another war of secession on our hands.
For any Europeans who may be reading this and scratching their heads, think of the U.S. as you do the E.U. The E.U. is composed of member nations, not the individuals in those nations.
France has more people than Denmark. But Denmark has an equal voice in E.U. affairs because it's an equal partner. If the French and Germans, due to their larger populations, made all E.U. decisions, the E.U. would cease to exist because the underrepresented nations would resign their membership in disgust.
The United States works very much the same. Each state is a sovereign power. Each state has its own military, governmental entities, court systems, laws, etc. We're bound by a common language and history, and the desire to associate with one another. If we relied on a popular vote to elect our president, the president would always be elected by the people of New York and California.
Not very fair for the other 48 states on the map, and it would result in the breakup of our country. - SpacemanSpiff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Something's not quite right with your zip code tool, Kenny. The cities displayed and data for each changes with each refresh.
- mdmadph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3...because this information is totally new and not available anywhere else?
barring the odd terrorist that's too stupid to know that New York is a very populous city but somehow has a subscription to Time magazine, I think we're safe. - SilentSpyder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yea Jersey! Not only do I live in the most densly populated state but also the 1st or 2nd most populated city.
- sinurgy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If I could I'd love to move to Wyoming, think of it as a less pretentious Colorado! The only problem is there just are not enough jobs there.
- Toloran, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4The funny part of the west coast is that if you look at where all the tallest spikes are, they are all along the I-5 Corridor.
- bibliophobe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Actually they get less representation in the form of less Representatives to Congress.
- twojciac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Dallas - Fort Worth MSA is actually #4 right now. It surpassed Philly a few weeks ago based upon growth analysis.
Didn't you know everything is bigger in Texas? - geoffrobinson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Philadelphia is in the right spot. They put the dot for NJ over Maryland.
- monticello, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Actually, the people in say... Wyoming are more represented in both chambers of Congress than the people of NY/CA/TX. It's kind of a joke.
- dezmo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i think the NJ dot is located over south jersey, also i think that the most densly populated part of NJ might be included with the NY metro, such as newark and jersey city and that part of Essex county
- WhiskerTheMad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"...we voters in California are just thrilled to death that our Presidential vote counts for less than some ***** in Kansas."
As one of those Kansasian *****, I'd just like to take this opportunity to say: Neener neener.
Also, any state that's elected both Gray Davis *and* Arnold Schwarzenegger has pretty much flushed any right they have to talk about how other states vote. - flippinjeremy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Nice find. Dugg.
- floorman56, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2But the whole country elects the President, via the Electoral College, where representation is based on population, just like the House. So, again, the populous areas have more say.
All true ...but if it wasn't for the Electoral College it would be worse. I think I read some where if it wasn't for the Electoral College New York, Ca., IL., and any one state would vote for every president - sjbdallas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3We Texans prefer to be called a REPUBLIC sir.
- playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Dammit, I was trying not to learn anything today. Thanks for blowing my streak, airship.
- HighPressure, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The constitutional idea is that each State is entitled to an equal shake in the Senate, and that each person is equally represented in the House.
This goes back to a time when states were "States", much like the states of the European Union.
Our states are no longer as distinct as the European variety. Most have a common language, New Jersey, Mississippi, and North Dakota being the exceptions. Most have similar laws now that the age of consent in Arkansas has been raised to twelve, and slavery is pretty much confined to minimum wage jobs.
But the custom has worked well, and the fact that Wyoming has more Senators than House members, though unfair, remains an excellent Quizo answer to the appropriate question.
So weep if you must that the Congress is divided between those who represent people and those who represent dirt. Though Occam's razor suggests that the simplest solution is the best, virtually all of nature tends to disagree.
- RainbowRunner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's Bush's fault.
- commieDigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How do you people between DC and NYC ***** live? God I hate people.
/eying Alaska - daofma, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Edit: Made ridiculously redundant.
- po43292, on 10/12/2007, -7/+8the map doesn't show the illegal immigrants
- mxxh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1huh? you do remember these issues were sort of addressed in the constitution, right? the senate is where the sparsely populated states have the same number of votes as do the more heavily populated ones. Wyoming, which the graphic said has in total the same population as Harrisburg, PA, has the same number of senators as California.
- KennyF, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@Spaceman - If the number of cities in the current map view is larger than the limit, it chooses them randomly. That's why you're getting new ones each time.
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