[BwanaNdege]

Gluttony was calculated by counting the number of fast food restaurants per capita.

I guess the Epicureans get a free pass. I wonder what the map would look like if they counted the number of restaurants charging more than $40 a meal? Fast Food restaurants are more an indicator of private car use, workers having multiple jobs and families with children than they are of Gluttony.

[BwanaNdege]

Greed was calculated by comparing average incomes with the total number of inhabitants living beneath the poverty line.

A better indicator would have been to compare percentage of income donated to charitable causes. Use a sliding scale: 10% of a family income below, say $50,000, counts as 25% of a family income of greater than $100,000.

[Slings and Arrows]

May just be intellectual laziness. Nevertheless, even per-capita rate of all-you-can-eat buffets would be a better metric.