Wild & Wacky Stats!

[Alcon]

Is anyone else a little weirded out that Nevada has one of the lowest rates of cocaine use?

[Alcon]

Is anyone else a little weirded out that Nevada has one of the lowest rates of cocaine use?

Maybe not if it's based on residents

Seems like it would be readily available, and God knows I'd be on all kinds of narcotics if I had to live in Nevada.

[Alcon]

I found it very odd that on the twin map, there is such a concentration of states in the Northeast with abnormally high ratios of twins. The map I made doesn't do full justice; almost every state in the Northeast was in the top ten, while the West was fairly devoid of twins.

It's a measure of affluent families using fertility treatments. National Geographic profiled the upper middle class suburb of Bridgewater, NJ in their old Zip code feature because of the extraordinary number of multiple births.

Why not affluent areas of the West?  Less social pressure?

[Alcon]

Opposition to homosexuality (DOMA):

"Opposition to homosexuality"?  Not...really.

And not an especially meaningful map for various reasons.

[Alcon]

"Opposition to homosexuality"?  Not...really.

Why not? Even you say that DOMA supporters are homophoic.

I don't recall saying that.  Some are, many just honestly believe their religion requires them to not support any governmental recognition.

But using that map to gauge opposition to homosexuality is wrong on other levels too.

[Alcon]

Here it is: http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html

I love how that map picks up on a bunch of other things (like Blaine County, ID, being infested with Californians )