Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Favorite Other State

I remember seeing this map a long time ago on Twitter, but someone posted it again today:

(As always, click to enlarge.)

The data source is a bit spurious (some guy's Instagram followers). That set of people seems like it might be made up of a bunch of people from Minnesota, Colorado, and Florida, pretending they're from other states. But who knows?

For the purposes of this post, however, I wanted to list the states that are shown to be no other state's favorite:

  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Delaware
  • Illinois
  • Indiana 
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Maryland
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

That's one shy of half the states. 

The map shows 15 of the states liking the same three states, plus one liking Canada (Minnesota: accurate) and one liking no one. 

(I don't get why anyone would like New Hampshire particularly. And as one person said in the comments today, it's hard to believe Illinois people would pick Iowa.)


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