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Originally Posted by Crawford
True. The problem is that urban area is being defined by the same geographic constraints, rather than allowing for the variability with urban areas.
Using this metric one could come to questionable conclusions, like Naples or Athens being bigger than London or Berlin or something.
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There is not much beyond the municipal borders of Hamburg shown on the map. So even if you take a larger area, I doubt Hamburg could have more inhabitants than Munich. There are still many suburbs lying beyond the blue area of Munich on the map.