Where to live?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Asher

Uhh...yeah?

It does.

Why don't you think on this one a bit more. Tons of a million other ethnicities...the point was while the foreign population of LA is focused on a couple ethnic groups, in Toronto it's far more spread out.

Your lack of a scientific education is clearly impacting your critical thinking skills.

There are just as many ethnicities in LA as in Toronto, Im quite sure. They are just a smaller proportion of the population. "tons of millions" was not a clear reference to proportion in the population, at least not in English.

[Zkribbler]

Here's the numbers for L.A.:

The last figure is the most interesting. 56% fall into the "other" category.

LINK to L.A. ethnic groups

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by Oerdin


You are a dumb ass Kontiki.

I've already posted the link to the 41% figure.

Here's a link to a 30% figure covering just LA and Orange Counties. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0904135.html

On page 8 of this PDF file is a map showing foreign born population by county for three of the five counties it is between 20%-50% and for the other two it is between 11%-20%. http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-34.pdf

Here's one which uses the same 35% figure I used. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/art...?artid=1447359

And to top it off here is the original source I looked up which states 34.8% of the population in LA county are foreign born. http://www.laalmanac.com/immigration/im06.htm

In short Kontiki, you are a tool. An idiot making false claims. A dullard who will not admit he is wrong and who is now claiming I lied when it is easy enough to provide links to where I got my figures. With estimates all over the place I took the conservative 35% figure though if we really wanted to get an accurate figure then we can take KH's hard numbers and compare them to the total population for each of the five counties and get a true figure. Here's a hit which even you can follow... It will be right around 35%!

Wow. You've just decended to new depths of stupidity. Congratulations on that, BTW, I'm sure it's not easy.

That first URL covers the same metro area I've already proven is the same as your precious 5 counties figure. It shows 29.6%, which would be correct, although you said it was 35%.

I don't know what the second link is supposed to show. 29.6% is between 20%-50%.

The third link is for LA County only, which you may recall you railed against earlier.

The fourth link (which I also linked to earlier, and you trashed) is once again just for LA County.

If you add up KHs numbers (which again totally agree with mine), you get 28.7%.

What else would you like to say that's 100% wrong?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Ottawa proper total pop

Language at home other than French, English or Spanish: 140000
Foreign born outside Latin America: 158000

DC proper total population 572000

Language at home other than English or Spanish: 41000
Foreign born outside Latin America: 37000

I'm going to have to give it to Ottawa

I said Greater Dee Cee vs Greater Ottawa. Deliberately. There are very few immigrants in Dee Cee proper, theyre all in the suburbs, esp Fairfax, Arlington, Falls Church, and to a lesser extend the MD suburbs.

[Asher]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
There are just as many ethnicities in LA as in Toronto, Im quite sure. They are just a smaller proportion of the population. "tons of millions" was not a clear reference to proportion in the population, at least not in English.

In context, it's quite clear. Your lack of a competent education is hurting you here.

"tons" is a relational qualifier, not a numerical quantifier. "millions" referred to the amount of ethnicities represented by "tons" of people. It's a clear reference to proportion of population, not quantity.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Ottawa[b] proper[b] total pop

Language at home other than French, English or Spanish: 140000
Foreign born outside Latin America: 158000

DC proper total population 572000

Language at home other than English or Spanish: 41000
Foreign born outside Latin America: 37000

I'm going to have to give it to Ottawa

"which is more diverse, greater Dee Cee, or greater Ottawa?"

Im trying real hard not to say something insulting.

[Asher]

Clearly the greater figures are far harder to come by, so he's posted what he's found so far. There's no need to be insulting just because you are being humiliated.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Asher

In context, it's quite clear. Your lack of a competent education is hurting you here.

"tons" is a relational qualifier, not a numerical quantifier. "millions" referred to the amount of ethnicities represented by "tons" of people. It's a clear reference to proportion of population, not quantity.

does anyone else think this makes sense?

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


I said Greater Dee Cee vs Greater Ottawa. Deliberately. There are very few immigrants in Dee Cee proper, theyre all in the suburbs, esp Fairfax, Arlington, Falls Church, and to a lesser extend the MD suburbs.

I didn't notice that. I don't see a way to get the detailed analysis for the DC met area without adding up a bunch of counties, and I'm too lazy (already did it for LA)

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Asher
Clearly the greater figures are far harder to come by, so he's posted what he's found so far. There's no need to be insulting just because you are being humiliated.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


I didn't notice that. I don't see a way to get the detailed analysis for the DC met area without adding up a bunch of counties, and I'm too lazy (already did it for LA)

you live 50 miles away. Surely you have at least a vague awareness that most immigrants down here (in metro DC that is) live in the suburbs? Did you avoid all the Baltimore Sun's coverage of the Va Tech shooter? That he was a Korean from Centerville, Fairfax County? Im flummoxed.

[Asher]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
does anyone else think this makes sense?

It's really not hard:

While US has tons of whites, blacks, and hispanics, Canada has tons of whites and tons of a million other ethnicities

1) Notice the parallel structure, illustrating it's a comparative sentence
2) Notice I'm mentioning that the US has tons of: whites, blacks, and hispanics
3) Notice I'm mentioning that Canada has tons of: whites, and tons of a million other ethnicities

In saying this, it should be clear that, as per point 2, the US' population is largely divided amongst 3 main ethnicities.
As part point 3, I'm saying this is not the case in Canada, as its population is divided amongst white (predominant) with many other ethnicities getting "tons" of representation.

[KrazyHorse]

Im flummoxed

That's because you misunderstood what I said.

I meant I didn't notice this:

greater

Now, if you want any further data then you can go find it yourself. I don't feel like doing any more research for a bunch of people who would rather pull things out of their asses than actually get the real numbers.

[Asher]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Now, if you want any further data then you can go find it yourself. I don't feel like doing any more research for a bunch of people who would rather pull things out of their asses than actually get the real numbers.

Numbers confuse the liberal arts posters. As does English, apparently.

[KrazyHorse]

By the way, you should also note that Ottawa doesn't have a "greater" area. There's Ottawa, then on the other side of the river there's the much smaller town of Hull, QC. Outside of that it turns into farmland pretty quick.