02-24-2021, 08:57 PM
(02-24-2021, 06:05 PM)GMDino Wrote: Florida population:
353.4 people per square mile
In terms of population density, Florida has a surface area of 65,755 square miles (170,304 square kilometers). Based on estimates, that equates to 353.4 people per square mile, (136.4 per square kilometer) and that makes it the eighth most densely populated state in the US.
New York Population:
27,000 people per square mile
New York has the highest population density of any major city in the United States, with over 27,000 people per square mile. Over 3 million of New York City's residents are foreign-born; over one-quarter arrived in 2000 or later. Nearly 2 million New Yorkers are under the age of 18.
Did you just compare an entire state to a city? (I'm honestly not sure, maybe I'm reading this wrong)
His point was that, while Florida has areas that aren't as densely populated, they do have heavily populated cities that make up the majorty of their population. In order: Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, St. Petersberg, Hialeah. All in the top 100 in the US in terms of most populated cities.
And I've said this point before, but we keep returning to the same comparison. (Florida vs. New York) I understand OP has mentioned this but this thread has gone for 5 pages, with many posters having different discussions. So why are we so hung up on only using New York to show Florida's failures?
How about we tackle one of the other 2 dozen states that have fared worse? Because you can't continue rolling out population density for each and every one of them.
I'll say it again, if Florida's approach was as bad as people have painted out to be, reckless and irresponsible, to the point of their death totals being solely placed on DeSantis' hands in this thread, then they should be way up on the leaderboard in pretty much every Covid related category there is.
If he/they have done such a terrible job then the numbers should clearly demonstrat that. But they really don't, do they? I'm sorry, they just don't.
Fwiw, I'm not a big DeSantis guy, nor would I describe myself as a Republican. I just think people are going to extreme lengths to paint this dude as a monster, not at all driven by actual data but by hyperpartisan bs.
