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Maps for your viewing pleasure…

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I have to say this first one surprised me.

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Where’s the beef?

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Striking isn’t it?

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Why are northern men taller than southerners?

Do grits stunt your growth?

This next one is for a particular blog friend who is moving to Wisconsin…

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You’re welcome.

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I lived in North Carolina for 17 years and passed cotton fields every day. Had no idea Texas was cotton country though.

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A very sad map indeed.

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22 thoughts on “Maps for your viewing pleasure…”

  2. The makers of the first map are definitely math-challenged: “The scale ranges from 1 to 2 and all 50 states scored below 1.” That makes no sense. It looks like the scale ranges from 0-1. (or actually from 0.4-0.92.)

    Grits may not stunt your growth, but poverty does. I’m guessing the shortness in the south has to do with a history of poor nutrition.

    The Wisconsin Dells is indeed an area of beautiful rock formations carved by the river, but the culture shock is due to its claimed status as the “Waterpark Capital of the World”. But being Wisconsin born and raised, I do not eat ranch dressing. And bubbler does not equal water fountain. It does equal drinking fountain. A water fountain here is a decorative landscaping element. You’d have to be crazy to drink from one.

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  5. Norwegians and Swedes (of which I am one) immigrated to the northern states and they tend to be taller on average. – I’ve actually seen a lot of cotton fields in California so that stat is a little surprising. The thing to be aware of in Wisconsin is they LOVE their Green Bay Packers.

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  6. Yes, Texas is king when it comes to cotton. My dad worked 38 years at the cotton gin, then retired when they mechanize his job. I grew up in the middle of cotton fields, my high school was surrounded by cotton fields. When I got married my ex husband worked on a cotton farm as vehicle maintenance with his dad. Our first house was on the farm, yes, in the middle of cotton fields. Summers were brutal when they’d irrigate, we had mosquito swarms, it sucked. Just like the mosquitos…..🤣.

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  7. Nice to see I am below average in something 🫤 yeah it sucks being one of the few shorter guys at work (although a lot of the guys I regularly talk to are around my height 5’6) at least I aint like my buddy Mark. Currently shortest guy at work (shorter than even some women)

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  8. That home affordability map rings true. I didn’t try to buy a home when I lived in Montana, but I was dirt poor and it was very hard to make ends meet without several jobs.
    I can’t speak about the other “tall male” states, but MN has a lot of Scandinavians, who tend to be quite tall. Wisconsin = dress casual? Indeed. That’s where you find jeans at weddings.

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    1. I think casual attire is everywhere. I attended a funeral recently and was the only one in a black dress. There’s nothing wrong with being comfortable, in Maine we live in shorts and jeans… but at weddings and funerals? No.

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