Two Web Finds

One is Zipatlas.com. You can search many statistics by zip code, from percent of poverty to percent of property ownership, even to the concentration of certain nationalities. Here is one map of the general Lake Worth area showing the percentage of French Canadians, of all things.

You can see the dangerous concentration of our French Canadian friends near the home of the other blogger. Perhaps this fuels her disdain for this group.

It also provides rankings in various categories compared to other zip codes. Fun to play around with.

The second one is a fun virtual subway design game on how to create an efficient transit system design. You start by linking three stations with various lines and tunnels - which are limited by the game so you have to use them strategically. As population grows, new stations appear that have to be linked to the existing system. Eventually, you are given the opportunity to add higher capacity trains to serve the ridership. Be careful as the riders get angry if they have to wait a while for a train. You can see them lining up and getting agitated at backlogged station. If too many get angry, the game ends and you can try again. This is what they are calling an alpha version that works in your browser. A fuller-fledged version is being worked on that will have more options and eventually be a stand alone software game. Enjoy!