How many New Yorkers can you fit on an island (in other words,
From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
Date: | Thursday, January 6, 2000, 5:38 |
Daniel A. Wier scripsit:
> WRONG. WRONG. WRONG. WRONG. WRONG. WRONG. Tech City is NOT larger than
> New York. It's total population is about six million (which is a heck of a
> lot for a Caribbean island), but no Big Apple. (Big Banana, maybe...)
Pretty close, really. The last year I had information for was 1998,
in which New York City (meaning New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, and Richmond
Counties of New York State) was 1.5+2.3+2.0+1.2+0.4 = 7.4 million.
Not a big difference.
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