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If you think New York City is too crowded, Gothamist has some bad news for you. The Census Bureau has revised our fair city's population, increasing it by 29,393 people. The new figure stands at 8,115,135, but the good news is that city coffers should gain $15 million over the next five years because of the increase. Okay, that's only $510 per person, but that's better than losing people like DC did, no? The revised numbers were in Queens and Brooklyn with 18,752 and 10,641 people added respectively.
For some reason, this reminds us about The Simpsons episode, The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (4F22), where Bart yells from the Statue of Liberty to a boat full of immigrants that the country is full. New York City is obviously not full, and Gothamist welcomes the newcomers with open arms. Now give us some of that money.
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The Simpsons episode referenced, The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (4F22) is no longer shown in syndication. A decision was made by Fox Broadcasting (the syndicators) to not show this episode after 9/11 due to the large part the WTC plays in this episode.
I think this is a shame as it was a celebration of New York and the WTC and we should be able to see this hilarious homage to our great city. I certainly hope it will be on the DVD set, but we deserve to see it.
The irony is that WNYW, FOX 5, uses a section from this episode in their own station advertising but won't show this episode again.