Unfortunately I was unable to make it to Joe Salvo’s talk about New York City’s population. Based on what I saw on the slides, his speech was very informative and comprehensive. I really like the number of visuals that he used in his presentation. I was really surprised by some of the information that he presented to us. I knew that New York City as a whole was always growing, but I never knew by how much. Salvo’s first chart, which clearly labeled the largest cities in the US, showed that New York City’s boroughs alone were bigger many of America’s biggest cities. It was also very interesting to see where all the people in New York City came from compared to the rest of the country. It seemed as though New York City was its own entity.  I always knew things like this were occurring within New York City but seeing the numbers really put things into perspective for me.