America’s "beer belly"

Strange Maps, one of my favorite blogs, does it again with a map that uses Google data to compare the ratio of groceries to bars across the country.

As you can see, Wisconsin and the upper Midwest is clearly America’s beer belly. But the North Country, especially St. Lawrence county, holds its own.

Do we drink more here? Or do we just have fewer grocery stores (and for a time we’ll have even fewer during the P&C –> Price Chopper transition)? Is it a sign of poverty? Or community?