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menloparkbum on May 14, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Thriving Norway provides an Economics Lesson

He was talking about Norway's social safety net, and just used NYC to illustrate how small Norway's population really is.

ilitirit on May 14, 2009 [–]

Just to avoid further confusion, New York City has a population of 8 million. I was referring to the New York State.

Either way, the point still stands.

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