The Saddest Map In America

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Post by dkuebric » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 7:34 PM UTC

The Saddest Map In America
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Re: The Saddest Map In America

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Post by robotmlg » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:22 PM UTC

Indiana's most cited location for a missed connection is "at home." How does that make sense?

Re: The Saddest Map In America

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Post by jordan_clark » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:32 PM UTC

robotmlg wrote: post #2

Indiana's most cited location for a missed connection is "at home." How does that make sense?

Perhaps a roommate that is in love with the other?

Re: The Saddest Map In America

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Post by dsschnau » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:33 PM UTC

That is a depressing depressing map.

Re: The Saddest Map In America

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Post by da02 » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:37 PM UTC

robotmlg wrote: post #2

Indiana's most cited location for a missed connection is "at home." How does that make sense?

I'm hoping they are frugal and have parties with non-family members at their homes. Maybe a barbecue where neighbours invite their friends... and they invite friends of friends...

Re: The Saddest Map In America

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Post by ebbv » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:40 PM UTC

There's a serious selection bias in this study; it also requires that the person thinks the object of their fascination is likely to check Craigslist. So,... yeah.

Re: The Saddest Map In America

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Post by DrDreams » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:41 PM UTC

robotmlg wrote: post #2

Indiana's most cited location for a missed connection is "at home." How does that make sense?

because all these dipwads who think you can just snorffle through a big list o words and apply it to a map are filling the world with their bullshit.

Re: The Saddest Map In America

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Post by LukeShu » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:43 PM UTC

da02 wrote: post #5

robotmlg wrote: post #2

Indiana's most cited location for a missed connection is "at home." How does that make sense?

I'm hoping they are frugal and have parties with non-family members at their homes. Maybe a barbecue where neighbours invite their friends... and they invite friends of friends...

As someone who lives in Indiana, this is probably it. Big gatherings usually end up with a few people that the host doesn't know (of course, that's true most places).

Re: The Saddest Map In America

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Post by newishuser » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:45 PM UTC

Why is this sad? Because Walmart is the most cited location?

Seems great to me. People are reaching out. Would be more depressing if they just decided to not do anything about it.

Plus this only has relevance to craigslist users. Seems like a fun conversation piece but certainly isn't the anything-est anything in America.

Re: The Saddest Map In America

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Post by the_watcher » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:47 PM UTC

How is "the car" Georgia's most common missed connection? Hitchhikers? I can't think of anything else.