kunegis@feddit.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhy is there steam coming out of the streets in New Yorkfeddit.orgexternal-linkmessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up11
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minus-squareCocopanda@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoBelieve it or not. Very old infrastructure in the city. Still runs on steam power.
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoI swear I thought this answer was about as accurate as the one that said “dragons”. How steampunk for probably the largest city in the world to use steam in this day and age? I love it…
minus-squareشاهد على إبادة@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 days agoI’m going to have to interject, NYC is the 11th [or 35th] largest city.
minus-squareشاهد على إبادة@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoIt depends on how you define the city, here’s my source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities
minus-squareشاهد على إبادة@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoNYC didn’t grow any more populous since. Sources: https://www.empirecenter.org/publications/slowdown-in-outflow-but-no-robust-rebound-in-latest-ny-population-estimates/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/nyregion/nyc-population-decline.html https://pix11.com/news/local-news/nyc-loses-thousands-of-residents-many-move-to-florida-and-other-states/
minus-squaregt5@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoI don’t know why they include the surrounding areas as part of the city population. The 5 boroughs is roughly 8 million people. If you live in jersey city, you shouldn’t be counted as part of nyc population
minus-squaredesktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoI don’t know why they care about population https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_by_area clearly land is more important because land votes not people.
Believe it or not. Very old infrastructure in the city. Still runs on steam power.
I swear I thought this answer was about as accurate as the one that said “dragons”.
How steampunk for probably the largest city in the world to use steam in this day and age? I love it…
I’m going to have to interject, NYC is the 11th [or 35th] largest city.
11th, OR 35th? Could you explain?
It depends on how you define the city, here’s my source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities
That list is from 2018
NYC didn’t grow any more populous since.
Sources: https://www.empirecenter.org/publications/slowdown-in-outflow-but-no-robust-rebound-in-latest-ny-population-estimates/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/nyregion/nyc-population-decline.html
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/nyc-loses-thousands-of-residents-many-move-to-florida-and-other-states/
I don’t know why they include the surrounding areas as part of the city population. The 5 boroughs is roughly 8 million people. If you live in jersey city, you shouldn’t be counted as part of nyc population
I don’t know why they care about population https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_by_area clearly land is more important because land votes not people.
Or 3rd or 76th.