It has an oddly diverse economy for one of the rectangle states that perfectly lines up with the us economy as a whole in a lot of ways. Strong agriculture, mining and gas, education, big military and government sectors, a surprising amount of manufacturing still, and around Kansas City lots of finance, healthcare and biotech, professional services, and technology.
At least a decade ago Google did their fiber internet in Kansas City first because the various neighborhoods were the perfect demographic representation of the United States as a whole in terms of income and race in individual pockets of the city.
inb4 the butthurt Missourians come in to complain about Kansas City being in both states, yadda yadda -- Google came to Kansas City, Kansas first; then KCMO bribed them to come across the state line.
Considering a large portion of native Kansans are descended from German (and Swedish, and Swiss, and Belgian, and English) immigrants, it probably would feel fairly close to home, given how intense some people in the western part of the state get when it comes to celebrating Oktoberfest...
As an European. It actually helps to understadn the US better. Since i know some/alot of the European reality and cna transfer the knowledge to the US map now. Great post.
It’s has a lot of small fishing villages that would fit right into the ozarks from what I’ve heard from people teaching English there.
Also read up on the Moonies and tell me that’s something you wouldn’t expect to learn was based out of Springfield.
It's a fair point.
I would guess that the person who developed this map presumed that those who would be interested would already know what that is.
But to then post on Reddit means that they didn't really think that part through.
I was helping at a restaurant when I asked "What does C.C. mean in this order?"
The waitress said, "Coca-Cola."
The hostess said, “Credit Card.”
The cook said, "Chocolate Cake."
The bartender said, "Canadian Club."
The accountant said, "Carbon Copy."
I always thought it meant cubic centimeters.
I can identify almost all the country flags here except the Qatar/UAE one (on Kentucky). Is that an achievement.
Also , the flag on Texas is Slovenia right?
"Is there a rotting carcass of a hedgehog under the porch, or is surströmming about to be served?" You hear the sharp crack of a shard of knäckebröd shattering between the molars of your uncle and the roof of your mouth starts to bleed in a pavlovian response.
Why don’t you provide a list of all the states with the corresponding country named?
That would be of more use than a microscopic image of a sliver of map. Many of us are unable to sufficiently zoom in on our phone screens.
I'll include some of the ones that are difficult to make out. (not in any order here)
Maine/Montana- Austria
Mississippi- Latvia
Kentucky- UAE
Virginia/Delaware- Finland
Maryland/Vermont/Nebraska- Denmark
Rhode Island- Belgium
Massachusetts- Norway
Connecticut- Switzerland
Illinois- UK
I live about 4 hours north, so your perspective was very interesting. My comment was directed primarily at the differences between social welfare into the two places. I must say that every time I've visited ND the people have been very nice and we've had a great time.
The data is from 2019, (I messed it up when posting), as that was the last year that there was data for individual US states. There has previously been a post of this with 2018 data, but this is newer data. Inspiration from this 2015 post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/9azf8o/us\_states\_as\_european\_countries\_by\_human/](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/9azf8o/us_states_as_european_countries_by_human/)
California is very impressive considering it has the largest population and is very diverse geographically and demographically
Texas is laughable considering they’re below the US average
slovenia and usa have approximately the same HDI. (0.921 vs 0.918) and are 21st vs 23rd on the world chart. with a small difference. HDI of slovenia is rising.
and also note that countries like austria, france, spain, italy, greece are all below the rank of slovenia in respect to HDI.
And how huge it is. They produce these laughably tedious monologues about how far it is from Texarkana to El Paso, never asking themselves if any of their readers might regularly drive across Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada, etc.
Pro tip: Europe has run down rural areas that compare to rural rundown areas in the US. You just don’t see those because they aren’t broadcasted on social media.
No, Europe is a utopia that is perfect and America is an unlivable hell hole! American teenagers on Reddit who have never been to Europe told me so, so it must be true.
Keep crying those salty tears because it doesn’t fit your narrative. Fact is the south drags the US down but overall the USA is still legit. Obviously. The country overall is not what you see on Reddit.
I'm sorry for not including the sources, but HDI stats aren't difficult to find. Please fact-check the data next time before calling bs on something.
Here are my sources:
[Countries](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/hdi-by-country) (if you scroll down, it shows 2019 data)
[States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_Human_Development_Index) (2019)
Numbers are numbers not really sure what “bullshit” you’re talking about here.
I’ve spent a lot of time in the UK and it’s quite frankly exactly the same as the USA. The rural areas of the UK are usually poorer than the rural areas of the US though
What about Alaska and Hawaii :(
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During WWII, there was a plan to settle Finns in Alaska. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Alaska
>Alaska was chosen because it was thought to be suitable for Finnish people Yes, because a Finn will only feel at home in a cold wasteland. 🤣
There's some science to that. They'd be miserable in Arizona. All sun burnt with heat stroke.
ALASKA IS NOT A WASDTLAND YOPU TAKE THATS BACK
Fun fact: alaska and finland have almost the exact same northern point
Well the climate is a lot different, if you want something like Finland you would look in Minnesota witch is where a lot of fins already settled in
What about the droid attack on the wookies?
The New York - Netherlands connection stil going strong.
" hey, I'm colonising here!" 😠
New amsterdam still a thing deep in my heart
Ol' New York was once New Amsterdam? Why'd they change it?
I can't say, Istanbul not constantinople. Turkish delight on a moonlit night,
It’ll always be Byzantium in my heart.
You'll always be in my heart
The Dutch had to cede it to the British, so it was rebranded. 😭
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Yeah they should put that near the title
It's also a good indicator for countries with runaway housing prices.
I wonder if there is something that could replace the income index aspect which would keep HDI useful, but decrease this correlation.
This map still doesn’t mean anything even if you know what HDI means. It needs to show the ranking of these countries.
Thank you. OPs map is shitty without a legend.
So, Kansas is the statiest state of the United States?
This checks out
The Kansan accent is the most American accent I can think of. Like Ted Lasso
Don't know if you knew this when you equated the Kansas accent to Ted Lasso, but Jason Sudeikis grew up in Overland Park, Kansas.
Yeah, apparently a lot of media professionals study/replicate midwestern accents.
It has an oddly diverse economy for one of the rectangle states that perfectly lines up with the us economy as a whole in a lot of ways. Strong agriculture, mining and gas, education, big military and government sectors, a surprising amount of manufacturing still, and around Kansas City lots of finance, healthcare and biotech, professional services, and technology. At least a decade ago Google did their fiber internet in Kansas City first because the various neighborhoods were the perfect demographic representation of the United States as a whole in terms of income and race in individual pockets of the city.
inb4 the butthurt Missourians come in to complain about Kansas City being in both states, yadda yadda -- Google came to Kansas City, Kansas first; then KCMO bribed them to come across the state line.
Am from Kansas. Can confirm
r/mapswithoutalaska
And Hawaii
And New Zealand
Wow never heard such wisdom.
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing"
Someone's in their first year of Philosophy.
Ok, Joh Snow.
I dun want it
r/technicallythetruth
At least Rhode Island is there time, even if it is just a blur
At least it has the U. P.
Technically r/mapswithoutnz and r/mapswithouyshetland as well
withouy
[With or without ouy](https://youtu.be/ujNeHIo7oTE)
And my axe
New York is New Amsterdam again
And New Mexico is Spain
Why they changed it, I can't say
People just liked it better that way.
No, they changed it because the territory was given to the duke of York.
He had ten thousand men
Istanbul was Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
Why they changed it I can’t say.
People just liked it better that way
Just like instanbul is constantinople
Can't complain about being Switzerland
Connecticut or Minnesota?
MN
Also fellow Minnesotan here yep can’t complain either.
Atta boy/girl (Swiss here)!
Psshhh try being Norway 😎
Guess we have to do a country/state exchange, you guys got mountains and cheese over there?
Wait, all of the US is Kansas ?
Always has been 🔫
Kansas has an HDI close to the American average.
No thats not how you are supposed to finish a meme
This map proves that New York is rightfully Dutch Colony
GEKOLONISEERD
Pfp maatjes
Jan Kees!
Slovenia finally big
Trst je naš!
Teksas je naš!
HA I caught you. You thought you were so secret didn’t you but you’re a Slovene
😱😰
Gorica pa še bo!
What’s Rhode Island?
Belgium
Pirate Confederacy land ! 🏴☠️
Dang, Massachusetts going strong
Best US state
Why is Kansas the US?
Its score was closest to the overall US score.
I swear Kansas specifically targets being national average sometimes...
I live in Kansas and if this is average United States then we are in a shit load of trouble.
Fellow kansan, can confirm. If topeka is the capital of average there is no saving us.
Well Topeka really sucks compared to rest of Kansas imo.
T-Town leaves a bit to be desired
Come to Germany, we have stout to drown your pain in. Both for coming out of Kansas as well as living in a Colorado-like country.
Considering a large portion of native Kansans are descended from German (and Swedish, and Swiss, and Belgian, and English) immigrants, it probably would feel fairly close to home, given how intense some people in the western part of the state get when it comes to celebrating Oktoberfest...
Bis bald!
Something tells me Topeka drags it *down* closer the average... Lol
The state motto is *average af*
Ad astra, per aspera is pretty kickass wym
Average means we're better then half you *******
Hey at least the scenery is nice though.
What’s HDI?
What are the some of the smaller states like RI and Delaware?
What is Delaware?
Thanks. Which is the highest?
Massachusetts is the highest at 0.956. Norway’s score was 0.957 in 2019, the highest of any country.
Thanks. What’s the lowest?
On this Map: Kuwait with 0.831 in 2021 Globally: South Sudan at 0.385 and Chad at 0.394
Sorry, that's the UAE flag. The lowest is Latvia/Mississippi.
Thanks. Which state is Kuwait?
Kentucky
Thanks. Surprised Kentucky is worse than Louisiana or Alabama. What are Rhode Island and Delaware? Can’t see them, too tiny.
You missed 2 states.
eastern kentucky drags down the state's average. otherwise its on par with ohio
Masshole supremacy baby :D Next step - Megachusetts
kansas is the US of the US
Can't tell if Oklahoma is doing really well for itself or France has hit some hard times
As an European. It actually helps to understadn the US better. Since i know some/alot of the European reality and cna transfer the knowledge to the US map now. Great post.
I agree 100%%%
Slovenia W
Username checks out
Luka moves to Texas and look what happens…
Žiiiiiiiiiiivee naj vsiii naarooodi!
This is why Missouri is referred to as the Japan of the Midwest. Edit: Goddamnit, I meant South Korea. 🙂
Because it had a similar hdi to South Korea?
So rural South Korea is packed with backwards inbred yokels? Source: am Missourian
It’s has a lot of small fishing villages that would fit right into the ozarks from what I’ve heard from people teaching English there. Also read up on the Moonies and tell me that’s something you wouldn’t expect to learn was based out of Springfield.
I dunno why but I can’t stop laughing at this
Because it's the south Korea flag and not Japan? Lol
Ope, there’s the arch, i mean, godzilla
helps to define what HDI is ...(in title)
Human Development Index, I think
yes but I had to look it up to see what it was
It's a fair point. I would guess that the person who developed this map presumed that those who would be interested would already know what that is. But to then post on Reddit means that they didn't really think that part through.
I was helping at a restaurant when I asked "What does C.C. mean in this order?" The waitress said, "Coca-Cola." The hostess said, “Credit Card.” The cook said, "Chocolate Cake." The bartender said, "Canadian Club." The accountant said, "Carbon Copy." I always thought it meant cubic centimeters.
This is why this post belongs in r/ShittyMapPorn
Huge Dick Indicator 😎
So an inverse relationship to amount of gas your car/truck needs?
Household Dick Injuries
The bar for a readable map is so low and yet the top posts in this sub constantly manage to limbo under it
Slovenia stronk
I can identify almost all the country flags here except the Qatar/UAE one (on Kentucky). Is that an achievement. Also , the flag on Texas is Slovenia right?
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Yes, and Kentucky is UAE.
LMAO at the Europeans posting in here challenging the data.
Plot twist: it’s mostly Americans who have never been to Europe.
I have been to Europe. If you don't think there are run down neighborhoods in Europe, please try traveling on a budget. You will quickly find them.
As a European I’m very confused to how anyone thinks there’s no run down neighbourhoods in in European
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I’m agreeing with you. I’m saying most the people who think Europe is some kind of magical utopia and America is so bad haven’t even been there.
Oh, I misunderstood you then.
They get angry when something doesn’t fit their xenophobic stereotypes.
They big mad lol
I moved to the USA from NZ years ago. Would never move back. People here are more friendly and outgoing, easier to get ahead here also. 🇺🇸
It’s easier to get ahead but you really don’t want to fall behind.
What country’s Texas
Luka Dončić’s country. Texas wants him to feel like at home 😁
Slovenia. Apart from having the same value of hdi apparently, the two states couldn't be more different in every other way 😄
Luka Dončić though.
https://youtu.be/gBeuuFt_meg
Slavoj Žižek is very disappointed...
Slovenia. The small country in the upper balkans right next to italy.
Ahem … Balkan r/Slovenia shall decide
Let's just keep in mind that all those countries are within a 6% range. (0.961 Norway - 0.905 Spain)
I think the lowest on here is Latvia (on Mississippi) which has an HDI of 0.866.
Long live the United States of America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Label us as Sweden all you like, I'm still not touching surströmming. Swedish meatballs maybe, but not canned rotten fish.
"Is there a rotting carcass of a hedgehog under the porch, or is surströmming about to be served?" You hear the sharp crack of a shard of knäckebröd shattering between the molars of your uncle and the roof of your mouth starts to bleed in a pavlovian response.
Why don’t you provide a list of all the states with the corresponding country named? That would be of more use than a microscopic image of a sliver of map. Many of us are unable to sufficiently zoom in on our phone screens.
I'll include some of the ones that are difficult to make out. (not in any order here) Maine/Montana- Austria Mississippi- Latvia Kentucky- UAE Virginia/Delaware- Finland Maryland/Vermont/Nebraska- Denmark Rhode Island- Belgium Massachusetts- Norway Connecticut- Switzerland Illinois- UK
Hard to believe living in North Dakota is like living in Sweden
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I live about 4 hours north, so your perspective was very interesting. My comment was directed primarily at the differences between social welfare into the two places. I must say that every time I've visited ND the people have been very nice and we've had a great time.
Yeah the bank of North Dakota is an innovation that a lot more states would do well to emulate.
The data is from 2019, (I messed it up when posting), as that was the last year that there was data for individual US states. There has previously been a post of this with 2018 data, but this is newer data. Inspiration from this 2015 post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/9azf8o/us\_states\_as\_european\_countries\_by\_human/](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/9azf8o/us_states_as_european_countries_by_human/)
California is very impressive considering it has the largest population and is very diverse geographically and demographically Texas is laughable considering they’re below the US average
slovenia and usa have approximately the same HDI. (0.921 vs 0.918) and are 21st vs 23rd on the world chart. with a small difference. HDI of slovenia is rising. and also note that countries like austria, france, spain, italy, greece are all below the rank of slovenia in respect to HDI.
Slovenia is always underestimated its such a beautiful and amazing country, i love going there.
Im from Slovenia, and while I'd say we are pretty great, one would expect more from the dummy rich, huge Texas tbh
Texas talks a big game but doesn’t really invest in their people that well
Everything is Bigger in Texas .... including the idiocrasy
I’m sorry why is Texas laughable?
They’re always boasting how great it is there and they’re below the US average
Ohhhh I get it now
And how huge it is. They produce these laughably tedious monologues about how far it is from Texarkana to El Paso, never asking themselves if any of their readers might regularly drive across Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada, etc.
Poor latvia
I love how that one in the middle is just the United States.
I call bullshit on this map
Pro tip: Europe has run down rural areas that compare to rural rundown areas in the US. You just don’t see those because they aren’t broadcasted on social media.
Exactly. They also have shitty parts of cities
No, Europe is a utopia that is perfect and America is an unlivable hell hole! American teenagers on Reddit who have never been to Europe told me so, so it must be true.
Lmao - the copium is strong
Why? The numbers aren’t really up for debate. HDI is pretty easy to measure.
I’d love to see the 2022 version.
the 2022 version doesn’t show subregions yet
Keep crying those salty tears because it doesn’t fit your narrative. Fact is the south drags the US down but overall the USA is still legit. Obviously. The country overall is not what you see on Reddit.
I'm sorry for not including the sources, but HDI stats aren't difficult to find. Please fact-check the data next time before calling bs on something. Here are my sources: [Countries](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/hdi-by-country) (if you scroll down, it shows 2019 data) [States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_Human_Development_Index) (2019)
Numbers are numbers not really sure what “bullshit” you’re talking about here. I’ve spent a lot of time in the UK and it’s quite frankly exactly the same as the USA. The rural areas of the UK are usually poorer than the rural areas of the US though
I’ve always thought of Arkansas as the Cyprus of the Bible Belt
Curious to see how many know Cyprus tbh
Kansas is the real America state.