actually, the term "overpopulation" is a reference to the ratio of people to natural resources, not a direct ratio of people to land area. The reason that Manhattan and other places not in the third world are not refered to as overpopulated is due to the fact that in comparison, the vast majority of people in Manhattan eat every day, at least once. Don't get me wrong, I live in Manhattan and am completely aware of the homeless situation, but the magority of people are not starving to death. And even in the "overpopulated third world" it is not the entire county that is lacking natural resouces (most of the time) but isolated areas were people are starving.
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actually, the term "overpopulation" is a reference to the ratio of people to natural resources, not a direct ratio of people to land area. The reason that Manhattan and other places not in the third world are not refered to as overpopulated is due to the fact that in comparison, the vast majority of people in Manhattan eat every day, at least once. Don't get me wrong, I live in Manhattan and am completely aware of the homeless situation, but the magority of people are not starving to death. And even in the "overpopulated third world" it is not the entire county that is lacking natural resouces (most of the time) but isolated areas were people are starving.