The Seven Regions Of The US
Pete Warden has done a fascinating analysis of Facebook data, determining that the US naturally falls into seven distinct regions. One fact that was quite interesting, vis-a-vis my recent departure from SF and move to NYC, is how inward focused Socalistan is (San Diego to San Francisco, hugging the coast): most of the connections are to other Californians. New York, on the other hand, is a major center within Stayathomia, and people there have much broader connections.

Update on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 8:42AM by
Stowe Boyd
Dwayne Phillips reminded me of The Nine Nations Of North America by Joel Garreau, which led to a very different map:

And then there is the Jesusland map:

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