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Re:Thriving Norway provides an Economics Lesson by menloparkbum on Thursday May 14, 2009 @11:35AM (#608924)
He was talking about Norway's social safety net, and just used NYC to illustrate how small Norway's population really is.
Re:Thriving Norway provides an Economics Lesson by ilitirit on Thursday May 14, 2009 @12:46PM (#609117)
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.