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Mapping the Drunk Driving Epidemic

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It’s illegal to drive if your blood alcohol content is over .08%. Even so, every year Americans have too much to drink and choose to get behind the wheel anyway causing traffic accidents across the country that can cause injury and even death. Drunk driving is clearly an epidemic. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, car crashes are the leading cause of death among teenagers and 1 in 4 of those crashes involve an underage drunk driver. The facts are clear. Drunk driving is rampant and can claim lives or grievously someone no matter their age.

The team at van der Veen, Hartshorn, Levin & Lindheim created a map that highlights the severity of the drunk driving problem and examines a specific aspect: location. They used data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to calculate which cities had the highest numbers of drunk driving fatalities per 100,000 people. They created a map that shows areas where drunk driving occurs the most and may even help us reach new conclusions about why some places are more at risk of drunk driving and others. Is your city highlighted?

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The map is the best way to look at these trends, but here’s a quick list of their top ten results:

  1. Odessa, TX: 27.46
  2. San Bernardino, CA: 18.15
  3. Pueblo, CO: 17.94
  4. Corona, CA: 15.04
  5. Hartford, CT: 14.91
  6. Midland, TX: 14.13
  7. Dallas, TX: 13.93
  8. Chattanooga, TN: 13.58
  9. Detroit, MI: 13.22
  10. Charleston, SC: 13.01

 

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A Map Shows Where Remote Workers Choose to Live (and Avoid)

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There are more remote workers in the U.S. than ever before. Ever since the coronavirus pandemic, a new way of work has swept the nation with workers and businesses opting to work remotely. While shared work and office spaces are popular, many people choose to work from the comfort of their homes. A new map created by Qualtrics shows us the most popular American cities for remote work and the least popular.

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Which U.S. Cities Have the Largest (and Smallest) Remote Workforce?

 

These cities had the highest percentage of remote workforces:

  1. Cary, NC remote workforce – 41.4%
  2. Frisco, TX remote workforce – 39.7%
  3. Bellevue, WA remote workforce – 38.6%
  4. Berkeley, CA remote workforce – 36.4%
  5. Seattle, WA remote workforce – 36%
  6. Arlington, VA remote workforce – 35.8%
  7. Fremont, CA remote workforce – 35.2%
  8. Scottsdale, AZ remote workforce – 34%
  9. Carlsbad, CA remote workforce – 33.8%
  10. Washington, DC remote workforce – 33.8%

At the other end of the spectrum, these cities had the fewest remote workers:

  1. Beaumont, Texas 3.7% remote workforce
  2. Odessa, Texas 3.8%
  3. El Monte, California 4.0%
  4. Tuscaloosa, Alabama 4.1%
  5. Paterson, New Jersey 4.6%
  6. Corpus Christi, Texas 4.7%
  7. Salinas, California 5.0%
  8. Midland, Texas 5.5%
  9. San Bernardino, California 5.5%
  10. Visalia, California 5.5%

Many people say they prefer remote work because of the money and time working from home saves. It makes sense that cities with a good cost of living and other attractive aspects would be home to more remote workers than expensive or unpleasant cities. Looking at this map gives us a good look at which cities people would choose to live in when they could truly choose to live anywhere!

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This Map Shows the States with the Highest and Lowest Divorce Rates

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The U.S. divorce rate is fairly high, leading many people to ask what factors play into the rates. From economics to religion, there are many factors that can impact whether a marriage ends in happily ever after or a parting of ways. The team at Joslyn Law Firm gives us insight into one specific aspect: location. They calculated the highest and lowest divorce rates in cities across the U.S. and plotted them out on this map.

Click below to zoomThe U.S. Cities With the Highest and Lowest Rates of Divorce and Separation

The map is both easy to read and informative. The high divorce rate locations are highlighted in yellow and the low divorce rate cities are blue. Taking a look at these pinpoints all over the U.S. we see a variety of cities across the U.S. featured. The team listed the top 25 cities for both statistics.

These were the top ten results for cities with the highest divorce rates:

  1. Medford, OR
  2. Fort Smith, AR-OK
  3. Dothan, AL
  4. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
  5. Charleston, WV
  6. Bangor, ME
  7. Pueblo, CO
  8. Texarkana, TX-AR
  9. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
  10. Jackson, MI

Medford is a small city in Oregon with an average population that’s a little on the older end. Conventional wisdom suggests this could lead to higher divorce rates because the younger generations are getting married later in life and are trending toward longer marriages, whereas “gray divorce” (divorce over age 65) is becoming more common. As for low divorce rates, the city of Provo-Orem, Utah may top the list because of the high Mormon population, a religion that forbids divorce.

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Mapping Drug Raids Across the U.S.

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The Drug Enforcement Administration is tasked with ending drug trafficking in the United States. They’ve had a lot of success by undergoing a crucial operation: raiding drug labs. Drug labs are the source of a huge chunk of illegal drugs in the U.S. They’re used to create dangerous substances like methamphetamines. The key to stopping the illegal drug trade is to stop drug production at the source. The team at Joslyn Law Firm shows us the centers of these raids by mapping out the U.S. cities with the most raids in over a ten-year span. With this map we can see changing trends in drug trafficking.

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The team presents us with one map and a few graphs. On the map we see the cities with the highest average number of raids between 2014 and 2023. Below, graphs show these cities raids on a yearly basis in this time span, as well as a graph comparing each state’s numbers.

Michigan has the highest number of drug raids. There are some unique aspects to this state that make it a hot spot. The state has a border with Canada that cuts through the Great Lakes. This watery border gives drug traffickers and easier way to move illegal goods in and out of the country. Michigan also has high unemployment rates and fewer economic opportunities, which leads more people to turn to drug use and sales. Michigan also produces many of the chemicals used in synthetic drugs, so drug labs have an easier time getting a hold of supplies. Learn more with the team’s extensive information and data.

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