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During rush hour (more like four hours), population swells to 50,000.
Unlikely. Dropping it into GIMP, Just the straight highway section in the middle is only 509 x 12 pixels. Assume 1 car per pixel (at least since individual cars are visible), and that's still only 6,108.
And that's assuming that cars are literally covering every square inch of highway. Rough ballpark, I think it'd cap out at about 10,000 cars, which given this is Texas, would account for around 10,100 people.
#TheyDidTheMath
(also...it was hyperbole for comedic purposes.)
I just rolled my eyes so hard