What Every U.S. State Is Best at

[FreeOnes_Adam]

Interesting. Fucking Hawaii...

 

[Anonyne#017]

"Least likely to collide with a deer" on those islands at the bottom, doesn't sound too much of a honorific to be the best at next to these other states... That seems rather racist and negative approach from the creator(s) of this map compared to other states... Now, which one of your states is the most racist state?

 

[bobjustbob]

But we also get most revenue from casinos, not Pennsylvania. I mean, c'mon...let's be real here.

I doubt that too. I would guess that average per casino is more like it. $2.5B flow through 26,600 slots per month in 12 casinos. PA really knew what they were doing in placing them throughout the state. Then again, CT has only 2 Indian casinos and pulls in $1.5B per month.

 

[D-rock]

I would think because of the shoreline and dealing with the Great Lakes and the weather that could be possible. Most of the Lighthouses on the East Coast are gone from development, erosion, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lighthouses_in_the_United_States

Actually I meant in the running for the top spot in hitting a dear. :1orglaugh

 

[MustBeGood]

Some of them are funny, but I had to chuckle at Hawaii's listed trait. Michigan is probably in the running if not in the top spot for the opposite of that.

I would think because of the shoreline and dealing with the Great Lakes and the weather that could be possible. Most of the Lighthouses on the East Coast are gone from development, erosion, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lighthouses_in_the_United_States

Actually I meant in the running for the top spot in hitting a dear. :1orglaugh

That should be researched on the leader. Minnesota maybe as my little Bro hit one on I-90 heading west of Rochester.

 

[MustBeGood]

Top 10 States to crash into Bambi

10. South Carolina
9. Virginia
8. Minnesota
7. Wisconsin
6. Mississippi
5. South Dakota
4. Iowa
3. Montana
2. Pennsylvania
1. West Virginia

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/auto/top-states-most-likely-to-hit-deer-1.aspx

 

[Elwood70]

"Fewest accidental deaths"

Of course, because most deaths in Baltimore are more often deliberate than accidental.

...and Baltimoreans can handle their heroin.

 

[BCT]

There's Bambi's all around my house. I leave a salt lick across the street near the woods.

 

[bahodeme]

Actually I meant in the running for the top spot in hitting a dear. :1orglaugh

Mea Culpa. I thought you didn't agree with MI's claim to fame.

 

[Supafly]

That chart shows me once again that I can probably tell ten percent of the actual state names correctly at their actual position ^^

 

[knowone]

And the most important thing: PORN! Porn Valley California, We win, you can close the thread now.

 

[D-rock]

Top 10 States to crash into Bambi

10. South Carolina
9. Virginia
8. Minnesota
7. Wisconsin
6. Mississippi
5. South Dakota
4. Iowa
3. Montana
2. Pennsylvania
1. West Virginia

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/auto/top-states-most-likely-to-hit-deer-1.aspx

Actually it's more complicated than just that. A lot of states are less homogonous compared to others when it comes to the divide rural and urban areas, and how their population density is spread out. There could be large urban centers with high population that throw off figures of how bad it can be as deer are almost never hit in the middle of a city because they don't settle down there. Part of what's has to be taken into account is that is just auto insurance claims. How wealthy people are in a state plays a huge factor in this as somebody that's poor and doesn't have full insurance isn't going to and can't file a claim on a car that's not worth much. They will just accept the car is totaled and move on to another piece of junk in it will never go into insurance claim statistics.

The last data I saw was a few years ago and Michigan was in third place. Considering every state around it's rank was sparsely populated it makes it's place even more stark as much of the people living in it are in urban areas and aren't effected by the chances of running into a deer. That makes everybody else not living on those areas making up for all the people that do in the stats have that much more risk. I wouldn't be surprised at all if rural Michigan is the worst place in the country and maybe even the world for running into a deer with a car. On the anecdotal side of things of people I know that live in a rural area it's extremely rare to come across anybody that's been driving more than a decade or two that hasn't run into a dear, and people running into four or more in their lifetimes isn't a shocking thing to hear.

 

[MustBeGood]

Actually it's more complicated than just that. A lot of states are less homogonous compared to others when it comes to the divide rural and urban areas, and how their population density is spread out. There could be large urban centers with high population that throw off figures of how bad it can be as deer are almost never hit in the middle of a city because they don't settle down there. Part of what's has to be taken into account is that is just auto insurance claims. How wealthy people are in a state plays a huge factor in this as somebody that's poor and doesn't have full insurance isn't going to and can't file a claim on a car that's not worth much. They will just accept the car is totaled and move on to another piece of junk in it will never go into insurance claim statistics.

The last data I saw was a few years ago and Michigan was in third place. Considering every state around it's rank was sparsely populated it makes it's place even more stark as much of the people living in it are in urban areas and aren't effected by the chances of running into a deer. That makes everybody else not living on those areas making up for all the people that do in the stats have that much more risk. I wouldn't be surprised at all if rural Michigan is the worst place in the country and maybe even the world for running into a deer with a car. On the anecdotal side of things of people I know that live in a rural area it's extremely rare to come across anybody that's been driving more than a decade or two that hasn't run into a dear, and people running into four or more in their lifetimes isn't a shocking thing to hear.

Pittsburgh for one built on the bluffs of the three rivers can skew the stats. If you ever went through the two main tunnels off of US 22 from the airport and I-76 from Monroeville, the other sides not in the downtown area are wooded but urban.