The American Beer Belly

by Ariel Goldring

FloatingSheep, a fascinating geography blog, looks at the beer belly of America. The first map shows the total number of bars in the United States by location (as always, click to enlarge):

The second map makes a simple comparison between grocery stores and bars. The red dots represent areas where bars outnumber grocery stores, based on results from the Google Maps API. As you will notice, the Midwest does not mess around: