Found out my town only has 3,200 people by reading a town report last night

I was looking through the 2023 annual report for my town, Alton, and saw the population count for the first time. I always assumed we had around 5,000 or so based on how busy the diner gets on weekends. Has anyone else been surprised by a random stat from their own town's public records?

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xena_kim8d ago

Town numbers are always weirder than you'd guess.

the_sean8d ago

Yeah, I lived in a town where the "lake" was just a muddy pond with one sad duck.