# Starbuck States vs. Wal-Mart States

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**Created:** [March 12, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbuck-states-vs-wal-mart-states/441067 "2008-03-12T02:44:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbuck-states-vs-wal-mart-states/441067/1 "2008-03-12T02:44:36Z")

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It’s the new Divide!

> **[Wal-Mart/Starbucks — Red/Blue | The Daily Yonder](https://dailyyonder.com/wal-mart-starbucks-red-blue/)**
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> The more stores a state has, relative to its population, the darker the state appears on the map. (These maps came from a statistics site at Columbia