I think you're confusing NYC proper population (which Wikipedia page also puts at 8m) and the metropolitan area which apparently includes most of the state.
Well, can you find any proof of that? The 20m figure returned by ddg is for the entire state. Your claim was that Google is gaslighting you but you can figure out the truth otherwise, can ya?
If you think New York STATE has only 20 million people living in it, you're a total fucking retard. Asking me to "prove" that number is wrong is like asking me to prove that the sky is blue. And no, the number DuckDuckGo returned was only for New York City, not New York State.
The entire point of this post is that left-wing search engines are trying to gaslight us into believing absolutely ridiculous propaganda, and you are living proof that they are succeeding.
With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York City is one of the world's most populous megacities.
With almost 19.6 million residents, it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States and eighth-most densely populated as of 2023.
If you have a problem with these numbers, at the very least you should be clear that your problem is with Wikipedia and/or its sources, not with Google that reports to you what Wikipedia says, and that DDG is not better than Google because it still reports to you what Wikipedia says but you have reading comprehension issues.
If the first response out of Google's search engine is factually incorrect, then it doesn't MATTER how many disclaimers they use: it's just a shitty search engine.
Could it be that New York City has around 8 mil while New York state has around 20 mil?
I think you're confusing NYC proper population (which Wikipedia page also puts at 8m) and the metropolitan area which apparently includes most of the state.
No I'm not: New York City definitely had a population of around 10 million people back in the early 2000s, and it's only grown since then.
Well, can you find any proof of that? The 20m figure returned by ddg is for the entire state. Your claim was that Google is gaslighting you but you can figure out the truth otherwise, can ya?
If you think New York STATE has only 20 million people living in it, you're a total fucking retard. Asking me to "prove" that number is wrong is like asking me to prove that the sky is blue. And no, the number DuckDuckGo returned was only for New York City, not New York State.
The entire point of this post is that left-wing search engines are trying to gaslight us into believing absolutely ridiculous propaganda, and you are living proof that they are succeeding.
> And no, the number DuckDuckGo returned was only for New York City, not New York State.
The number it gave you is sourced from Wikipedia, which in turn sources it from elsewhere.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_York_City
Population 8,260,000 (2023 est.)
With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York City is one of the world's most populous megacities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)
With almost 19.6 million residents, it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States and eighth-most densely populated as of 2023.
If you have a problem with these numbers, at the very least you should be clear that your problem is with Wikipedia and/or its sources, not with Google that reports to you what Wikipedia says, and that DDG is not better than Google because it still reports to you what Wikipedia says but you have reading comprehension issues.
If the first response out of Google's search engine is factually incorrect, then it doesn't MATTER how many disclaimers they use: it's just a shitty search engine.