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Non-Inflation Adjusted House Prices In 2000 vs 2026 in The United States

Last Updated: January 30, 2026 Leave a Comment

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Non-Inflation Adjusted House Prices In 2000 vs 2026 in The United States

The map above compares non-inflation adjusted house prices by state in 2000 vs House prices in December 2025 according to Zillow’s All Home Index.

In 2000, not a single state had average home prices above $200k, the closest was Massachusetts at $192,616.

However, by 2026 only 2 states had average home prices below $200k: Mississippi and West Virginia.

Here’s the data below, including raw numbers, inflation adjusted numbers and 2026 numbers:

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Filed Under: United States

Map Men Complete Video Playlist Sorted From Least To Most Popular (Including Episode Summaries)

Last Updated: January 29, 2026 Leave a Comment

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I’m a huge fan of Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones Map Men series.

You can watch their videos in chronological release order here on Youtube.

And buy a copy of their book:  This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) here.

But which of their videos is the most popular?

Below we rank them from  least to least popular (based on view count) with a brief summary of each video:

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Why Does No One Talk About The Bermuda Triangle Anymore?

Last Updated: January 29, 2026 Leave a Comment

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Why Does No One Talk About The Bermuda Triangle Anymore?

 

The Short answer is because it stopped being mysterious once people realized there was nothing unusually dangerous about it.

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Map of Proposed Two-Speed Europe: E6 vs The Rest: But What Is It?

Last Updated: January 29, 2026 1 Comment

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Map of Proposed Two-Speed Europe: E6 vs The Rest: But What Is It?

Here’s an overview of the proposed “two-speed Europe” plan and the emerging E6 group, based on Reuters and related reporting.

What is the “Two-Speed Europe” Proposal?

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Filed Under: Europe

What Time Do Europeans Typically Wake Up? [With Data]

Last Updated: January 23, 2026 1 Comment

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What Time Do Europeans Typically Wake Up?

Map crated by geodatarankings
The map above supposedly shows what time Europeans wake up each morning.

I have 3 young kids so can only dream of sleeping in to 7:33am.

With a little digging I found that the times come 2015 study on 941,300 male and female Sleep Cycle app users.

Among other things it found that:

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Filed Under: Europe

How Many Letters Does Each European Language’s Alphabet Have?

Last Updated: January 22, 2026 1 Comment

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How Many Letters Does Each Alphabet Have?

Map created by Ligue Maps
The map above shows how many letters each country (or really each language) has in it’s alphabet.

In any case here’s a ranking of countries by the number letters in their alphabet from lowest to highest:

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Filed Under: Europe

The Largest National Park In The EU Is In South America

Last Updated: January 21, 2026 3 Comments

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The Largest National Park In The EU Is In South America

Map modified from O. Debuf / © OFB, 2021 found on Research Gate
The map above shows Guiana Amazonian Park (Parc amazonien de Guyane).

Located in French Guiana it covers 33,900 square kilometres (13,090 sq mi) of land or 41% of land area of the territory.

This makes it the largest National Park not only in France (French Guiana is considered an overseas department of France and hence is also part of the EU), but the biggest in the entire European Union.

More about the park:

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Percentage of Each European Country’s Land That Is Actually in Europe

Last Updated: January 21, 2026 3 Comments

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Percentage of Each European Country's Land That Is Actually in Europe

Map credit Dalmatian Mapper

The map above shows how much of each European country is actually located in Europe.

For example Denmark is just 2% because of the size of Greenland. Similarly only 23% of Russia’s land is in Europe, despite the vast majority of each country’s population actually living in Europe.

Here is the ranked list from low to high:

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Filed Under: Europe

4 Maps Showing East Asia’s Demographic Collapse

Last Updated: January 19, 2026 1 Comment

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4 Maps Showing East Asia's Demographic Collapse

All the maps on this page are the product of the wonderful GEO.Universe Instagram page, which you should totally follow.

Here are the 4 maps on their own:

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Filed Under: Asia

Support for A Single Unified European Army By Country

Last Updated: January 26, 2026 Leave a Comment

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Support for A Unified European Army By Country

Map created by Europe Magazine
The map above shows support for a unified European army by European country. From the map’s Instagram post:

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