Saturday, August 4, 2007

Everything you ever wanted to know

I'm still amazed when I read some facts about New York City. For example:
  • Out of 216 U.S. cities with populations of more than 100,000 in 2002, NYC ranked 197th in overall crime (with about the same crime rate as Provo, Utah).
  • The average New Yorker consumes less than half the electricity used by a resident of San Francisco and nearly one-quarter the electricity consumed by a resident of Dallas.
  • Chocolate is New York City's leading specialty-food export.
Wha? Apparently, in 2003, NYC exported more chocolate confectioneries than peanut butter, frozen foods, or spices (by dollar value). Why is this information important? It's not! But it's included in Wikipedia's entry on New York City -- everything you ever wanted to know about the Big Apple on one page.

New York City - Wikipedia

3 comments:

Teacher Mommy said...

Chocolate is very important. We tried Max Brenner a few months back (I liked their dinner crepes better than dessert itself)... City Bakery on 18th St has some of the best (richest) cups hot chocolate around. But where do the Philips go for good choco in NYC?

Sarah P said...

Darren never eats chocolate! And I hate bread pudding... But we do agree that Cafe Colonial (around the corner from us) has the most AMAZING chocolate bread pudding--we're always fighting for the last bite!

Anonymous said...

chocolate bread pudding? i need to try this!