Re: [Phys-l] Historical trivium

[Marty Weiss <martweiss@comcast.net>]

On Nov 21, 2010, at 6:19 PM, brian whatcott wrote:

> 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 to
> > > 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
> > Check again.../snip/
> > 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?    :-)

You are comparing a city with a state.  apples to oranges.  
> Brian W
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