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Here we have a map of the United States, colored by county. Blue voted for John Kerry, red for George W. Bush:
There are white splotches from certain counties which had not yet finished counting. Also, Alaska apparently does not tally voting by county, which is why they are white here. In the state-by-state breakdown, Alaska is red.
And now, we have a population density map of the United States:
This map is based on 1990 population information, so it could be slightly outdated - but not, I think, by much.
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Wow. areas with less than one person per square mile are cool. Not terribly habitable, but cool nonetheless.
Damn: Dade nad Broward counties are still not finished counting.... I feeel a candal coming on.
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As though getting laid is not tough enough in densly populated areas.... Imagine trying to hook up when the nearest woman is miles and miles away.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: As though getting laid is not tough enough in densly populated areas.... Imagine trying to hook up when the nearest woman is miles and miles away.
Well no wonder Zephram Cochrane from Montana (aka Alpha Centauri) invented warp-drive - he had no other 'hobbies'
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I occasionally think David Brooks is on something too....
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-------------------- "Warfare is the greatest affair of state, the basis of life and death, the Tao to survivial or extinction. It must be thoroughly pondered and analyzed."
"...attaining one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the pinnacle of excellence. Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence."
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What Futurama Guy said, Mucus. The Chihuahuan Desert overlaps a bit into southwestern Texas, plus Big Bend National Park takes up a good chunk of area in the S-curve along the Rio Grande. It's a pretty arid area, but things supposedly get greener and more fertile as you get closer to the mouth of the Rio Grande (I wouldn't know, the closest to the mouth I've been is Laredo).
And, on edit, it just occurred to me that Mucus might be speaking about the lake of blue in an otherwise red state. The southern parts of Texas near the Rio Grande are heavily hispanic. With the exception of two congressional districts, the border area is represented by hispanic Democrats (Ortiz, Hinojosa, Cuellar, and Reyes). The two exceptions are Doggett (a white Democrat) and Bonilla (a hispanic Republican).
Interesting sidenote about Doggett: his district used to be the capital city of Austin. Doggett was one of the Democrats that DeLay's redistricting plan targetted, so Doggett's district was redrawn as spanning from the border all the way up a quarter of Austin. The hopes were that a hispanic Democrat would challenge and defeat Doggett in the primaries. A similar scheme worked by redrawing the district of Chris Bell (a white Democrat) to include a much larger black population. A black Democratic challenger defeated Bell in primaries. Fun stuff, Texas politics.
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invented warp-drive - he had no other 'hobbies' 
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