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Exactly. Stockholm experienced 10cm of snow last week and now ~-15°C (well, -20 in Uppsala) and the trains are in total chaos
by patall 3y ago
Exactly. Stockholm experienced 10cm of snow last week and now ~-15°C (well, -20 in Uppsala) and the trains are in total chaos
- shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y agoNews flash. Stockholm is not in southern sweden. Also Stockholm subway is famous for breaking down even if a single leave fall on the tracks.
- patall 3y ago> Southern Sweden with 80% of the Swedish population > Stockholm is not in southern sweden Are you sure this the level of comments you are supposed to post here?
- fl7305 3y agoDang it, I got nerdsniped (https://xkcd.com/356/ https://xkcd.com/356/). With the help of ChatGPT, I crossreferenced two lists of all municipalities (kommuner) in Sweden to place them in an increasing latitude order (south->north), and calculated where the 80% population threshold lies. The answer is Västerås, which is a bit north of Stockholm. It is only 31.7% of the distance to the northernmost point in Sweden. So 80% of Sweden's population lives in the southernmost 32% of the country. This might not be called "Sydsverige" in Swedish, but describing it to a foreigner I think 32% qualifies as "Southern Sweden".
- pastage 3y agoI will resist this nerdsnipe. I know there is a population density map as well I think the 250m squares is freely available. So we could make a slider from Ystad to Treriksröset from 0% to 100% would make a good progress bar.
- fl7305 3y agoCome to the nerd side, we have cookies... Source data: https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/regional-statistik-och-kartor/regionala-indelningar/digitala-granser/ https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101A/BefolkningNy/
- Hikikomori 3y agoIf we have northern and southern parts then Stockholm is in the southern part.
- fl7305 3y agoAnd if we divide Sweden into southern/middle/northern, Stockholm would still end up in the southern part. ChatGPT: "Stockholm lies approximately 28.87% of the way north when considering the span from the southernmost to the northernmost points of Sweden's municipalities, based on latitude."
- shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y agoI never expected to have to argue with a ChatGPT prompt, lol. Swedes do not care about your conclusions as we still won't claim Stockholm is in the southern Sweden.
- Hikikomori 3y agoAsk a northern Swede if Stockholm is in the south.
- shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y agoThat's not the question. It's about what is included in the geographic area referred to as "Southern Sweden".
- fl7305 3y agoE' du go eller? I am 100% Swedish. Men absolut inte en 08 / Tjockhultare, har i princip bara varit i Stockholm när jag gick högvakten. Again, reading your comments it looks like you're translating Swedish words directly to English ("Sydsverige" -> "Southern Sweden"). But they are not the same, right? And I didn't just ask ChatGPT for a number. I used ChatGPT Python data analysis to process official SCB datafiles with the population count and geographical locations for the 290 municipalities ("kommuner") in Sweden. They were sorted in increasing latitude (south -> north). The population count for each municipality was accumulated until it reached 80% of the total Swedish population. The municipality where the 80% threshold was crossed turned out to be Västerås. That means that my claim "Southern Sweden with 80% of the Swedish population" is correct. You don't have to go that far north (32%) before you've covered 80% of the Swedish population. Where do you think the 80% threshold lies? Source data: https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/regional-statistik-och-kartor/regionala-indelningar/digitala-granser/ https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101A/BefolkningNy/