Where do all the neurotics live?

On the East Coast, of course. A psychological tour of the United States, in five maps.

the country's psychogeography?

river of extroversion that flows roughly southeast from greater Chicago to southern Florida

vast lakes of agreeableness and conscientiousness that pool together in the Sun Belt

jagged peaks of neuroticism in Boston and New York

Drawing on a database of hundreds of thousands of individual personality surveys compiled by psychologists

able to map the distribution of personality types across the United States

Greater Chicago is a center for extroverts and also a leading center for sales professionals

Midwest, long a center for the manufacturing industry, has a prevalence of conscientious types

Northeast corridor, including Greater Boston, as well as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Austin, are home to concentrations of open-to-experience types

drawn to creative endeavor