Apparently, a good man really is hard to find… especially if you live on the east coast. Of course, I didn’t need a map to tell you that the a single lady’s pickings in Baltimore are mighty slim… still, it’s an interesting map. I wonder– do they factor in sexual orientation or same-sex partnerships? The map depicts Miami as overloaded with single women… perhaps the town’s legendary gay nightlife isn’t comprised of permanent residents? Coastal California, on the other hand, is stacked with single guys.
Actually, this is just one of many spiffy maps available on Richard Florida’s site (he’s the author responsible for Rise of the Creative Class). The other maps plot concentrations of neurotic people (helpful when you’re dating or making friends), as well as standbys like economic fortitude or household income. Florida’s book details the rise of that other new economy (besides the new “green collar” everyone’s raving about): Creative folks. Freelancers, craftspersons, organic rooftop farmers, and the like.
Now, where’s that creative class living? Allegedly, all over that same area that’s smeared with single ladies– including Baltimore. So why is it so very, very hard to find jobs in creative fields? Just because we live here doesn’t mean we’re employed. Perhaps Florida could do a map of career opportunities.
In other weird maps, there is a sweet episode of TAL where Ira interviews, among others, a man who is making a smell map. I’m not kidding.
Maps are pretty cool. Seriously. I could never fold the one in the glovebox, but I’ve got Google on lock. Thank God for GPS.
