Misc An interesting Rain Man-type of thread: "Neighborhoods" of states

**RealSNR** · 04-17-2013, 07:52 PM

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/20...paign=20130417

This is a pretty cool set of research done on an NPR blog. The guy used basic information to track dollar bills to see where dollar bills get spent. The basic premise is that large metro areas are beacons for incoming money. You could say they function as foci for various regions of the country, where a huge portion of the dollar bills seem to stay located. This map is what he found:

I highly recommend checking out the rest of the article. It's interesting to see where certain lines are drawn and how people from different states tend to associate across borders where the business is. At its heart, this makes perfect sense. For example, Minneapolis/St. Paul is located very close to the Wisconsin border. Are people who live just over the state border in Wisconsin more likely to spend their money in Minneapolis or Milwaukee? Well, the answer is obvious, but state borders have a way of sectioning those people off as being totally not associated at all with that metro area.

There is a lot of other cool maps and shit on the blog post that explain the decisions they made. Some of the other data they draw from includes who people tend to talk to on cell phones. And obviously, they're better at explaining their own research than I am.

Hey, it's a nice thing that took my mind off that fat abortion Luke ****ing Joeckel for a few minutes.

04-17-2013, 07:52 PM	Topic Starter
RealSNR Special Teams ACE!!! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Where the hell is SNR Casino cash: $2240208	An interesting Rain Man-type of thread: "Neighborhoods" of states http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/20...paign=20130417 This is a pretty cool set of research done on an NPR blog. The guy used basic information to track dollar bills to see where dollar bills get spent. The basic premise is that large metro areas are beacons for incoming money. You could say they function as foci for various regions of the country, where a huge portion of the dollar bills seem to stay located. This map is what he found: I highly recommend checking out the rest of the article. It's interesting to see where certain lines are drawn and how people from different states tend to associate across borders where the business is. At its heart, this makes perfect sense. For example, Minneapolis/St. Paul is located very close to the Wisconsin border. Are people who live just over the state border in Wisconsin more likely to spend their money in Minneapolis or Milwaukee? Well, the answer is obvious, but state borders have a way of sectioning those people off as being totally not associated at all with that metro area. There is a lot of other cool maps and shit on the blog post that explain the decisions they made. Some of the other data they draw from includes who people tend to talk to on cell phones. And obviously, they're better at explaining their own research than I am. Hey, it's a nice thing that took my mind off that fat abortion Luke ****ing Joeckel for a few minutes.
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