Monday, May 09, 2005

From Harper's Index

Number of towns in midwest offering free land: 18

Ratio of mobile homes to houses in gated communities: 1:1

Average number of German's who died trying to cross to West Germany per year: 18

Average number of Mexicans who die each year since 2000 trying to cross the border to U.S.: 407

2 comments:

Don Tate II said...

I live in Texas. Quite a few made it.

Friar Tuck said...

Of course, in Texas, it was theirs to begin with.

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