Quote (Surfpunk @ 30 Jun 2020 19:13)
And? The average population density of those eight counties is 3151/sq mi. The only county in Florida that exceeds that average is Pinellas County (St Petersburg/Clearwater), at 3276/sq mi. The next closest county in Florida is Broward County (Ft Lauderdale) at 1472/sq mi. That's less than half of the average of the top 8 NY counties. The top 8 Florida counties by density average 1481/sq mi. The average age in Florida is 6.4 years higher than New York, so with that additional age comes less mobility, on average (particularly as you get to the higher age brackets). There's also a much higher use of public transportation in NYC, compared to cities in Florida (56.5% in NYC, where the highest city in Florida by percentage of commuters using public transit is Miami, at 11.4%). There's a lot of factors besides "bUt tEh cUoMo" that explain the difference in deaths.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_New_Yorkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Floridahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._cities_with_high_transit_ridershipSignificant parts of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach county are virtually unpopulated swamplands. The pop density in the parts of these counties where their population actually lives is far higher than the 1300-1400/sq mi that show up in the statistics. By contrast, those New York counties you mentioned are almost entirely urban.
For example, only around one third of Miami-Dade county is populated:
Your arugment about public transit usage is a lot more cogent.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jun 30 2020 11:26am