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I agree. NZ isn't very well traveled compared to the U.S. or most of western Europe. And NZ's population is like 1/20th of Los Angeles County. It's not surprisi

I agree. NZ isn't very well traveled compared to the U.S. or most of western Europe. And NZ's population is like 1/20th of Los Angeles County. It's not surprising that the little island handled the virus so well--it'd be more surprising if they didn't.

rasz 6y ago
>NZ's population is like 1/20th of Los Angeles County. you are wrong by only one order of magnitude
glaucon 6y ago
Gee, LA county has 100 million people in it ? Who knew ...
moltar 6y ago
NZ has more per capita tourists than US. NZ population: 4.89 NZ tourists: 3.7 (2017 figure) US population: 328.2 US tourists: 79.26 million international visitors to the U.S. This figure includes visitors from overseas, Mexico and Canada.
lostlogin 6y ago
What do you mean when you say ‘NZ isn't very well traveled compared to the U.S.’? I had a look about and according to the things I can find, New Zealanders travel abroad about twice as much as US Americans. And keep in mind that pretty much everywhere a New Zealander can go is more infected than NZ. We also have a lot less international clout than the US and less money. This matters. As a country we have less people per square km than the US, perhaps by half. But the US is not vastly more populated the New Zealand when examined as a whole, and USA is nowhere near the top when you order countries by population density. Our population is about 1/66th (5 million versus 330 million) that of the US, but our death toll is 1/8,900th (25 versus 224,000). I don’t believe the reasons you list explain this. In protecting its citizens New Zealand has done better than the average and the US has done worse. https://www.traveller.com.au/the-worlds-biggest-travellers--which-nationality-takes-the-most-trips-11979j https://www.traveller.com.au/the-worlds-biggest-travellers--...

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I agree. NZ isn't very well traveled compared to the U.S. or most of western Europe. And NZ's population is like 1/20th of Los Angeles County. It's not surprisi

by c0nsilience 6y ago

rasz 6y ago
>NZ's population is like 1/20th of Los Angeles County. you are wrong by only one order of magnitude
glaucon 6y ago
Gee, LA county has 100 million people in it ? Who knew ...
moltar 6y ago
NZ has more per capita tourists than US. NZ population: 4.89 NZ tourists: 3.7 (2017 figure) US population: 328.2 US tourists: 79.26 million international visitors to the U.S. This figure includes visitors from overseas, Mexico and Canada.
lostlogin 6y ago
What do you mean when you say ‘NZ isn't very well traveled compared to the U.S.’? I had a look about and according to the things I can find, New Zealanders travel abroad about twice as much as US Americans. And keep in mind that pretty much everywhere a New Zealander can go is more infected than NZ. We also have a lot less international clout than the US and less money. This matters. As a country we have less people per square km than the US, perhaps by half. But the US is not vastly more populated the New Zealand when examined as a whole, and USA is nowhere near the top when you order countries by population density. Our population is about 1/66th (5 million versus 330 million) that of the US, but our death toll is 1/8,900th (25 versus 224,000). I don’t believe the reasons you list explain this. In protecting its citizens New Zealand has done better than the average and the US has done worse. https://www.traveller.com.au/the-worlds-biggest-travellers--which-nationality-takes-the-most-trips-11979j https://www.traveller.com.au/the-worlds-biggest-travellers--...