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Somewhat strange yet interesting statistic
The average living space in Hong Kong is 1700 SF (more space than I live in).
There are 6.5 billion people on the planet.
If you gave each one 1700 SF of living space, the entire human population could live in TEXAS.
[From Jim Marrs, author of Crossfire (the Kennedy assassination) and many other books – and a Texan. He went on to say…”not that I want them coming here. Don’t start moving to Texas!”]
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Wow, that's just...wow. Of
Wow, that's just...wow. Of course, you'd need more space than that to feed all those people, but it does put things in perspective.
"You named your daughter...after your daughter"
--Doctor Who
United states +1 China -1 of
United states +1
China -1
of course china gets +1 for not having an obesity problem like we do xD
...it all balances out in the end ._.
Woah. You learn something new
Woah.
You learn something new every day.
I read somewhere that Mexico is actually the most obese country.... I dunno if it was accurate though
"Slow down
we've got time left to be lazy
all the kids have bloomed from babies
into flowers in our eyes
we've got fifty good years
left to spend out in the garden
i don't care to beg your pardon
we should live
until we die." - The Gambler by Fu
I would have expected it to
I would have expected it to be smaller for Hong Kong... this is about the size of my host family's house in Japan but they live in a rural-ish suburb. If so many people live in 300-square-foot apartments, then there must be some super huge places to average that out...
"Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content." -Paul Valery
Sheila: But you’d have lots
Sheila: But you’d have lots of leftover room to raise food. ‘Course not everyone would want to limit themselves to 1700 SF – but in that case, the same is true – lots of room outside “Texas” for those who require more. I’m beginning to ramble. SO sleepy.
Coal: I don’t get it. +1, -1. what does it mean?
Bluewing: “You learn something new every day.” If you’re lucky.
Spirit: That’s what I was going to say to your 1st sentence. I’m sure there is some big money in Hong Kong.
crescentmoon, techno-weenie
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