The Economix blog over at the NYT turned me on to how the Midwest is the “Beer Belly” of America, where bars outnumber grocery stores. You see, the folks at floatingsheep.org have done all sorts of exciting things, such as the awesome “pizza map” which shows whether your region prefers pizza, guns, or strippers. I was very surprised by the small number of Southerners who liked strippers. But Angry Overeducated Catholic put me straight…
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Well, remember that this doesn’t really show that Southerners don’t like strippers…only that they like guns (or pizza) more.
Also, we should always remember that one stripper can “service” a goodly number of customers, and strip club customers may not mind driving for 20-30 minutes to the club, since they plan to spend hours there….thus we should expect pizza places to be more numerous, because nobody wants to wait an extra half hour for pizza (except Chicagoans)…
The real apples to apples are strip clubs to gun shops, as:
- both have obsessive customer bases which love to spend hours and hours at the establishment and have a significant subset of “creepy” customers
- both cater to both the weekend regulars and the once-in-a-blue-moon customers
- the once-in-a-blue-moon customers usually need some handholding and instruction in the etiquette of the place
- both employ security…for obvious reasons
- both are subject to harassment and busybody cops
- both tend to be located on the sketchy outskirts of town (okay, that’s true for pizza places frequently too)
- both are defended vehemently by ideological purists who would, quite frankly, be horrified by a large subset of the actual customers
March 18, 2010 at 5:48 pm
What would be truly useful would be something plotting the establishments where you can purchase gins and pizza while watching strippers. Everyone loves one-stop shopping.
March 21, 2010 at 8:44 am
I also think ATF one-stop shops would be awesome — get your alcohol, tobacco and firearms all in the same place. Not to mention that it simplifies things for regulators and promotes gov’t efficiency!
July 14, 2010 at 2:42 pm
I like the comparison. Although i think instead of pizza perhaps an alcohol shop would have been a better option. i think it fits better.
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April 11, 2011 at 6:44 am
I sure agree with jeff. Pizza and J-food basically always go together with Alcohol especially if mix ’em together. vote up!
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