On Some Numbers

A thought struck me the other day as I was reading an article about New York city’s recent decision to ban trans fat in its 24,000 eateries. Health and political issues aside, what really struck me about this article was that the number of eateries in New York City (24,000), was approximately 1/3 the entire population of Dominica (70,000). What’s even more interesting is that the two don’t really differ all that much in land area, with New York City only being 71km²or 13.3 square miles larger than Dominica. Put another way, for every three people on this island there is one establishment in New York City where they could dine without being interrupted by a neighbor….Just wanted to share

Some More Numbers of Interest:
New York City
Land Area: 785.5 km² (303.3 sq mi)
Population:
City – 8,213,839
Dominica
Land Area: 751 km² 290 sq mi
Population
Entire Island: 68,902

Take care until the next adventure/observation,
Voula
 
Pictures of Respective Farmers Markets