Love how for some it’s faster to go through Canada
rubizza on
Data is beautiful indeed in your hands. Thanks for this! It’s very anatomical.
BrodieLodge on
I’d love to see this with the isochrones marked
GrassyKnoll95 on
All the ways to get the hell out of Kansas
Nomad-2020 on
Fuck Alaska and Hawaii, amirite
rightwingcrimespree on
This isn’t anywhere near all of the counties in the United States.
whenitsTimeyoullknow on
My best guess is that Omaha, NE is the closest population center to the center point.
Dexter_Adams on
Just leaving out Alaska huh
headwaterscarto on
Now do it in different colors for different metropolitan areas
swiminthemud on
Someone overlay it with an interstate map
blazemongr on
> As near as anyone could figure it out the exact center of the continental United States was several miles from Lebanon, Kansas, on Johnny Grib’s hog farm but he didn’t want millions of tourists coming in and tramping all over and upsetting the hogs, so the town of Lebanon put the monument two miles north of the town. They built a park, a stone monument, they even built a motel by the monument. Then they waited. The tourists did not come. Nobody came.
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I think we ran out of desire to draw counties as we went west. “Uh, here, county, country, same difference…”
The year is 5273, the oceans having long turned to poison forced humanity into the interior. Now only one human city remains….
Interesting how large that gap is around Inyo / San Bernardino county
Seems like Louisiana should not be allowed to participate
Only works if you have suitable documentation to enter Canada.
Honestly, I think Johnny Canal had the right idea here
https://youtu.be/F42qmFHNM-M?si=OwmfJhGqrnsQrGSQ
Love how for some it’s faster to go through Canada
Data is beautiful indeed in your hands. Thanks for this! It’s very anatomical.
I’d love to see this with the isochrones marked
All the ways to get the hell out of Kansas
Fuck Alaska and Hawaii, amirite
This isn’t anywhere near all of the counties in the United States.
My best guess is that Omaha, NE is the closest population center to the center point.
Just leaving out Alaska huh
Now do it in different colors for different metropolitan areas
Someone overlay it with an interstate map
> As near as anyone could figure it out the exact center of the continental United States was several miles from Lebanon, Kansas, on Johnny Grib’s hog farm but he didn’t want millions of tourists coming in and tramping all over and upsetting the hogs, so the town of Lebanon put the monument two miles north of the town. They built a park, a stone monument, they even built a motel by the monument. Then they waited. The tourists did not come. Nobody came.
https://americangods.fandom.com/wiki/Center_of_America
Why did you tag it OC? This [was posted 8 years ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/7pwnub/optimal_routes_from_the_geographic_center_of_the/) by u/Tjukanov.
The geographic center of the U.S. is different than the geographic center of the **contiguous** U.S.