Is SL more or less crowded these days?

[Madame Maracas]

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2010/01/the-crowded-empty.html

[Phoenix Psaltery]

Didn't you ask this same question in Plurk? :eyebrow:

OK, I'll give you the same answer. The area of SL has expanded more quickly than its population.

P2

[Madame Maracas]

Yes I did, as not everyone's there that's here and there are interesting folks w/interesting thoughts in both places. Thanks PP!

[Eirik Haefnir]

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[Phoenix Psaltery]

Precisely. As we drive through South Dakota, I see large expanses of land -- literally thousands of acres -- that are grassy meadows, majestic rock formations (the Badlands), rolling hills, and of course the beautiful Paha Sapa (Black Hills). Much of this area is unpopulated, other than occasional farmhouses and barns, or mobile homes. The grassy areas often have herds of cows in them. Of course, right now, pretty much the entire state is one big ice cube. They currently have closed the Interstate (I-90) that runs all the way across the state from Sioux Falls to Rapid City because of the weather.

South Dakota has a population of only about 812,000 and an area of about 77,000 square miles, for an average population density of 10-11 people per square mile. In reality, though, about 305,000 of that is in the three largest cities: Rapid City, Pierre and Sioux Falls, leaving most of the remainder of the state for the cows, mountain lions and buffalo.

Dropping someone into South Dakota at random would be remarkably like doing the same in Second Life.

P2

[Gabe Lippmann]

There are vast amounts of empty space in the US.

There is also Manhattan.

[Madame Maracas]

Even Illinois, which is much more densely populated, is concentrated greatly in the Chicago metro area. Of the roughly 11 million folks in Illinois, 9 million are within an hour of downtown Chicago, 3 million in the city alone. That makes for a lot of open fields of lovely agricultural stuffs and trees, quietly covering miles and miles of land.

[Briana Dawson]

That makes for a lot of open fields of lovely agricultural stuffs and trees, quietly covering miles and miles of land.

That just where i live.

However, South Dakota is sounding attractive.

[Phoenix Psaltery]

OK, I got curious and decided to compare those stats I quoted for South Dakota for those for the entire U.S.

Wikipedia shows the U.S. population for 2009 to be estimated at 308,000,000, and the area of the country to be approximately 3.8 million square miles. That's roughly 81 people per square mile.

As Gabe pointed out, it's hardly an even distribution.

P2

[Forest]

OK, I got curious and decided to compare those stats I quoted for South Dakota for those for the entire U.S.

Wikipedia shows the U.S. population for 2009 to be estimated at 308,000,000, and the area of the country to be approximately 3.8 million square miles. That's roughly 81 people per square mile.

As Gabe pointed out, it's hardly an even distribution.

P2

I'm going to go tell my neighbors to get off my land! :fist:

[Fmeh]

I tend to agree with the article in that, even though I think people would find a way to game it, a "popular now" option would be a good thing.

[Imnotgoing Sideways]

Not more or less crowded. More clustered. (^_^)

Many of the old places I used to visit are completely barren or the sim owner shut the place. Many of the other places are so packed that movement is nearly impossible. (^_^)

Maybe it's because SL is being populated with more social people and less loners? I don't know. But, to me, finding onesy-twosey people is getting more difficult and finding sim chugging mobs is like shooting fish in a barrel. (^_^)y

[Lexxi]

Maybe it's because SL is being populated with more social people and less loners? I don't know. But, to me, finding onesy-twosey people is getting more difficult and finding sim chugging mobs is like shooting fish in a barrel. (^_^)y

I still mostly find onesy-twosey around instead of mobs (mostly I just find myself alone as I travel around). Only time I see mobs is when I go to see live music (and even there it is specific people that max out the sim), expos (ie, hair fair), and sales (again for specific places and events; though Sn@tch, for example, seems to be a mob regardless of occasion).

[Gabe Lippmann]

You just wanted to say snatch.

[Lexxi]

Nah, if I did, I'd have called the store Snatch. It is the only store, off the top of my head, that I recalled being mobbed every time I was there.

[Gabe Lippmann]

You did it again!

[Lexxi]

You did it again!

Did what? Use the word Snatch?

oh, and just because: "fanny pack"

[Gabe Lippmann]

OVER THE LINE!

[Lexxi]

OVER THE LINE!

What, using snatch yet again, or uttering "fanny pack"?

They were big back in the day. Everyone seemed to have one. I didn't, though. I didn't really see a need to wrap a fanny pack around my hips to hold my car-keys and extra money.

Well, I did have a money belt when I went to England a long time ago. I think that it, and a fanny pack, are two different type of bags.

[Gabe Lippmann]

This is why SL can't have people. :chair:

[Lexxi]

Because of chairs?

[Briana Dawson]

My mom says snatch. Totally took me by surprise when i was 9-10.

[Lexxi]

I do not use either word for parts on the human body in normal usage. I normally use them like "the thief snatched her fanny pack".

[Imnotgoing Sideways]

My grandma taught me to say "cooter"... Made watching The Dukes of Hazard really confusing. (O.o)

[prinţesă nina]

mum lived there as the child of an airman! or was it north dakota? well, it was a place called 'minot', and i never did hear a good thing about the place!That just where i live.

However, South Dakota is sounding attractive.

[prinţesă nina]

and its hard for me to say whether the grid is more or less crowded these days... i never log in :bong:
i may log in today.

[YOUR MOM]

Snatch and Fanny are nifty words.

[Madame Maracas]

Snatch and Fanny are nifty words.

And funny thing when you cross the pond how the meaning of Fanny changes rather significantly!

[Sarah Nerd]

It's not empty, there just hasn't been much population growth.