It’s really interesting how Sam Walton could never get a foothold on the west coast.
Switch the colors and it’s almost the same as the political map
BJs outnumbers both of them where I’m at. 5:3:3
For the first time in my life I can say this: Red states are better than blue states!
Nevada and Illinois might as well be striped. They certainly are not in the same buckets as the other pink/light blue states
I think RI has at least one BJs
I know California is big, but 143 Costcos?!
Mentions I’ve seen on Reddit: 501:2 (this post counts as 1 for both sides)
In midwest. I’ve never been to or even seen a Costco.
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The dozen biggest states by population and their Cosco+Sam’s per 1M people:
4.4 CA
4.0 MI
4.0 TX
3.8 IL
3.7 GA
3.6 VA
3.4 FL
3.4 OH
3.1 NJ
2.9 NC
2.7 PA
1.6 NY
I wonder why NY is so light on them…? Another commenter mentioned BJ’s Wholesale Club, maybe they just have a lot of those (or some other simialr sort of place)?
Patiently waiting for Costco to gain its footing in PA. My Costco is like 20 minutes away in a densely populated area. A Costco built closer to where I live is wanted and would do well.
Interesting and overall looks good! Never actually realized before that the Red State brand has blue for their company color and the Blue State brand has red. Oh the irony.
Would love to see a bit more clarity between the colors and the numbers personally. When one company has over a 2:1 advantage in one state, but nearly 1:1 in an adjacent state and the color is the same…?
The most impressive thing for me are the 6 Costcos in Alaska
It’s wild that Mexico would be all blue 😂
Wait, why are the states without any Costco’s the darkest of blues, per your legend?
Love the addition of headquarters for context, though! Very interesting
I feel like this map can be misleading. I live in NY, and there are Sam’s Clubs all over the place, but almost nowhere in NY has a Costco. We talk about it here like it’s something down south that has yet to make it here
So I looked it up and found almost all of the Costcos are a big batch of them only in NYC region.
NY is a Sam’s Club state if you don’t live in NYC
Maryland always has been a battleground state.
One weird thing: out of the 17 Costco locations in Georgia, **_12_** are in the Atlanta metro area.
Amazed that Hawaii has so many of both!
The coloring doesn’t make sense. 1:10 is darker than 0:2 and 8:1 is darker than 1:0
Add in BJ’s and make it a ternary color map!
Lol, Costco is so strong in its home turf that Sam’s just gave up and no longer exist in WA anymore.
Washington had 3 Sam’s Clubs, looks like they all closed new years 2018. According to random news article from the time, Walmart was closing 63 Sam’s locations nationwide and I guess all 3 in Washington made the cut-list
I would love it if the Costco in Arkansas is right in Bentonville somewhere 🤣
I feel like Maryland is the size of 22 warehouse retailers.
How does NJ have 21 Costcos? Are they all up north?
Would have been nice to have more gradients.
Texas is almost double 43:82 and Illinois is almost equal 23:25 but they are colored the same.
It seems like the 7:1 ratio in Idaho should be the same intensity of red as the 1:7 ratio in Mississippi is for blue.
Maine is funny because there’s literally 1 Costco and 3 Sam’s Clubs in the whole state. Easy math
Washington is wrong. There’s a Sam’s in Renton.
Reverse the colors to reveal America’s political divide.
canadians LOVE Costco. Source: I was a gas station attendant adjacent to costco in Bellingham, WA.
First map I’ve seen where I’m glad to be in a red state.
Leaving out BJs is a shame. Grew up in New Hampshire. Going to Tilton to hit up BJs and the Tanger Outlets separated by a stoplight was basically a vacation.
Would be better to also include wholesalers in the same category that might be more regional. For example, BJs.
There’s no costco or sams club in RI, but there are a few BJs Wholesale Clubs.
Try it with colors other than red/blue – too political.
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Sources:
https://www.costco.com/WarehouseListByStateDisplayView
https://www.samsclub.com/club-directory
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Rhode Island got told to get fukt
Neat, how about adding BJ’s in green?
I’ve only ever heard of “Sam’s club”
Yes I’m from Washington
It’s really interesting how Sam Walton could never get a foothold on the west coast.
Switch the colors and it’s almost the same as the political map
BJs outnumbers both of them where I’m at. 5:3:3
For the first time in my life I can say this: Red states are better than blue states!
Nevada and Illinois might as well be striped. They certainly are not in the same buckets as the other pink/light blue states
I think RI has at least one BJs
I know California is big, but 143 Costcos?!
Mentions I’ve seen on Reddit: 501:2 (this post counts as 1 for both sides)
In midwest. I’ve never been to or even seen a Costco.
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The dozen biggest states by population and their Cosco+Sam’s per 1M people:
4.4 CA
4.0 MI
4.0 TX
3.8 IL
3.7 GA
3.6 VA
3.4 FL
3.4 OH
3.1 NJ
2.9 NC
2.7 PA
1.6 NY
I wonder why NY is so light on them…? Another commenter mentioned BJ’s Wholesale Club, maybe they just have a lot of those (or some other simialr sort of place)?
Patiently waiting for Costco to gain its footing in PA. My Costco is like 20 minutes away in a densely populated area. A Costco built closer to where I live is wanted and would do well.
Interesting and overall looks good! Never actually realized before that the Red State brand has blue for their company color and the Blue State brand has red. Oh the irony.
Would love to see a bit more clarity between the colors and the numbers personally. When one company has over a 2:1 advantage in one state, but nearly 1:1 in an adjacent state and the color is the same…?
The most impressive thing for me are the 6 Costcos in Alaska
It’s wild that Mexico would be all blue 😂
Wait, why are the states without any Costco’s the darkest of blues, per your legend?
Love the addition of headquarters for context, though! Very interesting
I feel like this map can be misleading. I live in NY, and there are Sam’s Clubs all over the place, but almost nowhere in NY has a Costco. We talk about it here like it’s something down south that has yet to make it here
So I looked it up and found almost all of the Costcos are a big batch of them only in NYC region.
NY is a Sam’s Club state if you don’t live in NYC
Maryland always has been a battleground state.
One weird thing: out of the 17 Costco locations in Georgia, **_12_** are in the Atlanta metro area.
Amazed that Hawaii has so many of both!
The coloring doesn’t make sense. 1:10 is darker than 0:2 and 8:1 is darker than 1:0
Add in BJ’s and make it a ternary color map!
Lol, Costco is so strong in its home turf that Sam’s just gave up and no longer exist in WA anymore.
Washington had 3 Sam’s Clubs, looks like they all closed new years 2018. According to random news article from the time, Walmart was closing 63 Sam’s locations nationwide and I guess all 3 in Washington made the cut-list
I would love it if the Costco in Arkansas is right in Bentonville somewhere 🤣
I feel like Maryland is the size of 22 warehouse retailers.
How does NJ have 21 Costcos? Are they all up north?
Would have been nice to have more gradients.
Texas is almost double 43:82 and Illinois is almost equal 23:25 but they are colored the same.
It seems like the 7:1 ratio in Idaho should be the same intensity of red as the 1:7 ratio in Mississippi is for blue.
Maine is funny because there’s literally 1 Costco and 3 Sam’s Clubs in the whole state. Easy math
Washington is wrong. There’s a Sam’s in Renton.
Reverse the colors to reveal America’s political divide.
canadians LOVE Costco. Source: I was a gas station attendant adjacent to costco in Bellingham, WA.
First map I’ve seen where I’m glad to be in a red state.
Leaving out BJs is a shame. Grew up in New Hampshire. Going to Tilton to hit up BJs and the Tanger Outlets separated by a stoplight was basically a vacation.
Would be better to also include wholesalers in the same category that might be more regional. For example, BJs.
There’s no costco or sams club in RI, but there are a few BJs Wholesale Clubs.
Try it with colors other than red/blue – too political.
Map of civilization vs barbarians
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