[downinflames68]

449 – “Great Party Place, Wisconsin”, or: America’s Beer Belly � Strange Maps

Wow.

[voodoo]

Wisconsin has the Green Bay Packers - win by default.

[imitchellg5]

Go get 'em, badger state.

[JoshuaZ]

Damn Wisconsin.... this explains why everyone there is so.... big....

That and the cheese. The glorious glorious cheese.

Only three weeks until I return there for a couple of years.

A couple of years being covered in cheese!

[King Bob On The Cob]

It depends if they beat the Illini in the Big Ten Tourney. I'll firebomb the state if they win.

[turtle777]

Doesn't that only tell us about a shortage of grocery stores ?

A useful metric would be bars / 1000 people or something similar.

-t

[King Bob On The Cob]

FTA: "According to the 2007 Census, there are on average 1.52 bars (2) for every 10,000 people in the US. Those numbers are a lot higher in the ‘red’ states: Wyoming (3.40), Nebraska (3.68), Iowa (3.73), South Dakota (4.73), Wisconsin (5.88), Montana (6.34) and North Dakota, which, with an average of 6.54 bars per 10,000 inhabitants apparently is the top “party state” in the Union." So, I'd say Wisconsin parties pretty hard.

[olePigeon]

Peuurrty, doncha know! Ouer steet is da best peurty steet! Oh, you betcha! Weeoo!

[JoshuaZ]

Originally Posted by King Bob On The Cob 

FTA: "According to the 2007 Census, there are on average 1.52 bars (2) for every 10,000 people in the US. Those numbers are a lot higher in the ‘red’ states: Wyoming (3.40), Nebraska (3.68), Iowa (3.73), South Dakota (4.73), Wisconsin (5.88), Montana (6.34) and North Dakota, which, with an average of 6.54 bars per 10,000 inhabitants apparently is the top “party state” in the Union." So, I'd say Wisconsin parties pretty hard.

Wisconsin and Iowa (lets also not forget Minnesota) are not "Red" states. They're very blue and quite liberal.

Shoot, Iowa has that whole gay marriage thing worked out.

Which is always why I'm so surprised that so many people use Iowa as an indicator of what the entire country is thinking. All this focus on a state that is kind of liberal, kind of industrial, and kind of a year behind the rest of the country in culture.

(Sorry, had to throw that one in there. Ex-Iowa person.)

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ 

Wisconsin and Iowa (lets also not forget Minnesota) are not "Red" states. They're very blue and quite liberal.

Does "red" refer to political leaning or the pictured map?

Shoot, Iowa has that whole gay marriage thing worked out.

But it wasn't a public vote.

Which is always why I'm so surprised that so many people use Iowa as an indicator of what the entire country is thinking. All this focus on a state that is kind of liberal, kind of industrial, and kind of a year behind the rest of the country in culture.

South Park says two years.

(Sorry, had to throw that one in there. Ex-Iowa person.)

More like Ex-Awesome person amirite?

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ 

Wisconsin and Iowa (lets also not forget Minnesota) are not "Red" states. They're very blue and quite liberal.

Shoot, Iowa has that whole gay marriage thing worked out.

The PWL is down the corridor on the right.

-t