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Brian Swartz · 10-08-2023, 07:18 AM

I guess it depends on your definition of countryside? I don't know numbers but I don't object to your 80-20 rule at all as a general way of looking at it. Certainly agree with you that some areas are denser than others.

The graphic you posted has population figures that are somewhat out of date; the population is more than 50% higher than that now. Having said that, taking the figures on that, the lowest density figure there is 2,775 in Rafah. More than double that of Bangladesh. I will respectfully maintain my point that the entirety of the Gaza strip is highly urban. There's too many people in too small space for it to be anything else.

The only other clarification I would make is that the description of the ability of people in Gaza to leave Gaza was not based on this recent attack; it was meant to describe the situation before that. Last year, or 3 years ago, or whenever. They weren't free to go to the West Bank, or anywhere else, then either.

I think you are correct about people trying to do whatever they can to get to safety as best they can, in this moment. I just meant in the longer-term, they are stuck in a situation which they have no realistic means of even trying to improve.

10-08-2023, 07:18 AM	#232
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	I guess it depends on your definition of countryside? I don't know numbers but I don't object to your 80-20 rule at all as a general way of looking at it. Certainly agree with you that some areas are denser than others. The graphic you posted has population figures that are somewhat out of date; the population is more than 50% higher than that now. Having said that, taking the figures on that, the lowest density figure there is 2,775 in Rafah. More than double that of Bangladesh. I will respectfully maintain my point that the entirety of the Gaza strip is highly urban. There's too many people in too small space for it to be anything else. The only other clarification I would make is that the description of the ability of people in Gaza to leave Gaza was not based on this recent attack; it was meant to describe the situation before that. Last year, or 3 years ago, or whenever. They weren't free to go to the West Bank, or anywhere else, then either. I think you are correct about people trying to do whatever they can to get to safety as best they can, in this moment. I just meant in the longer-term, they are stuck in a situation which they have no realistic means of even trying to improve. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 10-08-2023 at 07:24 AM.