• resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
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    14 days ago

    The OP is effectively a heatmap since it isn’t relative to population.

    California is the most populous state. Having the largest number of anything isn’t informative.

    58,000 people leaving California is insignificant. 58,000 people leaving Wyoming is.

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      14 days ago

      Okay, but while I agree that it’d be good to get the per capita numbers, it’s still definitely not close to a population heatmap. The examples I gave should illustrate that