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Carbonated-Man t1_je9qhjo wrote

Reply to comment by Hoosac_Love in Population density in Massachusetts by bubbastars

I don't know the numbers myself, but tbh I wouldn't be surprised if someone said the entire population of western mass was lower than the population of New Bedford or Fall River.

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nataphoto t1_je9t7xj wrote

> I wouldn't be surprised if someone said the entire population of western mass was lower than the population of New Bedford or Fall River

hows that work considering springfield alone is the third largest city

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Carbonated-Man t1_jeaw332 wrote

Wasn't aware of that. Like I said, "wouldn't be surprised if", was not a statement of fact. Was just a guess.

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SileAnimus t1_jeclgxb wrote

Springfield doesn't exist and I wish people stopped pretending that it does

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trahoots t1_je9vpss wrote

Population sizes:

  • New Bedford: 100,941
  • Fall River: 93,884

Western Mass Counties:

  • Hampden County: 462,718
  • Hampshire County: 161,572
  • Berkshire County: 128,657
  • Franklin County: 71,015

Western Mass total: 823,962

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Carbonated-Man t1_jeaweog wrote

That is a LOT more people than I figured lived out that way. 😆

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Hoosac_Love t1_je9qvxo wrote

Western is about a million Metro Springfield is substantial,600K people in that area All the little towns add up Berkshire county in about 130K Franklin about 90K

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