The Unusual Maps Thread

[Niegs]

[Biffer]

Dr. Fauci's Little Map of Horrors...

I've seen that before, and the worrying thing is the red dot on London that doesn't have a label.....

[Biffer]

[Niegs]

Not sure if should be NSFW, so spoilering just in case. No nudity or anything, but Pornhub's map of the US with the most often used search term per state. WTF, Idaho!?

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[GogLais]

Not sure if should be NSFW, so spoilering just in case. No nudity or anything, but Pornhub's map of the US with the most often used search term per state. WTF, Idaho!?

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Can we all laugh at North Carolina?

[Biffer]

It does suggest that Texans aren’t entirely against immigration.

[Niegs]

Can we all laugh at North Carolina?

Amazon reports this is their most ordered book, baby!

[Niegs]

Older, but would be fun to see these updated and with other countries.

[Biffer]

Older, but would be fun to see these updated and with other countries.

I do like how the Welsh are just standing there shouting and pointing. Blaming other people as usual.

[Lemoentjie]

Icelanders can't go anywhere that isn't surrounded by snow...

[Biffer]

Icelanders can't go anywhere that isn't surrounded by snow...

I'm kind of with the Icelanders tbh.

[Niegs]

Icelanders can't go anywhere that isn't surrounded by snow...

I wonder if, say, in the 80s or 90s ... or even before Trump? ... if there'd be a lot more America? Just the Irish seem to not mind the prospect of getting shot at the mall.

[Niegs]

Fictional places in Britain. I LOL'd at "Castle McDuck" and "Castle McDuckula"



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[mat the expat]

Cantr'r Gwaelod is a good read - supposedly, you can still hear the bells at night

[NeilOJism]

Isn’t Barsetshire of Archers fame supposed to be nearer Worcestershire than Hampshire, or am I imagining that factoid from the prole characters’ brummie / wezcunree hybrid burr..?

[duke]

Isn’t Barsetshire of Archers fame supposed to be nearer Worcestershire than Hampshire, or am I imagining that factoid from the prole characters’ brummie / wezcunree hybrid burr..?

Borchester is Archers - shows up in Worcestershire along with Ambridge (/Archers geek mode).
I think Barsetshire is linked to Trollope’s Barchester Chronicles which were based on Salisbury

[NeilOJism]

Isn’t Barsetshire of Archers fame supposed to be nearer Worcestershire than Hampshire, or am I imagining that factoid from the prole characters’ brummie / wezcunree hybrid burr..?

Borchester is Archers - shows up in Worcestershire along with Ambridge (/Archers geek mode).
I think Barsetshire is linked to Trollope’s Barchester Chronicles which were based on Salisbury

oh yeah. I am quite tired, actually [/patheticvoice]

[clydecloggie]

Along the same lines:

[Marylandolorian]

Looks like you guys eat a lot of shrooms in Scotland.

[mat the expat]

Looks like you guys eat a lot of shrooms in Scotland.

It was only after I left North Wales that I discovered how many mushrooms were growing around my house

[Niegs]

Still relevant?

[Niegs]

If modern day separatists all got their wish:

[Biffer]

I’ve never seen anything relating to Outer Hebrides independence.

[inactionman]

I’ve never seen anything relating to Outer Hebrides independence.

I worked with a girl from Shetland and it appears a number of people on the islands view Holyrood in much the same way the nats seem to view Westminster (although I'm aware there's plenty of nats on the Islands). It's certainly not an active independence movement though.

As an aside, she's the first person I've spoken to from Shetland and at first I just couldn't place her accent - not quite Dutch, not quite scandi, not quite Eastern European (yes, certain words did sound Eastern European), but very much 'not Scottish'. it's not surprising there's a fair bit of Scandinavian in there but it's very, very different to what I expected.

I'm also not surprised Yorkshire's on the map.

[Biffer]

I’ve never seen anything relating to Outer Hebrides independence.

I worked with a girl from Shetland and it appears a number of people on the islands view Holyrood in much the same way the nats seem to view Westminster (although I'm aware there's plenty of nats on the Islands). It's certainly not an active independence movement though.

As an aside, she's the first person I've spoken to from Shetland and at first I just couldn't place her accent - not quite Dutch, not quite scandi, not quite Eastern European (yes, certain words did sound Eastern European), but very much 'not Scottish'. it's not surprising there's a fair bit of Scandinavian in there but it's very, very different to what I expected.

I'm also not surprised Yorkshire's on the map.

Shetland and Orkney having people advocating for independence I’m aware of. Outer Hebrides I’ve never heard of. I’m well aware there’s a lot of detachment and the Central belt is as far away from London for many island and highland communities, my father was from Lewis so I do follow it.

But I might make so bold as to say lumping Shetland in answer to something said about the outer Hebrides demonstrates the problem.

[inactionman]

I’ve never seen anything relating to Outer Hebrides independence.

I worked with a girl from Shetland and it appears a number of people on the islands view Holyrood in much the same way the nats seem to view Westminster (although I'm aware there's plenty of nats on the Islands). It's certainly not an active independence movement though.

As an aside, she's the first person I've spoken to from Shetland and at first I just couldn't place her accent - not quite Dutch, not quite scandi, not quite Eastern European (yes, certain words did sound Eastern European), but very much 'not Scottish'. it's not surprising there's a fair bit of Scandinavian in there but it's very, very different to what I expected.

I'm also not surprised Yorkshire's on the map.

Shetland and Orkney having people advocating for independence I’m aware of. Outer Hebrides I’ve never heard of. I’m well aware there’s a lot of detachment and the Central belt is as far away from London for many island and highland communities, my father was from Lewis so I do follow it.

But I might make so bold as to say lumping Shetland in answer to something said about the outer Hebrides demonstrates the problem.

How so?

I'm a recent émigré with as much interest in the matter as an average man in the street, and I'm certainly not setting any policy. What I think of the matter isn't really a problem any which way.

I mentioned Shetland purely as I have actually discussed this with someone from that Island. It interested me as many of the issues that were raised were as relevant to my previous life in the West Country of England as to someone from Shetland - counties like Cornwall suffering from a detachment and a fundamental lack of meaningful representation.

To actually address your point, you'd see that someone in Harris would have a fundamentally different view of Holyrood to someone in Orkney? (genuine question, I ask simply as I'd find that surprising - many of the issues and challenges are similar)

[Biffer]

I worked with a girl from Shetland and it appears a number of people on the islands view Holyrood in much the same way the nats seem to view Westminster (although I'm aware there's plenty of nats on the Islands). It's certainly not an active independence movement though.

As an aside, she's the first person I've spoken to from Shetland and at first I just couldn't place her accent - not quite Dutch, not quite scandi, not quite Eastern European (yes, certain words did sound Eastern European), but very much 'not Scottish'. it's not surprising there's a fair bit of Scandinavian in there but it's very, very different to what I expected.

I'm also not surprised Yorkshire's on the map.

Shetland and Orkney having people advocating for independence I’m aware of. Outer Hebrides I’ve never heard of. I’m well aware there’s a lot of detachment and the Central belt is as far away from London for many island and highland communities, my father was from Lewis so I do follow it.

But I might make so bold as to say lumping Shetland in answer to something said about the outer Hebrides demonstrates the problem.

How so?

I'm a recent émigré with as much interest in the matter as an average man in the street, and I'm certainly not setting any policy. What I think of the matter isn't really a problem any which way.

I mentioned Shetland purely as I have actually discussed this with someone from that Island. It interested me as many of the issues that were raised were as relevant to my previous life in the West Country of England as to someone from Shetland - counties like Cornwall suffering from a detachment and a fundamental lack of meaningful representation.

To actually address your point, you'd see that someone in Harris would have a fundamentally different view of Holyrood to someone in Orkney? (genuine question, I ask simply as I'd find that surprising - many of the issues and challenges are similar)

Yeah, they would. Culturally they’re quite different - Orkney would be considered more Norse heritage and Lewis / Harris more Gael. Gaelic is spoken by a substantial number of people in the Hebrides (more than half) whereas it’s not really spoken at all in Orkney or Shetland. They’re very different and have different challenges.

[Niegs]

Most of these I get. Norway... WTF?!



Places where it's illegal to smack your kid:



Interesting...

[Biffer]

Most of these I get. Norway... WTF?!



Places where it's illegal to smack your kid:



Interesting...

It's been illegal to smack your kid in Scotland since 2020, so that map is out of date.

I've seen the Alabama one before, it's fascinating. I think there's a really good paper published diving into that.

[tabascoboy]

Most of these I get. Norway... WTF?!

Well in Norway and Denmark that's actually a verb meaning to whinny which you can relate to the usage "Hesten gjorde et vrinsk" - the horse made a whinny

[Niegs]

When the land masses were all together, did the earth wobble?

[Niegs]

American political allegiances

[Niegs]

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[Niegs]

https://brilliantmaps.com/us-gun-deaths/

... what a mess of a country: https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/charts-and-maps

[Flockwitt]

[FalseBayFC]

Its kind of spiked a bit in 20/21 but violent crime and homicides including by firearm are almost the lowest they've been since 1980.

[Niegs]