The Seven Deadly Sins in Chart Form

Is the East Coast more lustful than the West? Greedier? When you look at the seven deadly sins mapped across the country , the East Coast and the South turn out to be the most prideful, which in these charts meant the most sinful, period. But the charts only factor in reported crimes, which might mean that the East and the South are more honest. I’ll keep telling myself that.

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