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Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:12 pm
by nietzsche
Image

lol

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:16 pm
by Phatscotty
sweet map. wonder how much things have changed over the last 10 years.

I do have a problem with what my state looks like though. We are not 98% German!?!

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:17 pm
by AAFitz
Seems like theyre gonna have to fight the Germans for it.

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:23 pm
by Army of GOD
Ugh. My county is filled with Irish bastards (though I'm 1/16th Irish myself...).

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:22 pm
by mviola
My county is Italian. That's about right. Everyone is a guid here...

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:26 pm
by Maugena
The Norwegian populace involved a lot more locations than those shown.
South Dakota actually has a decent population. It was that way for A LONG time, so I don't know why that isn't reflected here.
Not to mention, we're spread out in Minnesota... not just in the north west....

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:31 pm
by jonesthecurl
No Jews?

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:39 pm
by Phatscotty
Maugena wrote:The Norwegian populace involved a lot more locations than those shown.
South Dakota actually has a decent population. It was that way for A LONG time, so I don't know why that isn't reflected here.
Not to mention, we're spread out in Minnesota... not just in the north west....


Yes I meant to say the same about Minnesota. Was the first point I had except I just didn't want to get into it too much. I know I live in the city and things are uber-diverse, but in the suburbs minorities segregate themselves to certain zipcodes. Inthe country, Norwegians are severely under-represented in Minnesota (in this map anyways). I also took a Minnesota Geography course, and I do not remember the exact numbers, I just know this map is misleading slightly, or at least in the OP's Title. I am not saying it a "fake" ;) or incorrect, but the it does not get down the the nut-meat of reality. We are just sucking salted shells.

Glad Norwegia could assist me in this

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:56 am
by Maugena
Phatscotty wrote:
Maugena wrote:The Norwegian populace involved a lot more locations than those shown.
South Dakota actually has a decent population. It was that way for A LONG time, so I don't know why that isn't reflected here.
Not to mention, we're spread out in Minnesota... not just in the north west....


Yes I meant to say the same about Minnesota. Was the first point I had except I just didn't want to get into it too much. I know I live in the city and things are uber-diverse, but in the suburbs minorities segregate themselves to certain zipcodes. Inthe country, Norwegians are severely under-represented in Minnesota (in this map anyways). I also took a Minnesota Geography course, and I do not remember the exact numbers, I just know this map is misleading slightly, or at least in the OP's Title. I am not saying it a "fake" ;) or incorrect, but the it does not get down the the nut-meat of reality. We are just sucking salted shells.

Glad Norwegia could assist me in this

Heheh...
I live in Illinois now, but all of my family is in Minnesota. Some came from South Dakota and many, if not most were just in Minnesota.

Edit: There are also large amounts of Germans and Italians [Triple Edit:] and Poles in Illinois. (I guess mostly in the Chicago area, but still...)

Double Edit: And what the f*ck is "American" anyway?
This map is fucking off like you wouldn't believe.

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:45 am
by nietzsche
Its about ancestry not about first or second generation immigrants. At least that's what I think.

I used to think the ancestry of most Americans was English.

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:51 am
by Baron Von PWN
Maugena wrote:
Double Edit: And what the f*ck is "American" anyway?
This map is fucking off like you wouldn't believe.


After you've been in a place long enough it eventually stops making sense to go all the way back to your European ancestors. there is a similar thing in Canada where people put Canadian as there ancestry, basicly it means they don't really know or their family has been in the country for many generations.

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:30 am
by The Bison King
Or they are degenerate hill people

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:49 am
by jimboston
I've long known the Boston area had the highest percentage of Irish Immigrants in the country.

This is an interesting Map... but it lacks a lot as well. Ethnicity, societal culture, language, change in population over short periods of time... these factors are more useful in understanding society and interpretting or inferring positive or negative consequences of such.

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:53 am
by AAFitz
nietzsche wrote:Its about ancestry not about first or second generation immigrants. At least that's what I think.

I used to think the ancestry of most Americans was English.


It actually makes sense that it isnt. England was probably one of the better countries to live in at the times of most of the immigrations from various countries. The biggest influxes have usually come in the biggest times of crisis in the home country, or in some cases booming growth here Ex: gold rush, railroads, dotcom, etc.

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:23 am
by KoolBak
Well the one area I know is Oregon....and the big white spot in the center = "other"?? THAT is BS....it is roughly 1/3 european / whatever mixed white ancestry, 1/3 mexican and 1/3 Native American. Other.....lol. And it looks like German is the catch-all for people that didnt answer? I cant hardly believe the majority of the country is german ancestry.....

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:39 am
by Pedronicus
This is why America was reluctant to join WW2

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:37 am
by The Bison King
This map does do a good job of showing how much of it's own thing the south is compared to the rest of the nation. Man that place is screwed up.

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:39 am
by The Bison King
Double Edit: And what the f*ck is "American" anyway?
This map is fucking off like you wouldn't believe.


Also I find it funny that people always get their panties in a bunch when they see "American" listed as an ethnicity but no one questions the fact that "Mexican" isn't listed as "Spanish"

THAT MY FRIEND IS A DOUBLE STANDARD.

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:11 am
by Trephining
The map is interesting but largely useless because of how it is constructed.

If you have one "ancestry" with 15% of the people in that county, that can easily be the biggest with the other ancestries having 14%, 13%, etc. It doesn't really say much.

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:10 am
by KoolBak
Pedronicus wrote:This is why America was reluctant to join WW2


I'd have bet my left nut you'd get some sort of shot in POP....lol

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:15 am
by 2dimes
KoolBak wrote:
Pedronicus wrote:This is why America was reluctant to join WW2


I'd have bet my left nut you'd get some sort of shot in POP....lol

Ich möchte sieben Tacos bitte.

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:24 am
by KoolBak
Mas Tequila por favor!

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:25 am
by The Bison King
Die Burrito mit Kase gefelt mir sehr gut!

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:28 pm
by bedub1
Notice where the only Americans in America live?

Re: Mexico Invading USA!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:42 pm
by DAZMCFC
after all these years, you Yanks have said "if it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking German". :roll: