Post by Lisa Petrison on Nov 16, 2011 22:30:59 GMT -5
A number of people have asked me to put together a map of the information on this board, so that they can get a better sense of what places might be "good" vs. "bad" without reading a lot of material.
I thus decided to give it a shot (attached), based on my travels over the past four years.
Here is the color code:
Bright Green = Excellent
Dark Green = Good
Tan = Fair
Tangerine = Poor
Pink = Awful
Note that this is just a map of my own current conceptualization of the parts of the U.S. that I have explored, in terms of how they affected me when I was there.
If other people have very different reactivities than I do, they might be affected in very different ways. Obviously this whole concept is still exploratory.
Also, this is just a map of macroclimates. There may be scattered good spots in the worse regions, and scattered bad spots in the better regions.
Obviously I haven't hit every square mile of this entire area. But I only filled in the colors if I was fairly sure about an area, based on my travels in areas nearby.
It's possible that especially for places that I visited earlier in my travels, my evaluations might be off, since I was less good at assessing how different environments affected me then. For instance, I have a reliable report from someone who's spent time there that the area a few hours west of Dallas (e.g. near Abilene) is pretty good. Based on how I felt in the Texas panhandle north of that (e.g. Amarillo) a few months ago, I suspect that's true. I just was so sick from spending time in Dallas that I drove straight through that area (to another bad part of Texas!) without stopping to thoroughly check.
Looking at this map makes me want to visit more places, just so that I can fill in more colors. So far on my travels, I've mostly gone to places that I was pretty sure were good. My guess is that if I filled in this map for the entire United States, the general trend (that the "Locations Effect" is driven by manmade chemical toxins of specific types) would become really obvious. (It's pretty clear in my mind already though.)
Once we get more ratings on this board, we can try to do another map that takes into consideration the experiences of people in addition to me.
Best, Lisa
I thus decided to give it a shot (attached), based on my travels over the past four years.
Here is the color code:
Bright Green = Excellent
Dark Green = Good
Tan = Fair
Tangerine = Poor
Pink = Awful
Note that this is just a map of my own current conceptualization of the parts of the U.S. that I have explored, in terms of how they affected me when I was there.
If other people have very different reactivities than I do, they might be affected in very different ways. Obviously this whole concept is still exploratory.
Also, this is just a map of macroclimates. There may be scattered good spots in the worse regions, and scattered bad spots in the better regions.
Obviously I haven't hit every square mile of this entire area. But I only filled in the colors if I was fairly sure about an area, based on my travels in areas nearby.
It's possible that especially for places that I visited earlier in my travels, my evaluations might be off, since I was less good at assessing how different environments affected me then. For instance, I have a reliable report from someone who's spent time there that the area a few hours west of Dallas (e.g. near Abilene) is pretty good. Based on how I felt in the Texas panhandle north of that (e.g. Amarillo) a few months ago, I suspect that's true. I just was so sick from spending time in Dallas that I drove straight through that area (to another bad part of Texas!) without stopping to thoroughly check.
Looking at this map makes me want to visit more places, just so that I can fill in more colors. So far on my travels, I've mostly gone to places that I was pretty sure were good. My guess is that if I filled in this map for the entire United States, the general trend (that the "Locations Effect" is driven by manmade chemical toxins of specific types) would become really obvious. (It's pretty clear in my mind already though.)
Once we get more ratings on this board, we can try to do another map that takes into consideration the experiences of people in addition to me.
Best, Lisa