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state with most zoos?

Dogluver's line of thinking isn't necessarily wrong, just incomplete. You can start by thread counts in the personals section to get a sense of demographics by state, yes. But its really just a very rough headcount. The problem you run into there is quality over quantity. Thirsty throngs drown out the genuine few people of good character you'd actually want to know. It'll be a needle in a haystack if you're trying to find a friend that way.

Ask not, "Which state has the most zoos," but instead "Which state has the best or most prominent zoos? Which state has, say, 10-12 instead of only 1-2 good candidates? Which state has a small handful of people I'm most likely to get along best with, a state with the most interesting people I'd really like to know someday." Look at metrics that matter, such as post history, reputation and standing in the community, animal ownership and experience, fidelity to their animals & their well-being over meetups, sharing, or other less than savory intentions. Gauge it on this, not headcounts.

By those parameters, some of the best states I've found have been Texas, PNW, and ironically, what appears to be your own stomping grounds, Illinois & Indiana. There's a few good ones in Florida too. But that only demonstrates how spread out we are. In reality, there are a few good folks in every state. So the conclusion you arrive at, is that you can't go by geography. It has to be down at an individual level. Find someone by their reputation and involvement here. Studying post history is the absolute best way to vet people and find your way into friendship with whoever you jibe best with.

Disappointingly however, chances are that you'll not find this someone at home. Saddlebum said it best a long time ago, something to the effect of, "If two zoos get along well enough to meet, one of them is getting on a plane."
 
Daedalus said:
Dogluver's line of thinking isn't necessarily wrong, just incomplete. You can start by thread counts in the personals section to get a sense of demographics by state, yes. But its really just a very rough headcount. The problem you run into there is quality over quantity. Thirsty throngs drown out the genuine few people of good character you'd actually want to know. It'll be a needle in a haystack if you're trying to find a friend that way.

Ask not, "Which state has the most zoos," but instead "Which state has the best or most prominent zoos? Which state has, say, 10-12 instead of only 1-2 good candidates? Which state has a small handful of people I'm most likely to get along best with, a state with the most interesting people I'd really like to know someday." Look at metrics that matter, such as post history, reputation and standing in the community, animal ownership and experience, fidelity to their animals & their well-being over meetups, sharing, or other less than savory intentions. Gauge it on this, not headcounts.

By those parameters, some of the best states I've found have been Texas, PNW, and ironically, what appears to be your own stomping grounds, Illinois & Indiana. There's a few good ones in Florida too. But that only demonstrates how spread out we are. In reality, there are a few good folks in every state. So the conclusion you arrive at, is that you can't go by geography. It has to be down at an individual level. Find someone by their reputation and involvement here. Studying post history is the absolute best way to vet people and find your way into friendship with whoever you jibe best with.

Disappointingly however, chances are that you'll not find this someone at home. Saddlebum said it best a long time ago, something to the effect of, "If two zoos get along well enough to meet, one of them is getting on a plane."
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What state has the highest percentage of zoos is a better question.

Two hypothetical examples. Lets say Wyoming and assume lots of sheep has lots of horny herders, so 10%. Then Massachusetts and assume suffering from a Puritan hang over, so 2%.
Assuming those numbers Wyoming actually has a population of 590,000, so 59,000 hypothetical zoos.
Massachusetts actually has a population of 7.2 million, so 144,000 hypothetical zoos, almost two and a half times more zoos.

So where are the odds better? Wyoming, which has fewer hypothetical zoos. You're more likely to meet one if one out of ten people is a zoo versus 1 out of 50 people. A person who was serious about meeting someone and not a cop would also ask if the zoos were male or female.

The media or anyone with an agenda like to mislead with numbers. For example, which state has the most traffic accidents? Wrong question. They should ask what state has the highest percentage of traffic accidents. Or the highest number per 10,000 drivers, which is similar to asking percentage.

And before anyone gets excited about the numbers I gave for Wyoming and Massachusetts, look up hypothetical.
 
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K9Evangelist said:
What state has the highest percentage of zoos is a better question.

Two hypothetical examples. Lets say Wyoming and assume lots of sheep has lots of horny herders, so 10%. Then Massachusetts and assume suffering from a Puritan hang over, so 2%.
Assuming those numbers Wyoming actually has a population of 590,000, so 59,000 hypothetical zoos.
Massachusetts actually has a population of 7.2 million, so 144,000 hypothetical zoos, almost two and a half times more zoos.

So where are the odds better? Wyoming, which has fewer hypothetical zoos. You're more likely to meet one if one out of ten people is a zoo versus 1 out of 50 people. A person who was serious about meeting someone and not a cop would also ask if the zoos were male or female.

The media or anyone with an agenda like to mislead with numbers. For example, which state has the most traffic accidents? Wrong question. They should ask what state has the highest percentage of traffic accidents. Or the highest number per 10,000 drivers, which is similar to asking percentage.

And before anyone gets excited about the numbers I gave for Wyoming and Massachusetts, look up hypothetical.
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