Since skylines do not appear out of the thin air but are the result of demographic and economic underlying forces, I compiled a few background stats re Paris and Houston metro areas. Enjoy!
Paris metro area:
- land area: 14,518 km² (5,606 sq. mi)
- population: 12,016,000 (in Jan. 2009)
- population growth: +82,000 per year (average between 1999 and 2009)
- gross metropolitan product (GMP): 731.3 billion US dollars (in 2007)
- GMP per capita: 62,746 US dollars (in 2007)
- jobs: 5,747,000 (Jan. 2008)
- job growth: + 68,000 jobs per year (average between 2004 and 2008)
- GMP per job: 131,593 US dollars (in 2007)
- number of Fortune Global 500 companies: 37
- air traffic: 89,569,019 passengers (in 2008)
Houston metro area:
- land area: 23,124 km² (8,928 sq. mi)
- population: 5,728,000 (in July 2008)
- population growth: +123,000 per year (average between 2000 and 2008)
- gross metropolitan product (GMP): 378.3 billion US dollars (in 2007)
- GMP per capita: 67,578 US dollars (in 2007)
- jobs: 2,636,000 (Jan. 2008)
- job growth: +57,000 jobs per year (average between 2004 and 2008)
- GMP per job: 145,159 US dollars (in 2007)
- number of Fortune Global 500 companies: 6
- air traffic: 50,485,187 passengers (in 2008)
Personally, when compiling these I was particularly impressed by Houston's GMP per capita and per job. I didn't expect it to be so high. It's higher than almost any other US metro area in fact, including NYC.
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