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Animated map of US unemployment stats since 2007
click thru on pic
makes me just want to cry.
click/play through. Further proof of how Middle America is being cast aside and neglected by self-interested liberal...
mattpayton reasons why i want to move to the midwest #3.
I’m moving to Nebraska.
as recession encroaches America..
My county’s still merely red, but we’re sitting in a sea of purple and black.Wonderfully effective.
:| My state is red, orange, & purple..
isay:shorterexcerpts:nolagrrlnyc:notquitefaust:robot-heart-politics:jessiebarber:...• • •...
Good work, California! We’re almost completely at over 10% unemployment. It’s the Golden State, everyone! Unless, of...
Looking at this makes me grateful for living in Australia.
good lord. that’s scary.
I hear this same critique a lot. But we must move beyond thinking about countries and begin seeing the entire world as a...
So let’s keep sending billions to other countries, rather than fixing things here, feeding our own hungry, helping...
robot-heart-politics:...RB solely for the emotional effectiveness of displaying this data...
robot-heart-politics:jessiebarber:
As an unemployed person in one of those dark purple counties, I think this calls for a drink. Several drinks.
Makes you nauseous? I was the guy who turned Central Virginia to purple back in July 2009.
Totally not surprised..
LOL LOOK AT MY STATE LOL LOL LOL the blackest one on there
thepoliticalpartygirl: brooklynmutt:...horrifically sad to watch my county go from light...
This is jarring. Wow.
Unemployment is slowly creeping it’s way into the Midwest. Great infographic.
失業が深刻化している様子が一目瞭然。
it’s like an infection, working its way from the outside in
Animated Map of US Unemployment //cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html
Yay! I’m a statistic!
Apparently I need to reblog things from Newsweek today. This had an impact on me.
Incredible - and depressing! - visual
Oof, I didn’t know it was quite that bad....in the purple right now and I’m without a job....
That’s kind of scary to watch…
Alright guys, before we get all “HURR SUCKS FOR THE COASTS” and/or “MIDWEST 4EVA”, let’s all review Stat 101. What’s the...
That’s crazy, but I feel very grateful to have a job.
This is beautiful. Will they do one of the UK?
A must watch. Very well put together. Centre County- where I go to school (Penn State) is doing considerably well...
I never knew employment was so good in Barrow, Alaska.
black now. We are still collecting items such as toilet paper, laundry soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, feminine...
Animated map of US unemployment stats since 2007- Wyoming and Montana people are employed Boing Boing click thru on pic...
thepoliticalpartygirl:brooklynmutt: Animated map of US unemployment stats since 2007 click thru on pic Boing Boing
Just in case anyone was having too-happy-a-Monday, I give you this graph. Please don’t hesitate to experience a...
DAYUM! I live in the DC Metro area, and we’re like a little island in the sea of purple …
Looking at my home state Michigan from the start of the clip to finish is devastating.
This is nicely done, and a reminder that Web graphics don’t have to be complicated to be great.
okay this is fucking worrying.
… Animated Map of US Unemployment Stats since 2007 : This Is Important. Our Thanks To : ThePoliticalPartyGirl ♥
this is incredible.