[thephyber]

Edit: This post is wrong. I didn't bother to read the article and was off base on most of the facts. Leaving this post only so I can remember my shame.

NYC is a single city and county with 350k government employees and they've had a coordinated data effort for nearly a decade.

"Bay Area" is like 8 counties and dozens of cities, each which have their own tech stacks and legal teams, pulling their efforts in different directions.

I'm disappointed that the state of California hasn't come up with a few APIs which could easily reduce the redundant efforts of tens of thousands of localities. I've been prototyping some ideas to show the state what modern government could be like if there was a coordinated effort.

[CydeWeys]

The linked webpage covers 62 counties, way more than the Bay Area.

[kevin_thibedeau]

NYC has five counties and still has some vestiges of county governance like sheriffs.

[papito]

I don't think NYC does. Nassau County, yes - but that's outside of city limits.

[simmonmt]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Sheriff%27s_Offi...

[KoftaBob]

NYC is a city made up of 5 counties, whereas Los Angeles County is a county made up of several cities.

Every state does things differently, so I can see the confusion.

[vonmoltke]

Every borough is a county.

[tathougies]

NYC is actually within five counties: New York County, Kings County, Bronx County, Queens County, and Richmond County.

[josephorjoe]

And each county is a borough.

New York = Manhattan

Kings = Brooklyn

Bronx = The Bronx

Queens = Queens

Richmond = Staten Island

Just to keep things extra complicated...

[joejohnson]

This dashboard covers all of NY state

[mcnamaratw]

This comment and the great edit are a positive combo. They help remind people that California doesn't have uniquely high population density.

Without reminders, that assumption tends to go unchecked. Silly (but real) example: I have heard someone say that SJ has higher population per sq mi than Manhattan.

[vmception]

Nah, this is about state level data nice explanation though