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by lev99 2985 days ago
> most people have been to Times Square

A lot of people have been to Times Square, but I doubt most United States voters have.
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adventured 2985 days ago
50 million Americans visit NYC each year. Times Square is a marquee draw for tourists.

There are ~150 million (134m in the last Presidential election) active American voters. They tilt older and financially better off, which is also the combination that is most likely to have a substantial travel history.

I'd bet on the majority of active US voters - 75m+ - having visited Times Square at least once in their lifetimes.

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dredmorbius 2985 days ago
50m visitors != 50m uniques.

There are people who never leave their home state, occasionally city/metro are, though I'm not finding a good source on that.

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cimmanom 2985 days ago
Where did you get that 50M number? That sounds more like the total number of tourists altogether, only a fraction of whom are Americans.
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lev99 2977 days ago
50M looks an awful like the total tourist numbers reported in this article[0]. I still hold the view that less than half of registered voters have been to time square.

[0]https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/09/nyregion/record-number-of...

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