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Economic size of the United States
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:53 pm
by lasalle
Interesting map: US states renamed for the country with a similar size GDP. Damn. We're big. Except Hawaii and most of the "Red States", of course.
Link to that and lots of other interesting maps here:
http://bigthink.com/blogs/strange-maps
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:59 pm
by Fat Cat
Fuckin' Nigeria? Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:04 pm
by lasalle
Thought you'd like that. And what does Nigeria produce exactly? Maybe some coffee, but it's likely just email scam revenue.
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:16 pm
by WildGorillaMan
Nigeria has oil, and quite a bit of it.
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:22 pm
by Blaidd Drwg
WildGorillaMan wrote:Nigeria has oil, and quite a bit of it.
Metric Fucktons of it in fact.
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:49 pm
by WildGorillaMan
Blaidd Drwg wrote:WildGorillaMan wrote:Nigeria has oil, and quite a bit of it.
Metric Fucktons of it in fact.
And proudly boasts some of the cleanest prostitutes in West Africa.
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:18 am
by Fat Cat
Well that's something, I suppose.
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:03 am
by Turdacious
Comparing Cali to Greece would make more sense.
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:30 am
by Protobuilder
The Economist did the map prettier.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailycha ... _countries
Hawaii isn't like Nigeria anymore, FC.
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:00 am
by Holland Oates
Turdacious wrote:Comparing Cali to Greece would make more sense.
http://news.yahoo.com/judge-backs-calif ... 07062.html
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:05 am
by Sassenach
Lawmakers approved the first phase of the planned 800-mile line this summer, allowing the state to begin selling $2.6 billion in bonds for construction of the first 130-mile stretch of the bullet train in the Central Valley. That approval also allowed the state to tap $3.2 billion from the federal government.
The money is contingent upon completing the first phase of the project by 2017, requiring what officials say is an unprecedented construction pace.
Gosh, I don't see how this could end badly.
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:55 am
by Foul-Mouthed Ignoramus
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:20 am
by Turdacious
The bullet train is little more than a subsidy for law firms.
Re: Economic size of the United States
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 3:49 pm
by DikTracy6000
Which states are China? Oh, nevermind.
