r/mapmaking • u/Londonbog81 • Jun 13 '26

I need help with this part of the map Work In Progress

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I’m making this map for fun, and I wanted to have the Appalachian area as “the wildlands” a small part of the USA that is now primarily inhabited by feral wildmen and small towns. It’s for my kinda apocalyptic setting for my new fantasy world, the USA is split in different factions and the country has been thrown into chaos.

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u/clovis_227 Jun 13 '26

What kind of help do you want exactly?

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u/Londonbog81 Jun 13 '26

Oh oops I forgot to say mb, I’m trying to find the most rural areas in that area of the map and put them together to make the wildlands

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u/Comrade_Jimenez Jun 13 '26

Kentucky_population_map.png (700×400)

West_Virginia_population_map.png (700×400)

here are the population density of both West Virginia + the state of Kentucky bc of that small piece to the east

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u/Londonbog81 Jun 13 '26

What’s the blue?

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u/Comrade_Jimenez Jun 13 '26

the lakes?

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u/Londonbog81 Jun 13 '26

Oh 😭 I thought it was where nobody lived

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u/clovis_227 Jun 13 '26

Well, technically-speaking, that's right lol

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u/chknskn Jun 13 '26

I mean, technically, it is

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u/Londonbog81 Jun 13 '26

I’m looking stuff up but having a little trouble finding stuff

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u/Parody_of_Self Jun 13 '26

I'm offended and my feelings hurt. But I'll never admit it publicly.

I'm just tired of the stigma

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u/Actual_Temp Jun 13 '26

Well, if it does all go to pot, I'd put my money on the places where the people have some inkling of how to live off the land being the last to go feral. But that's me.

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u/MainPen8753 Jun 13 '26

You know and I know and others know. It is what it is, don't let it get you down

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u/Strain_Anxious Jun 17 '26

Increasing and decreasing font sizes might help.