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On 11/21/2010 2:07 PM, Marty Weiss wrote:
Jersey, Shmersey... The rest of the world doesn't have 8 million people in 8000 sq. mi. with probably 10 million cars!
Oh really? This list says something rather different: I was unable toCheck again.../snip/
find a conurbation here with a population LESS than10000/sq mile: (it lists those> 10000/sq mile!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population_density
Ketchikan, Alaska comes close: 2300 people /sq mile
Marty
I checked again: is this a ratio issue?
Lets see: your claim of 8 million people in 8 thousand square miles of
NJ would be
ONE thousand per square mile.
As against Ketchikan Alaska: 2300 per sq mile. See? :-)
Brian W
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