Well, in some of our discussions in the comments, an excellent link has been provided by Jim.

That is, to Statemaster.com which allows you to make maps of the US based on dozens of different criteria demonstrating all sorts of give up awesomeness. Some of my favorites based on an initial toying with the site (sorry, they don't make the maps copyable so you have to follow links):

Toothlessness per capita

lynchings per capita

Classics like the demonstration of the gonorrhea and Chlamydia belts (I still like my county maps from the CDC more). Also the infant mortality belt, firearm death rates, overall mortality, the health index, the obesity belt, motor vehicle deaths

Interesting new maps like teen death rate, child death rates, savings by state.

Basically, it's a treasure trove of data, representing an enormous amount of work showing that Red states just suck by almost every measure imaginable. Check out the bottom ten states in which to live. Based on the maps above, is anyone surprised? I have an idea, lets move to a state where more people are fat, have no teeth, the most people get shot, the most babies, children, and teens die, there are more motor vehicle accidents, no one saves money, nobody has a job, and everyone has VD.

I might convert some of these to Give Up maps, since I find it interesting to look at the bookends of the data with a more stark representation of the differences between the extremes in this country. But it's nice not to have to hunt down original sources and assemble maps from scratch all the damn time. Noticeably missing are toxic waste, driving distances, federal tax distributions, hospital quality, and bankruptcy. You still have to come to Give Up for those.