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Comments on “Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration”
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Max Galka@galka_max · Builder of dataviz things
Awesome surprise to see my map make it on Product Hunt!
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Charles Kunene@charles_kunene · Co-founder & Product Designer @Obaa
@galka_max Great work. Was a bit surprised, especially based on how we discuss immigration in the news today.
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Dave Kang@davekang
@galka_max this is cool. It would be interesting to see the same animation, but of people leaving the US over the same time period. I assume more people come than go?
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Max Galka@galka_max · Builder of dataviz things
@davekang Yes, I agree. I've spent a lot of time looking for that data, but the U.S. does not track it. The best estimates I've found go back only a few decades. Still some interesting trends though. Here is the best work I've found on the topic, great series of posts: https://medium.com/migration-iss...
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Max Galka@galka_max · Builder of dataviz things
@charles_kunene Thanks. What about it surprised you? The message it conveys? The lack thereof?
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Charles Kunene@charles_kunene · Co-founder & Product Designer @Obaa
@galka_max The current political debate on immigration is centered around people from countries that are predominantly Muslim or Hispanic speaking nations - without acknowledging that those countries only account for a small amount, historically, of immigration to the U.S. This part of the current political climate really frustrates me. I'd be interested to … See more
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Max Galka@galka_max · Builder of dataviz things
@charles_kunene I agree. Some of the political rhetoric shows a real lack of knowledge/respect for our history. We are all immigrants, a few generations removed. The data is explained in more detail here: http://metrocosm.com/animated-im... It includes only people who obtained permanent resident status, which excludes most illegal immigration.
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Graham Street@itsgs · Co-founder, BrandedBridgeLine
@galka_max Awesome! I'm really inspired to do something similar for some other countries. Is this a project somewhere that others can build off of? seems like a great project for collaboration.. Truly an excellent execution of just enough data, just enough movement to keep interest, and telling a very effective story (but one that will be interpreted by e… See more
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Syed Khan@syed_khan · TheGO: Video Review & Discovery App
@galka_max good job!!
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Max Galka@galka_max · Builder of dataviz things
@itsgs I know you posted this a white ago, but if you're still interested in creating maps like this one, I just launched a mapping platform that you should check out: https://blueshift.io. It's currently invite-only, but if shoot me a message with your email, I can send you a registration link. http://metrocosm.com/contact/
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