With such a glaring shade of red, you might think that the United States would want to work on its prison system to get in line with the rest of the world. Alas, that would probably mean decriminalizing a good number of drugs. And besides, there’s money to be made in putting people in jail.

What L.A. may lack in soul it gains in size. As evidenced above, the SoCal city can fit Boston, Manhattan and San Francisco among others within its borders.

The United States has quite a bit in common with its “enemies”, doesn’t it? Of the 194 member states in the United Nations, 50% have abolished capital punishment all together and a mere 22% maintain it in law and practice. Despite championing itself as a defender of life, liberty and forward thinking, the United States surrounds itself with mixed company. Human rights group Amnesty International believes that in 2011, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, China and the United States carried out the most executions in the world.