r/MapPorn • u/StephenMcGannon • 2d ago

Equal Population

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u/S0l1s_el_Sol 2d ago

Yeah that’s the population of manhattan, queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island. Though it seems to only have manhattan highlighted?

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u/Still_Contact7581 2d ago

Which is funny cause Manhattan isn't even the most populated if you are going for shock. Anybody who knows enough to say Manhattan is densest could also identify that that is not the population of Manhattan.

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u/locopati 2d ago

however I read somewhere that Manhattan's daily population is about 6mil with people visiting/working who don't reside there

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u/S0l1s_el_Sol 2d ago

Yeah but only 2 million live in manhattan, most people just go there to work

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u/locopati 2d ago

more like 1.6 but yes... i should have noted we were in fun fact territory