... what this map represents?


http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2832/breakingnewsqj9.jpg

So far, none of my guesses are correct. Scratch that, none of them were even close. I even checked on the Emerald Ash Borer infestations.


Damn you, Sedan. Damn you.

It's not over!!!!:p

median age?

The 2nd one makes me think of a black hole crossing our universe. But that's just my Rorschach reaction.

State income tax rates?

If it was state income tax rates then Florida would be wayyy smaller.

EDIT: My guess would be population, but that seems too obvious, right?

Amount of time candidates spend in each state?

Maybe crime rate? AIDS? Amount of political corruption? Would explain why DC is so big.

Population of lawyers by state? :D

Hmm... If it was illegal immigrant (or just immigrant) population Texas and the rest of the Southwest would be bigger...

I think it's some sort of measurement of a certain population, although probably not just population in general or New York would be much bigger in comparison to DC. I suspect this because all the states out in the west are so small.

Everything that came to mind has already been said and that bottom map is making my headache worse. :@@:

Population of lawyers by state? :D

Given how huge DC is, I think you might be on to something. Either that, or it has something to do with the number of people employed by the government, or the closely related number of people on the public dole.

And the answer is .....

As any journalist knows, news has to be about people - they either make it, or are affected by it. No people, no news. It therefore stands to reason that heavily populated areas of the US, like California or the Northeast, generate most of the news stories. But even allowing for population, some locations account for a disproportionately high number of news items.

Researchers extracted the dateline from about 72,000 wire-service news stories from 1994 to 1998 and modified a standard map of the Lower 48 US states (above) to show the size of the states in proportion to the frequency of their appearance in those datelines (below).

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/266-where-news-breaks/

Aha! That explains the ginormity of D.C.

The bloated states are full of inflated fat-heads while the smaller states house the level-headed spiritual folks.

Look at how small Washington is!

I rest me case.


:cool:

And the answer is .....

As any journalist knows, news has to be about people - they either make it, or are affected by it. No people, no news. It therefore stands to reason that heavily populated areas of the US, like California or the Northeast, generate most of the news stories. But even allowing for population, some locations account for a disproportionately high number of news items.

Researchers extracted the dateline from about 72,000 wire-service news stories from 1994 to 1998 and modified a standard map of the Lower 48 US states (above) to show the size of the states in proportion to the frequency of their appearance in those datelines (below).

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/266-where-news-breaks/

Ok, I didn't see yer answer until now but I was sure close, eh?


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