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    1. Whole_Purpose_7676 on

      Hmmmmmm….. I wonder why ?
      Could it be that people live in cities ?

    2. IndividualNo467 on

      Not as surprised by the red area as by the blue. Small cities, towns, cattle ranching and agriculture are able to equal the weight of NYC, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, LA, Miami, Seattle, Boston and most other decently large metropolitan areas.

    3. Trunky_Coastal_Kid on

      I feel like listing the headquarters of a tech company as where the economic activity is „happening“ is kind of a misnomer. That’s just the place where their corporate operations are. The economic activity itself is happening on the cloud.

    4. hip_neptune on

      Today, OP found out that people work in cities. 

      Also, the two economies are wildly different in what they do. The economies outside the cities depend more on getting or producing tangible products while the economies inside cities depend more on the logistics and management of said products. 

    5. is that st. louis? I didn’t expect that over cities like Indianapolis, Columbus, Cleveland, etc.

    6. I would be interested to know how much of that spending is military. I can identify at least two of the largest military sites in the red

    7. Bellinelkamk on

      A “few” metro areas? This looks like basically all the metro areas.

      It’s not that wild when you consider how many people live in the red areas vs the blue. Also worth considering how the natural resources and especially food produced in the blue areas drive economic activity in the red.

      I’d like to see this overlaid with a 50/50 pop split map.

    8. GreenNewAce on

      Consolidation (PE rollups) continues to pull value out of communities and concentrate it in cities. No more regional retail chains and HQs. Just the sucking sound of late stage capitalism.

    9. nine_of_swords on

      Is this measuring GDP? GDP only cares about final goods. Production of intermediate goods in the blue that are used in final products produced in orange wouldn’t be reflected.

    10. throwaway99999543 on

      Is there a country where this wouldn’t apply? Seems like common sense.

    11. ToddBonzalez_ on

      Is it just me or is the Pittsburgh area weirdly huge? Bigger than DFW and roughly the same size as Chicago

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