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If New York City's Population Was Spread Out

It might be hard for you to visualize and understand just how densely populated the city of New York is. That tiny little green dot on the map (which is hardly visible), has the same population as the entire area that is highlighted in red. 8.42 million people are in both of those spaces. One is a total of 469 square miles and the other is a total of 645,934 square miles.

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When you look at this, it's hard to understand how that many people are able to fit in such a small space in New York City. How is it even possible?