Odd Map

[Trog]

Below is a map I stumbled across which compares the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of U.S. states to that of countries with a similar GDP. I find it to be an interesting, and eye opening, comparison as it sort of makes you think about the countries listed and the states listed in a bit of a new light. Plus it's sort of a fun map. :smallsmile:

I know it's a tall order ( :smallsigh: ) but let's keep this discussion light-hearted and free of the "P word" shall we? :smallwink:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/350816052_0a392a0d28_o.jpg

I, living in Wisconsin South Africa, plan to head out into my back yard and begin mining for gold and platinum.

http://home.centurytel.net/jeffsjunk/avatars/YukonTrog.gif

[Boo]

I, living in Wisconsin South Africa, plan to head out into my back yard and begin mining for gold and platinum.

Doesn't South Africa have diamond mines? ...or is that... never mind.

Canada got Texas? Really? But it's not even cold there! Stupid oil companies... Dey tuk r jubz!!

Wow, I AM tired. Right--interesting map, and I'm off! WHOOOSH!!

[Madmal]

I don't get this map.

So, i live in Utah?

[Telonius]

So, I live in Austria and work in New Zealand.

Maybe I'm in a Peter Jackson movie...? :smallbiggrin:

[Quincunx]

Norway mapping to Minnesota is hilarious. They've already used it as a dumping ground for their (1800s-era) population. :smallbiggrin:

[MCerberus]

This map makes me want to make kielbasa burritos. Mmmm metro-StL area.

[Arakune]

Brazil is NY ? :smalleek::smalleek::smalleek:

Edit: Ops, WRONG NY :smalltongue:

[Starscream]

Huh. I'm Australian. I always suspected.

[charl]

The map is clearly measuring total GDP and not GDP per capita. If it was most European countries mentioned on the map wouldn't be there.

So anyway... North Carolina. Really? I could never stand living in that climate. :smallconfused:

[Gullara]

I can't see the map for some reason could you give me a link to it?

Edit: I switched to IE so I can see it but I'd still like the link.

Texas? Really? I don't think I'd like to live in Texas, no offence to those of you who do.

[KuReshtin]

I can't see the map for some reason could you give me a link to it?

Edit: I switched to IE so I can see it but I'd still like the link.


If you quote Trog's post, you'l get the link there.

North Carolina for my country of origin, then. That works for me.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I can't see the map for some reason could you give me a link to it?

Edit: I switched to IE so I can see it but I'd still like the link.

Texas? Really? I don't think I'd like to live in Texas, no offence to those of you who do.

Texas is sorta the Anti-Canada. Awesome map though.

[DraPrime]

Hmmmm, so income-wise, I am a Belgian?

[The Extinguisher]

Texas is sorta the Anti-Canada. Awesome map though.

I dunno. I live in the Texas of Canada as it is.

[Mr. Mud]

Hong Kong? I'm not sure whether to Squee or get ticked...

*checks Wikipedia's GPD list*

[arguskos]

Currently in Canada, soon to be in the US Aussiland. Strangeness abounds. :smallconfused:

Very cute and clever map though.

[Mando Knight]

This map makes me want to make kielbasa burritos. Mmmm metro-StL area.

I don't think anyone else in the metro-StL area finds that strange...

I'd at least try it once. But I'm too lazy to go buy kielbasa right now.

[Inhuman Bot]

Texas = Canada makes me laugh.

[evil-frosty]

Uh please excuse my ignorance here but a question. Exactly what is GDP?

[Pyrian]

Gross Domestic Product - the total value of all goods and services produced in a year.

[evil-frosty]

Thank You Pyrian. That makes the map a lot more interesting:smallsmile:

[Moff Chumley]

I'm French? FRENCH!? :smallfurious:

(=P)

[Alteran]

I'm Texan?

Oh noes, killer bees! :smalleek:

[averagejoe]

I'm French? FRENCH!? :smallfurious:

(=P)

Let's face it, and I say this as a native Californian: is anybody really surprised by this? :smallwink:

[Zar Peter]

So, I live in Austria and work in New Zealand.

Maybe I'm in a Peter Jackson movie...? :smallbiggrin:

Wow, that's a long ride to work.

And it means I'm from Viginia I suppose :smallbiggrin:

[Flickerdart]

I dunno. I live in the Texas of Canada as it is.
Quebec?:smallbiggrin:

[Moff Chumley]

Let's face it, and I say this as a native Californian: is anybody really surprised by this? :smallwink:

Pff, no. :smallbiggrin:

[Kroy]

I always knew I was Turkish, from the first time I played Diplomacy...

Kool map, btw

[Cristo Meyers]

Man, I can't make a Playground-friendly (or in good taste) joke about Illinois being Mexico...

[RandomNPC]

i too find this as a thing of odd beauty

[CrimsonAngel]

All hail the lone... leaf... country...

[toasty]

Bangladesh made it onto the map! Awesome!

Now for the stupid question... which State is that? :smallbiggrin:

[Moff Chumley]

Vermont, I believe.

[Pyrian]

New Hampshire, actually. :smallcool:

[thorgrim29]

The Texas of Canada would be alberta I think (Oil, ranches and a reputation for being more religious righty then anyone else)

[Moff Chumley]

New Hampshire, actually. :smallcool:

Fundamentally, what's the difference? You're both small, insignificant New England states that are quite possible controlled by the communists Canada. :smalltongue:

[Pyrian]

New Hampshire and Vermont are startlingly culturally distinct for being in the same general area.

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sweet-ass-american-trends/

[AshDesert]

Hmm.... So apparently I live in Canada. Except with guns. And longhorns, and the people actually care about high school football. You know, other than those, NASCAR, and the weather Canada and Texas are actually pretty similar.

[Coidzor]

...I went from Portugal to Israel.

Interesting.

...I kinda wonder what they do all day in New Hampshire that they have the same GDP as bangladesh. Do they just live there and commute to MassachusettsBoston or New York in order to work or something? :smallconfused:

[EndlessWrath]

:sigh: Guess i'll have to get used to Austrian food


:smallbiggrin::smallwink::smalltongue:

Neat map
-Wrath

[charl]

...I went from Portugal to Israel.

Interesting.

...I kinda wonder what they do all day in New Hampshire that they have the same GDP as bangladesh. Do they just live there and commute to MassachusettsBoston or New York in order to work or something? :smallconfused:

NH has a pretty small population. There just isn't enough people to produce a lot of stuff, thus the GDP is the same as Bangladesh (which is so populated a better question would be: what do they do all day in Bangladesh to not out-produce New Hampshire? The answer is probably something like: Starve and get exploited by Western industrialists. But still.)

[averagejoe]

Hmm.... So apparently I live in Canada. Except with guns. And longhorns, and the people actually care about high school football. You know, other than those, NASCAR, and the weather Canada and Texas are actually pretty similar.

Actually, you can probably just change football to hockey.

[ghost_warlock]

Wow, and I never thought Iowa and Venezuela had anything in common other than a fondness for oxygen, fruit, and regular bowel movements.

[Sereg]

Doesn't South Africa have diamond mines?

Yes, we do in fact have diamond mines, but we have gold and platinum mines as well (one of our old gold mines was even made into a theme park). In fact we are very mineral rich and mine many minerals.

[Trixie]

The map is clearly measuring total GDP and not GDP per capita. If it was most European countries mentioned on the map wouldn't be there.

Not only that, but it is either extremely old, or just random names in random places.

One example - New Jersey (434$ billion) = Russia (1.757$ billion, 2.266$ if counted with PPP). What? :smallsigh:

Or Brazil (1.665$ bln, 1,993$ bln with PPP) = New York (1.010$ bln) - and mind you, these numbers are from 2006, since then they had 3 years of 8-9% growth, compared to 3-4% of US as a whole.

Someone got too much wishful thinking here.

Check, my home country - Poland (567$ bln/667$ bln with PPP) apparently = Missouri (225$ bln) :smallsigh:

All numbers are from 2006 data for the States (wikipedia), or taken from CIA Factbook (other countries) to avoid bias.

Slash 60% of the names from that map and maybe then it will be accurate :smallamused:

[Reinholdt]

Hehe.
I've always wanted to live there! Now I find out I'm already there!
And I was born in that place.
Interesting. :smallbiggrin:

[Deth Muncher]

Wow, that's a long ride to work.

And it means I'm from Viginia I suppose :smallbiggrin:

Likewise, apparently I'm Austrian now.

[Trog]

Not only that, but it is either extremely old, or just random names in random places.

One example - New Jersey (434$ billion) = Russia (1.757$ billion, 2.266$ if counted with PPP). What? :smallsigh:

Or Brazil (1.665$ bln, 1,993$ bln with PPP) = New York (1.010$ bln) - and mind you, these numbers are from 2006, since then they had 3 years of 8-9% growth, compared to 3-4% of US as a whole.

Someone got too much wishful thinking here.

Check, my home country - Poland (567$ bln/667$ bln with PPP) apparently = Missouri (225$ bln) :smallsigh:

All numbers are from 2006 data for the States (wikipedia), or taken from CIA Factbook (other countries) to avoid bias.

Slash 60% of the names from that map and maybe then it will be accurate :smallamused:

The map is indeed, old. I believe it used data from 2000. Also it's claim that it is based off the GDP is sketchy too as there are several ways to measure this and it isn't indicated what measurement was used.

On another site someone apparently tried to correct this map in 2007. Again I cannot vouch for it either. They claim their data set came from apostropher.com. For whatever that info is worth (i.e. possibly not much as it seems to just be a blog of some sort). Again it means nothing to me. That site's revised and "corrected" version is below if you are curious. Unless any of these maps state a source of some sort one should take them all with a grain of salt. Though they are interesting to look at. :smallsmile:

http://www.apostropher.com/blog/archives/StatesXStatesXGDPtest1.gif
*Changes his plan from mining for gold to producing cork and pine trees* *sigh* =/

[Mercenary Pen]

I notice nobody's found an equivalent for New Mexico yet:smallwink:

[Froogleyboy]

I live in Iran? AWESOME!

[AshDesert]

Well, now I live in India or Mexico. Well, the weather's closer this time, and the food from either of those countries is much better than Canada (no offense to those who live in Canada, spicy food is very delicious).

[CrimsonAngel]

Hmm.... So apparently I live in Canada. Except with guns. And longhorns, and the people actually care about high school football. You know, other than those, NASCAR, and the weather Canada and Texas are actually pretty similar.

Oh my god, I'm down here too!

[Eon]

... i'm either from Norway or Argentina. two countries i know little about...

[SurlySeraph]

I prefer the updated map, as I'd rather live in Greece than in Belgium, and my home state would be great either way (Brazil and South Korea).


NH has a pretty small population. There just isn't enough people to produce a lot of stuff, thus the GDP is the same as Bangladesh (which is so populated a better question would be: what do they do all day in Bangladesh to not out-produce New Hampshire? The answer is probably something like: Starve and get exploited by Western industrialists. But still.)

Mainly they grow rice and tea, make clothes, get flooded, and get cholera and tuberculosis in truly horrific numbers. Though conditions have improved a lot, and are improving pretty rapidly.

[toasty]

NH has a pretty small population. There just isn't enough people to produce a lot of stuff, thus the GDP is the same as Bangladesh (which is so populated a better question would be: what do they do all day in Bangladesh to not out-produce New Hampshire? The answer is probably something like: Starve and get exploited by Western industrialists. But still.)

No, no, I'd actually venture that the Rich Bangladeshis do more exploiting than the West. Monthly garment factory riots (garment factories owned and run by Bangladeshis) being a perfect example. :smallwink:

Mainly they grow rice and tea, make clothes, get flooded, and get cholera and tuberculosis in truly horrific numbers. Though conditions have improved a lot, and are improving pretty rapidly.[/QUOTE]

They also like to complain about the weather when the sun goes away for a few weeks. ITS SO COLD!!!!! (says the boy in shorts... :p)

[Nomrom]

Ahh, I'm Canadian...

Wait, I'm suddenly feeling very Mexican or Indian. And not those American Indians, those other Indians.

[Kaiser Omnik]

You want odd maps? :smallbiggrin:

Images of the social and economic world (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/cartograms/)

[TheThan]

I'm French? FRENCH!? :smallfurious:

(=P)

I know the feeling bro