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'More subway' doesn't really capture it. NYC has ~70x the daily ridership on metro rapid transit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_rapid_tr...

Overall population density is much higher as well:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...

NYC also has the lowest car ownership in the nation, so you're basically left with walking or uber/taxi/public transportation just to get to the store/doctor/etc.

https://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-...

Also ~25% more airline traffic hauling bugs in from everywhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_city_airport_s...

Combined with a long transmissable dwell time before symptoms, wouldn't surprise me if 90%+ of the people in NYC were materially exposed.



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