gjoel comments on Desire to Move Permanently to U.S. at New Low

Desire to Move Permanently to U.S. at New Low (news.gallup.com)

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[–] gjoel@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Ok, what about if we adjust by capita? USA is very large. It would be strange if 25% of people wanted to move to Norway.

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[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

As long as the unit of measure in the comparison is the same, it's still indicative

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[–] rollin@piefed.social 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

I don't think that is relevant here? People don't want to move to the US because it's got a large population.

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[–] gjoel@programming.dev 1 point 3 weeks ago

No, but if people want to move somewhere, and you are half a continent, then the chances of that being that somewhere is higher than if your a smudge on the map. Now, if that half continent is mostly depopulated, I'd venture the chances are lower.

So comparing USA to Norway is nonsensical, but comparing it to all of Europe makes more sense.

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