What’s the most wired city in the United States ?Do not guess, you might end up getting the wrong one. Surprisingly, its Atlanta. This is the result of a survey by Forbes.com for the Most Wired Cities in America for the year 2008. It is mentioned that their calculations were based on three factors – [...]

From Matt’s Geography Blog: The Mother Jones website has an interactive map depicting the presence of U.S. troops around the world for every half-decade since 1950 plus 2007. Use the slider at the base of the map to see a timed animation of troop strength from 1950 through 2007. Zooming into a region and placing [...]

Here’s an interesting fact: 41% of American adults over 18 are unmarried (single). Being single doesn’t necessarily mean living alone as 9.8 million single Americans lived with an opposite sex partner in 2005. With more and more people in America spending almost half of their lives staying single, the “single” status has become more of [...]

One may assume that the richest counties in the United States either span the New York area or the San Francisco Bay Area which together are economic hubs of the nation. Although, people shell out millions of dollars for small luxurious homes in these areas, the nation’s wealthiest live in the suburbs of Washington D.C.. [...]

Seattle heads the list of brainiest cities in the United States, with more than half of its residents aged twenty-five and older holding a bachelor’s degree. Seattle, being the host to headquarters of major IT firms, has been alluring the smart people from the rest of the country. Here’s a Google Map of the top [...]

New Hampshire grabs the award for the Most Livable State for 2007. Morgan Quitno Press, a state and city ranking publication derived “Livability Rating” for each state, based on the state’s rank in each of the 44 factors taken into consideration. The scale of the rating ranges from 1 to 50. Higher the scale, more [...]