Georgia DOT and CNN, losing friends and influencing readers
The Georgia Dept. of Transportation removed 488 small towns from its 2006 state highway map. In its attempt to explain this deletion the Georgia DOT’s statement to CNN describes many of those towns as “placeholders“. CNN notes the towns generally comprise “fewer than 2,500 people”.
Attention, you 2500 persons: You may have thought you lived in a town, but it’s really a placeholder.
Ouch!
But wait, there’s more. CNN’s web site teaser describes the towns as “microscopic“.
So, how many people can dance on the head of a microscopic placeholder?
Apparently, as many as 2,500.
