Americans are a mobile people. Instead of making a life where we were raised, we often pick up and move far from our families, hoping to make our fortunes elsewhere. But because we left our hometowns with no shame or malice, when the holidays come around we all--as consistently as birds heading south--brave the crowds at various transportation hubs and slowly shuffle back home. A new map created from check-ins on Foursquare paints a picture of this holiday travel and how Americans get from one place to another in different parts of the country.
The map shows plane flights (in blue, based on two consecutive check-ins in different airports), train rides (in red, based on same-day check-ins in different train stations), and car trips (in white, based on check-ins on roads). Together, they form an outline of how America travels and even how America’s population has spread across the country.
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