my post on “wow the list of US cities ranked by population has a lot of surprising facts that kind of challenge my world view a bit” got a Mature label so here’s your fun fact for today: the city of Oklahoma City has more people in it than any of these three: Las Vegas, Boston, and Miami
#also Austin texas is bigger than Atlanta#which still blows my mind#so is Albuquerque#in my mind Atlanta is like a top 5 most populated US city#spoiler. it is not#not surprised Houston is number 4#hot take#LA traffic is on par with Houston traffic#like if your baseline is major Texas city then LA is really not that bad#like it sucks traffic wise bc it’s bigger so there’s more people but#to scale it’s no worse than any major texas city#and I say Houston bc I know Austin and Dallas very well#and in the latter but especially the latter latter#the drivers have a death wish#in the first one it’s more like#we are all stuck on this road and nobody wants to be here#so let’s agree to use our turn signals and let our tax dollars fund filling pot holes#it’s not that the traffic isn’t bad here bc it is#it’s that the bar was in hell for me and so I’m not that bothered by it#but anyway if you need your brain to be messed with#I recommend looking at the list of cities ranked by size on Wikipedia#becuase again I see Atlanta as a NY/LA/Chicago tier curb#and it isn’t even in the top 25
