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You folks always enjoy these silly maps, but I’m posting this one under protest as I detest it when beer snobs curl their lips at my Budweiser and stare disdainfully at the taps before accepting my offer to buy a round. “Wait, what do they have that’s good?” I feel the same way about coffee snobs who’ll drag me five …

(Tipped by Rex Wockner)

If all the people in the world had to live in one city, here’s how big that city would be based on the population densities of six examples.

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The follow-up to yesterday’s United States Of Shame. (Source)

Y’all know I love my silly maps, but I’ve resisted posting this one because some of the categories are so…baffling. Ugliest residents? But this one is apparently going viral. And now you can stopping sending it to me.

According to a real estate study quoted by Gothamist today, it makes more financial sense to rent in New York City: “The median list price (for the top 50 cities) is $140,201.37, but the median price for a 2-bedroom apartment in NYC is $1.3-1.4 million! Median rent (for the top 50 cities) is $1,871.65, but it’s $3500-4000 in NYC for …

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Gothamist calls the above “the world’s most confusing map.” (Massive version here.) According to the authors, sub-dialects of the eight major regional dialects exist in many places like Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, the Outer Banks, and perhaps most curiously, the Hamptons.

The rest are here.

Here’s what Google thinks the next words should be when you enter the name of a state. Hawaii, FTW. (Via – Gothamist)

Only four nations have populations that coincide with their rankings in square miles: Brazil, Ireland, Yemen, and the United States. These “what if” maps have become quite the meme of late. (Source)

A follow-up to the America By Movies map.

I don’t know what it means that so many of my favorite flicks (at least the ones set on Earth) are used here. (Source)

Complicated! Unicorn polyamory? Bigger version here.

An accurate take on the familiar theme. Japan is my favorite. (Via – SFist)

The same idea as the map I posted a few weeks ago, but better executed. (Source)

More amusing stereotype mapping here.