Did you drop a 0 on US population?
Comment on Americans say they need to earn $186K to live comfortably — but is it enough?
fishpen0@lemmy.world 2 months agoPopulation of top 10 most expensive cities
- New York City, New York: 8,467,513
- Los Angeles, California: 3,849,297
- San Francisco, California: 815,201
- Honolulu, Hawaii. Population: 1,000,890
- Washington, D.C. Population: 670,050
- Boston, Massachusetts: 654,776
- San Diego, California: 1,381,611
- San Jose, California: 983,489
- Seattle, Washington: 733,919
- Miami, Florida: 439,890
Total Poulation: 18,996,636 Total US population: 33,300,000 Minimum Total percent of US population living with this issue: 57%
auskast@lemmy.world 2 months ago
skyspydude1@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Uh, you’re off by a factor of 10 there. Population of the US is closer 330 million, so it’d be 5.7%
fishpen0@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh fuck me I missed that zero. Thanks, this is what I get for doing all that math on my phone scratch pad
Well, I’ll just grab the top 50 cities and it’s the same point.
The whole point is a shit load of people live in a very tiny space relative to the total size of the country as a whole. This drives online conversion around how expensive things are since online we actually interact with people from all over.