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Posted on 05/29/2018 7:01:52 AM PDT by rktman
Axios of all places has a moving Memorial Day map showing on this day where the most post-9-11 service sacrifices have come from.
The link, titled: "Hometowns of Americans who died for U.S. since 9/11," to the impressive work is here.
The map is useful because it doesn't just put pin-dots up to correspond with numbers of war dead. It color-marks the pin-dots, showing orange and red where the largest sacrifices in proportion to the population have been, which increases our understanding of what the war sacrifices have meant.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Direct link to map:
Very surprising to see the LA area with the most, who have sacrificed.
Thanks.
In general, the dot size will grab the viewer's attention more than shading (especially since most men are partially color-blind).
Thus, if there is "bias" in the graphic, it is to grab the attention of big city folk. Indeed, the largest dots are in Blue zones while the most intense dots are in Trump country.
Hmmm....
Cook County, IL = 60 since 9/11/01
That’s just an average month for those who stay home in Chicago....
So, they’d be safer in Iraq or Afghanistan then right? Among that age group. Or are the chiraq dead in a lower age group.
http://toptwitter.com/Hometowns-of-Americans
If my experience means anything, these are "green-card-soldiers".
Eh? There are more than 5 colors?
I'd have thought it would be home towns but it could be more like where their home address was when they were killed. So a lot of those LA area people might be from Texas or Florida anywhere else. Just a guess.
“At a glance it seems to line up with military bases,”
That was my observation, too. It appears that a large number of deaths may be attributed to their duty station location as opposed to hometown.
“It is more often than not an economic decision.”
You’re wrong. Your other theories are probably more correct, but I think you do an injustice to those who are serving (and those of us who have) to say that economics was our primary reason for joining. Most members in the armed forces were raised in a middle or upper class household.
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No offense taken! I actually met a kid who is totally color blind, not just red-green, but blue-yellow as well.
Given the Northern European connection, I’d be tempted to speculate it’s a Neanderthal related thing, but Neanderthals used ocher as part of their funeral rites, and wouldn’t if they didn’t perceive red.
My ex-wife was from an old Southern family, comfortable upper middle class. That family and others like them that they associated with expected the males to serve in the military. It was considered necessary for success in business, the professions, and politics.
My original point is that the SIZE of the dot will likely draw attention more than color. Thus, the graphic designer likely wanted to draw attention to the loss of life from big cities. However, you'll notice the intensity is generally inversely correlate with the size - there are more small dots with a higher % of deaths per 100k inhabitants than visa versa. Small towns experience a greater relative loss of life due to war than large towns/cities.
I don't know if there is some underlying linkage between voting patterns and intensity - correlation does not imply causality. Perhaps Trump won more counties with high dot intensity because those towns understand that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance - but that does not make those areas warmongers. Just a thought.
Yes. It was 27.5 per 100,000 in Chattahoochee County.
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