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fun facts
30%
Millennials and Gen Xers make up approximately
30 percent of the population in Essex County.
Ipswich has more First
Period (or circa 1625 to circa
1725) homes than any other
town in the country.
200,000
According to
the folks at
ZeroEnergy
Design,
2.4 square
feet is the
approximate
size of the gap
that would
result if the
small cracks
losing heat in a
2,000-square-
foot home
were combined
together.
IN 2014, BLACK EARTH COMPOST COLLECTED CLOSE TO 200,000
POUNDS OF COMPOSTABLE WASTE FROM SALEM RESIDENTS.
photograph by Darren Pellegrino
Zimman's in Lynn carries 50,000 rolls of decorative fabric. At
an average of 20 yards per roll, that's approximately one million
yards—or 570 miles of fabric. Rolled out, it would extend from the
North Shore to New York and back again (with plenty left over).
