map of the u.s.a.

Jan 6, 2010

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azeem

14 years ago

Hey isn’t this more negative than usual. Surely the top half of Cali is o.k

Jesse

14 years ago

Reply to azeem

Never thought of Missouri being flat but it beats being awful boring crap.

14 years ago

Reply to Jesse

Actually, Missouri has been placed in the region of crap if you take a closer look. Having been born there and left as soon as possible I would agree with Hugh. 🙂

Doug Johnson

14 years ago

As one who lived in Corpus for a wondrous 4 years and am now back in Cleveland, I LOVE this.

Jonny Goldstein

14 years ago

Definitely don’t want to live a the panhandle of awful at the intersection of flat, texas, awful, and boring.

steve clayton

14 years ago

hey Hugh…you gotta do one of these for the UK. some suggestions

1) Scotland = whisky/golf
2) Cumbria = trees/lakes
3) Birmingham = concrete
4) London = crazy

etc etc…

Steve

Justin Pirie

14 years ago

Reply to steve clayton

+1 to that idea!

🙂

Dennis Howlett

14 years ago

Reply to steve clayton

+1 – same request for Spain. Ex’s: Costa Blanca (ex-pat criminal ghetto) Costa Blanca (Blackpool with sunshine) Madrid (absentee landlords) Andalucia (olives/donkeys) Barcelona (party) Almeria (desert)…etc

Dennis Howlett

14 years ago

Reply to Dennis Howlett

Bugger – I meant Costa del Sol (ex-pat crim ghetto)…

JMO

14 years ago

I would buy this right now as a cube grenade, full-size print, or even a T-shirt.

George

14 years ago

There it is.

Drew B

14 years ago

Can you do a map of London soon Hugh? 🙂

jackmayhofferr

14 years ago

Looks like about 2 minutes of thought and 10 minutes of work was put into this one. Not even clever.

Deborah

14 years ago

Reply to jackmayhofferr

Hence, the difference between people who get paid for what they produce and people who get paid by the hour …

maddison

14 years ago

i love it!

Dan

14 years ago

They only reason anyone wouldn’t find this funny is they’re touchy about not living in Texas.

Myself? I’d buy a print.

Rich

14 years ago

Umm…where’s Red Sox Nation?

Mary Anne Davis

14 years ago

Hmmm, being a yankee is not so bad. I’ve always felt Texas is actually a country unto itself.

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Hugh MacLeod

14 years ago

Reply to Mary Anne Davis

Mary Anne, Re. Texas… and you’d be right 😉

Veralynne Pepper

14 years ago

I dunno, Hugh. I always love your stuff! But this one left me feeling flat, awful, bored………..

Veralynne Pepper

14 years ago

……….ignored.

John

14 years ago

Nice, erm…homage to the New Yorker maps of Steinberg and Kalman/Meyerwitz

http://cartome.org/york2.jpg

http://www.saulsteinbergfoundation.org/gallery/24_view_of_the_world.jpg

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Hugh MacLeod

14 years ago

Reply to John

John, Steinberg is one of my personal gods of cartooning.

He also pretty much invented the map-cartoon idea.

John

14 years ago

Reply to Hugh MacLeod

Hugh,

I meant no disrespect.

You couldn’t have chosen a better cartooning god.

John

Phil Gomes

14 years ago

I strongly reject that 1) my current home (Chicago) is within “Crap” and 2) my former home (East SF Bay) is within “Hideous”.

As to my brief time in El Lay… Well…

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Hugh MacLeod

14 years ago

Yes, Phil, that’s cuz you ain’t Texan 😉

Jeff

14 years ago

Quite an accurate depiction of a typical Texan’s view of the country.

An alternative, according to my family, would label everything north of Amarillo as “North Pole.”

Crystal Arcand (3Stairs)

14 years ago

Reply to Jeff

Well-said!

Emily

14 years ago

Make Washington say ‘Sasquatch’ or something.

J. Albert Bowden II

14 years ago

would love to see one of South Africa. all you’d have to do is label it racists, right?

Chiara Sottile

14 years ago

As a Californian, I’m used to being the complimented singular entity; the beneficiary of exceptions made to insults about the U.S. But now we’re included along with everyone else! Psssh!

Curtis

14 years ago

Yes, Texas plans to become a Republic once again! Long live the great Lone Star State. It is simply the best!!
No state income tax. Come one, come all, except if you are from California or a Yankee (beware we protect our borders).

Lara

14 years ago

Need an addendum map.
Alaska = Irrelevant
Hawaii = Explosive OR Too fiddley

wow

14 years ago

wow, california getting dissed in favor of texas? what’s the world coming to :-p

Chris Randall

14 years ago

Made me chuckle, not being American. Though the ‘Boring’ bit does have a lot of the spectacle. For me anyway.

14 years ago

I went west in the US and had a great time ! great GREAT time ! much better than Paris, France where I am stuck ! I guess I love boring places…

Tiffany Houser

14 years ago

lol…i take it you’re from TX?

martin_english

14 years ago

“texas” is a bit too closed in for us Australians… See
http://www.martin-english.com/gallery/PostieBike/Martin%20English%20Day%2003%20-%20Day%2006/a035.jpg

oli

14 years ago

Texas is synonomous with “all of the other ones, rolled into one” right. That is the joke, isn’t it?

Hell, I used to live in Amarillo. I have issues.

Alec McNayr

14 years ago

Love it.

I do think, however, that there should be some shading going on here. I mean, Seattle is not nearly as boring as New Mexico, and Chicago is probably only 80% crap….

Keep up the good work.

TimB

14 years ago

You live in Alpine? Awesome location. Like the map, too. – Houston Guy

Crystal Arcand (3Stairs)

14 years ago

I love it (being born-and-bred Texan)!

14 years ago

It’s kinda like the map of the world I saw once .. Sphere – Arrow pointing at it – caption ‘F@@@@ Up …

Jack Lugar

14 years ago

My map always has hideous awful crap where Texas is. Fortunately there’s something for everyone in the US.

Bob Lathrop

14 years ago

Texas is a beautiful State….the only problem: there’s way too many Texans there. I’d rather live in Boring Nevada which is just an oxymoron.

Warren Whitlock

14 years ago

Absolutely pointless and informative at the same time

media designer

14 years ago

I love Canadian art!

JosephTX

14 years ago

God Bless Texas!

Oh, and Don’t Mess with Texas…

Arpita

14 years ago

What’s your take on India… that’s not politically correct????

1x29

14 years ago

It’s all in the interpretation.

As this cartoon clearly shows – you couldn’t fit Hideous, Crap, Flat, Awful and Boring in the space of Texas.

Texas is just the collective term for all five 😉

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Hugh MacLeod

14 years ago

Reply to 1x29

1×29. Heh. Is that the best you can do?

Don’t quit the day job… 😉

1x29

14 years ago

Reply to Hugh MacLeod

Unfortunately it’s too late for quitting the day job – well, the one that had me in Beaumont for last year at least.

But I do have good memories of TX – not least a Wolf v Sheep print 😉

Liz

14 years ago

I’m fine with that map unless you Texans start crossing over your border to other states. We need to keep you confined to one area so you don’t mess up the rest of the country. You know, the nice part.

hudson

14 years ago

Reply to Liz

someone got their ass kicked by a Texas when she was younger…

Sara

14 years ago

where can i buy the tshirt?

Sara

14 years ago

I think this map is pretty accurate. I do agree on the shading comment though. Could you please put an emphasis on Ohio and Indiana and make them “Super Crap”?

Steve Griffiths

14 years ago

I think everyone has missed the real point, but have proved it themselves, that it’s all about starting a conversation and a buzz. Err…right Hugh?

Jamez

14 years ago

Is “Tiger Woods” by Dan Bern your theme song, buy chance?

W. D. Taylor

14 years ago

This looks part of the run-up to Texas’ secession from the US.

Lalla

14 years ago

Hugh,

You seem to have forgotten South Florida – “Cuba” – desculpa no hablamos ingles

Bret

14 years ago

Good to see the author has a high opinion of the country. Is he European, by chance?

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Hugh MacLeod

14 years ago

Reply to Bret

Bret, good to see you have a highly-developed eye for irony, ambiguity and satire 😉

michael

14 years ago

“Texas is a beautiful State.…the only problem: there’s way too many Texans there.”

@ Lathrop – heh. i LOVE that.

Paul

14 years ago

Sure adds to the argument of letting Texas succeed from the Union. Hey, we can pick up Puerto Rico and keep the 50 stars.

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Hugh MacLeod

14 years ago

Reply to Paul

Paul, Texas might have to, at the current rate outsiders are moving in 😉

According to last month’s Entrepreneur Magazine, 69% of new US jobs created in 2009, were created in Texas.

That seems rather high to me, but even so…

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