I came across this graphic at the excellent blog, Floating Sheep. It shows the density of bars (red) vs grocery stores (yellow) across the U.S. You can quite clearly see the “beer belly of America.”
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Looks like NY state is the love-handle.
Wow… living in Milwaukee, I knew about the large number of bars here but …uh wow….
I saw a map a little while ago that showed the number of McDonnald’s in the country, that was also eye opening.
What is it Liz Lemon says? “I want to go to there.”
How did Hoboken, NJ miss this map?