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Wow. That’s what you call coverage.

thedailywhat:

Data Visualization of the Day: The contiguous United States, visualized by distance to the nearest McDonald’s.

Stephen Von Worley @ Weather Sealed compiled this rather spectacular infographic using a list of all 13,000+ US locations of McDonald’s (the “barometer of cookie-cutter commercialism creep”) in order to determine where true wilderness lies within the lower 48.

The result?

Between the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley lies the McFarthest Spot: 107 miles distant from the nearest McDonald’s, as the crow flies, and 145 miles by car!

Golden arches being erected near the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley in 3… 2…

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Origin: thedailywhat
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    This is depressing.
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    hahaha mcdonalds
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    that is extremely creepy
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    MAPA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS SEÑALANDO LOS MCDONALDS? NO ME JODAS!! xD
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    Looks like I’m moving to…South Dakota? ew.
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  32. c-estlavie reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    WOW! no wonder there are so many obese americans!
  33. essentialoxygen reblogged this from classics and added:
    Data Visualization of the Day: The contiguous United States, visualized by distance to the nearest McDonald’s.
  34. flypaperairplanes reblogged this from classics and added:
    Woah. Look at the Eastboard. And there’s a thick line along the West Coast.
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    Wow, that’s fucking scary America. This explains ALOT
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    Am I the only one who never eats at McDonald’s?
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  52. ablank reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Wow. That’s insane.
  53. josho reblogged this from noohaha and added:
    Fuck yeah East Coast! Keep up the good work, we rule!
  54. persuadingtongue reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    i LOVE that mcdonalds is the barometer of cookie cutter culture creep. i also love that phrase. i think i will start...
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    Why our waistlines are out
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    Between the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley lies the McFarthest Spot: 107 miles distant from the nearest...
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    i wouldn’t be surprised if i found a mickey d’s while camping in the wilderness
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    the most obese areas
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    As an American, this is shameful.
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    my god, we’re fat
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    Data Visualization of the Day: The contiguous United States, visualized by distance to the nearest McDonald’s.
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    Way too cool not to pass on…
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    That is fucking sick.
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    The eastern half our country is super unhealthy, and that’s an understatement
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    craaaaazinessss!
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    Between the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley lies the McFarthest Spot: 107 miles distant from the nearest...
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    crying shame. thedailywhat:
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    this is all mcdonalds?!?
  113. nikkwhyte reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    i want a double cheeseburger so hard right now.
  114. fadetogether reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    the Eastern US people are McFattys! :O
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    reminds me of globalization class soph year, and learning about ritzer’s mcdonaldization thesis. interesting....
  117. liamoconghaile reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    most remote piece of wilderness in the lower 48 states,...visualization that represents...
  118. cjb03 reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    nationwide electricity use, but wowza!
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    I’d like to see a similar map of Ireland for boozers!! cbatty:
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    that convenience… ?
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    Oh dear..well, at least WA isn’t as bad as states on the Eastern side. But still..this is freaking sad.
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    McDonald’s !! wow even more back east!
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    I laughed at the “McFarthest” point. Haha. But it makes me want to wipe out more than half of these McD’s. That stuff...
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    Daaang. Everyone knows i love my McDs tho. Hahah.
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    Wow. That’s what you call coverage.
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    kind of really ridic.
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    The contiguous United States, visualized by distance to
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    OH my bajeebus. We is fats.
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    I’m disturbed.
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    WELCOME TO AMERICA! CAN I TAKE YOUR ORDER!?
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    MCDO invasion :))
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    I was a poor college student (a WHOLE 4 months ago) but this is disgusting. I wonder if they made an obesity map if it...
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    ahahah. can we try one for Singapore?
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    HOLY SHIT. that’s a whole fucking lot of mcdonald’s. look at the right half of the u.s. i’m surprised california isn’t a...
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    So…. what I gathered from this is that no place in the united states is more than 145 miles from a McDonalds? I must see...
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    That’s just creepy and how it starts clogging up to the east. And I love how this is GIS but I never want to work as a...
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    I’m afraid Manila...Philippines will look exactly...same… Or...
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    perhaps THIS is why we’re fat.
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    This is so disgusting. But I’m not going...act like I don’t go there for
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    You see the dot in the middle.. That is where I work
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    I must go to this “McFarthest Spot” and take a picture.
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    it looks like America has herpes. BAD!
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    I will reblog any cool map or infographic.
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    I love these types
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    fascinating…and...little sad, too.
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    map: Potential epicenters
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    Drat, they’ve got almost twice the distance that we do! (I believe it’s approx. 65 miles to the nearest McDonald’s from...
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    Creepy, yet oddly alluring reblog.
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    Oh. My. God. And Americans wonder 1) why they’re obese and 2) why healthcare costs so much.
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    Now this puts it in perspective
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    And this is why I’m fat
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    I always knew the U.P. was uncharted territory.
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    This makes me happy, because my motorized cart only has a 1-mile range.
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    McDonalds sprawl. The Northeast Corridor is quite illuminated—it hurts my eyes (and turns my stomach).
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    This is why you’re fat....=== Would love to see global data + obesity index (is there such...
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    145 miles?? Say it isn’t so!
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    Excellent! I’ve been asking for this for years, and haven’t quite had the skills to put it together myself. Now we just...
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    Well that’s sure not disturbing.
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    OH, McGriddle. You make me want
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    Between the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley lies the McFarthest Spot: 107 miles distant from the nearest...
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    I love how you can see the concentration in the cities, Jax, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Nashville, Chicago, LA, San Fran....
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    I am glad I live within 400m of a mcdo. and 800 from another.
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    McDonalds. Making obesity possible since 1948.
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    WOW. My mom always told me “if it doesn’t have a McDonald’s it’s not a real town.”
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