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> most people have been to Times Square A lot of people have been to Times Square, but I doubt most United States voters have.

• adventured 8y 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.
  • dredmorbius 8y 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.
  • cimmanom 8y 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.
    • lev99 8y 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-tourists-visited-new-york-city-in-2015-and-more-are-expected-this-year.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/09/nyregion/record-number-of...