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<blockquote data-quote="dwilgar" data-source="post: 1648970" data-attributes="member: 13431">I raised this question early in the &quot;Ask Keith Baker&quot; thread, and am rather surprised at the number of other people who have taken an interest in a somewhat trivial tidbit.&nbsp; I think the numbers are low, but more on the order of a factor of 2, not the type of numbers others are suggesting.&nbsp; I have no idea where someone gets the idea that the 40 people per square mile is some magical minimum number.&nbsp; The USA didn't hit this threshold until 1950.&nbsp; For a good comparison, the USA had a population density of about 5 people/square mile from 1790 to 1820.&nbsp; Based on the conversation in this thread, it is a wonder the USA still exists today.&nbsp; Compare this with Eberron at a population density of about 2 (give or take, as it is hard to get the area all that accurately) and I really don't see a huge problem with the Eberron numbers, especially if you take Keith's advice and double to include children.(US population data from: <a href="http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html</a> )Dwilgar</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dwilgar, post: 1648970, member: 13431"] I raised this question early in the "Ask Keith Baker" thread, and am rather surprised at the number of other people who have taken an interest in a somewhat trivial tidbit. I think the numbers are low, but more on the order of a factor of 2, not the type of numbers others are suggesting. I have no idea where someone gets the idea that the 40 people per square mile is some magical minimum number. The USA didn't hit this threshold until 1950. For a good comparison, the USA had a population density of about 5 people/square mile from 1790 to 1820. Based on the conversation in this thread, it is a wonder the USA still exists today. Compare this with Eberron at a population density of about 2 (give or take, as it is hard to get the area all that accurately) and I really don't see a huge problem with the Eberron numbers, especially if you take Keith's advice and double to include children. (US population data from: [url]http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html[/url] ) Dwilgar [/QUOTE]

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