Random cool maps

Found a couple more. I hope none are duplicates

Great maps, Mike!

It turns out the breakfast restaurant map is my favorite - I live in Perkins territory but I’m a Waffle House boy. :)

Christopher Weeks wrote:Great maps, Mike!

The one I found interesting was the male/female ratio map.

Things I noticed:
1. The highest female countries are still only high by a matter of give or take 4%.

2. The highest male countries  were high by 15 to 25% and were all on the edge of the Persian Gulf - maybe men move there for the jobs, and women are likely not appreciated?

3. Some of those countries, I suspect, are feeling the interaction of 1-child policies and culture.

4. I have read that traditionally, statistically, slightly more boys are born than girls, but that more boys died before adulthood. I say traditionally, because the data is 40 years old at least. No idea what current numbers would look like. People know much more about how they can subtly shift those odds if they've got enough motivation to do so - and sometimes not so subtly.

5. I'm not sure what the cutoff was between "almost equal" and "more females", but considering the "highest percentages" quoted, it's likely only a few percentage points in most countries. Considering that the "average" lifespan of women is still higher than the "average" lifespan of males in most countries, that alone could account for the "more females" bit. My mom out-lived my dad by over 20 years, but my in-laws were only about 2 years age difference, so there's a lot of room for statistics to show a "gap" that isn't going to mean much for young people looking for partners.

Here's another batch!

You and your 'sconnie kangaroos!

It's not your fault, but for the record, I will never recognize the word sconnie.  I suspect a marketing team was trying to come up with a way to save ink on sweatshirts or something.

My uncle had a kangaroo.  

(just kidding about the second part)

I learned sconnie from a friend who lives in Milwaukee. I never hear it over here, so I was assuming it was really a Chicago-Milwaukee thing, but I like finding occasions to whip it out.

Your uncle probably needed to fight off the local hodag with a security kangaroo.

Lived in the Chicago 'burbs 38yrs - most of my life, and never heard "sconnie", until just now. I had to go look it up.

Christopher Weeks wrote:I learned sconnie from a friend who lives in Milwaukee. I never hear it over here, so I was assuming it was really a Chicago-Milwaukee thing, but I like finding occasions to whip it out.

Your uncle probably needed to fight off the local hodag with a security kangaroo.

I know a couple from Rhinelander, so I've actually heard of hoedag before.  Perhaps that should have shown up on the most dangerous animal map....  I don't know about the present status, but he has been a state legislator, so a few of us refer to him as "the guv'nor".  They run a supper club, which was also a new thing for me.

Yeah, Minnesota’s the only place I’ve lived with supper-clubs.

And another batch!!

I think it's random and cool.

Here's the next batch I have.  Not sure I like the name of my new state :(

A little explanation of the last 4 maps please? Gap, Pass, Saddle, Notch don't compute with me.

Mike Haasl wrote:Here's the next batch I have.  Not sure I like the name of my new state :(

I'm quite sure that Alaska and Hawai'i wouldn't be too keen on being joined to each other, let alone a chunk of the California coast! The needs and political issues seem far too divergent.

Jay Angler wrote:A little explanation of the last 4 maps please? Gap, Pass, Saddle, Notch don't compute with me.

My guess is what the ways through mountains are called.

Yep, it's every place name in the country that uses gap, pass, saddle or notch.  I presume for passages through mountains as Les said.