Map: US States Renamed as Countries with Similar GDPs

holy cow america is mighty

That's a really nice map! I made some graphs today comparing Chinese dialects (Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Minnan, Hakka, etc) to languages with a similar number of speakers. When I write up a blog post about it, then I'll share it here. (Hakka news on Hacker News!)

I also like this world map, scaled by population instead of land area. I think it would be interesting to edit it with major cities, and also use it as a base for other infographics.

http://www.buzzhunt.co.uk/wp-content/2014/01/World-map-sizes...

>> Nominal GDP per capita does not, however, reflect differences in the cost of living and the inflation rates of the countries; therefore using a basis of GDP per capita at purchasing power parity (PPP) is arguably more useful when comparing differences in living standards between different nations.

If you live in a roach infested box in California you need to be putting dollars in the bank and have an exit plan to take those dollars to somewhere with a much lower COL someday, otherwise...you live in a roach infested box with a very high GDP!

Mighty doesn’t mean everyone gets free stuff via government redistribution programs. And maybe one can see that this is the reason America is “mighty.” We attract and retain the best of the whole world, who come here because they are tired of senseless redistribution campaigns by the have-nots of the world. Not to mention freedom generally, which is why my family came to the US: we were not seeking economic opportunities, but freedom from oppression and discrimination, which in 2018 is still much more the exception than the rule globally.

Russia can huff and puff all it wants, but Ed Snowden is still basically the only prominent American who has ever moved to Russia. This while millions of people from the FSU moved to the US, Israel, Europe, Australia and Canada over the past thirty years, which is the fundamental difference between the US and Russia, etc.

Now if only there was a way to send the people who want redistribution to places where they have that sort of thing. That would be great! But guess what: Norway doesn’t want these people :(. They have enough people jockeying for the dole.