Look at How Hollywood Has Destroyed America (on Film)

Relive the classics. Like Sharknado.

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Over the years, this great country has been absolutely destroyed by Hollywood. No, not by the obsession with celebrity—actually destroyed in theaters and on film

This map, created by The Concourse, shows the 189 attacks that have hit some part on the U.S. in movies over time. To make the map as easy to create (and read) as possible, parameters were set:

This is not an exhaustive list.

Categorizing the incidents by monster attacks, creature attacks, climactic events, geologic events, infections, mankind, "space rocks," alien attacks superhero battles and Sharknado-like incidents, they effectively broke the destruction of the U.S. all the way down (get the full breakdown here). As you'd expect, New York and Los Angeles suffer the most and worst.

Long live the disaster flick...and Sharknado.

[via The Concourse]

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