http://www.thisisthegreenroom.com/2009/manhattan-in-flux/ turn to page three hundred and ninety-four Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:56:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thisisthegreenroom.com/2009/manhattan-in-flux/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 bob Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:01:34 +0000 http://www.thisisthegreenroom.com/?p=2394#comment-1289 wait a minute - that "exponential" scale has no quantification of either axis, so the heights of the bars could mean anything, even be a reflection of a reality of population density. One good thing to add to your note, would be the number for the manhattan population difference: it's like night and day, so to speak, on the order of 1 million people commute into and out of manhattan. by calling manhattan "New york city," the graphic fails to point up the mysterious absence of commuters or tall buildings in Queens or Brooklyn. Why is that - the subways run there too? wait a minute - that "exponential" scale has no quantification of either axis, so the heights of the bars could mean anything, even be a reflection of a reality of population density. One good thing to add to your note, would be the number for the manhattan population difference: it's like night and day, so to speak, on the order of 1 million people commute into and out of manhattan. by calling manhattan "New york city," the graphic fails to point up the mysterious absence of commuters or tall buildings in Queens or Brooklyn. Why is that - the subways run there too?

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