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Originally Posted by Xello
Not taking any sides in the Texas vs. North Carolina debate but if you're going to have it you need to look at in the correct perspective.
The assumption that Texas has more Camaro owners than North Carolina is probably true but that is based soley on population of each state. To be fair, Texas is also a much larger state.
To compare Camaro ownership by state area size is fair as long as you compare by population density as well. If you were to compare an area of similar area proportion and size of Texas with east coast states you would cover North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio.
Texas Square miles = 268,581
Combined selected east coast states square miles = 285,220
(Fairly close in my opinion.)
Texas population = 25,145,561
Combined selected east coast states population = 46,236,761
From this perspective, having C5F4 in North Carolina totally makes sense since it is close to center of this population density.
That all said, I still believe that C5Fest should move around to accomadate each area of the country and not just use population density as the only factor.
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You do realize that the map you used is a "flat" map and the world is round, right? In a "flat" map, as you go further north, the land masses are distorted to make everything look bigger than it actually is. So, technically, the area of Texas covers much more than what you depicted, at least on that map
But regardless, that's a pretty poor way of looking at potential attendance. We could move that same land mass graphic over the center of the US and suddenly Texas makes a whole lot of sense.
To really be fair, you shouldn't look at population density, you should look at population of Camaros density. Which, I have a feeling, is not a uniform distribution across every state.
I imagine the number of Camaros per capita is much higher in the south than it is in the north. I don't have any numbers to back this up, but considering the point that the most Camaros are sold in California and Texas seems to indicate this trend.