The crazy part about these LA visualizations, is that the density in LA County is actually SO MUCH SMALLER than what we usually think of as the LA Area.
About a third of LA County is a national forrest, and another third is Desert and Lancaster.
If the county borders were different, this graph would be even more stark. LA county is big geographically AND population wise.
![image showing [OC] The states in blue have a combined total population equal to Los Angeles county, in red.](505f4649-abac-562e-8db8-60d2ed7a157d.jpg)
SiliconDiver on November 6th, 2020 at 17:38 UTC »
The crazy part about these LA visualizations, is that the density in LA County is actually SO MUCH SMALLER than what we usually think of as the LA Area.
About a third of LA County is a national forrest, and another third is Desert and Lancaster.
If the county borders were different, this graph would be even more stark. LA county is big geographically AND population wise.
edit Phrasing and clarification of "smaller"
DoffanShadowshiv on November 6th, 2020 at 18:09 UTC »
It would be more beautiful if Alaska was actually shown to scale with the other states.
elempiar on November 6th, 2020 at 18:58 UTC »
Thanks for that legend, really clears things up!