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Old Posted Sep 9, 2011, 12:30 AM
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Do you feel like tackling the Tokyo capital area?
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Old Posted Sep 9, 2011, 12:57 AM
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Do you feel like tackling the Tokyo capital area?
Haha - it's a question I asked myself for a while. I have begun on it, but it'll be a while away at this stage
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I'd imagine New York is in the "It'll be here in a while" boat with Tokyo.

In terms of geography, the highest big city in the world, La Paz, Bolivia would be very interesting.
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Old Posted Sep 9, 2011, 2:48 AM
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I'd imagine New York is in the "It'll be here in a while" boat with Tokyo.

In terms of geography, the highest big city in the world, La Paz, Bolivia would be very interesting.
Surprisingly, New York is about 90% complete - so expect to see it soon. La Paz I will add to my list.
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I took the three largest of your maps and put them on top of each other.

Blue = Los Angeles
Yellow = Houston
Red = Paris

Los Angeles doesn't seem too bad density-wise, even when compared to Paris. Amirite?
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Lol.. I knew someone would mention Kenosha etc. I realized once the map was finished - I'll fix it up later.
I only mention it because it's the godforsaken shit-hole factory town I grew up in. . . home to the mongrel scum of the earth. . . an engorged parasite on the underbelly of southeastern Wisconsin. . . and we can't let that be under-represented when considering the entirety of Chicago-land

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I only mention it because it's the godforsaken shit-hole factory town I grew up in. . . home to the mongrel scum of the earth. . . an engorged parasite on the underbelly of southeastern Wisconsin.
No seriously, how do you really feel.
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Old Posted Sep 9, 2011, 5:21 PM
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No seriously, how do you really feel.
I'm clearly joking. . . Kenosha is actually quite nice. . .

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I'm clearly joking. . . Kenosha is actually quite nice. . .

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Yes I know, I've been.
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It's quite shocking how large Houston is. At half the population it somehow manages to cover twice the space of LA.
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Love this thread. It's porn to us city/stats/map freaks

To be nit-picky though it seems Victorville/Hesperia/Apple Valley area wasn't included in L.A. It's an example of sprawl leaping over mountains
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Would super-low density developments like this one count? Or small towns near the major city that are separated by farmland but still have people commuting from it to the city?
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It's quite shocking how large Houston is. At half the population it somehow manages to cover twice the space of LA.
I'm pretty sure Houston is in yellow, so it takes up less space than LA, but still more than Paris.
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I only mention it because it's the godforsaken shit-hole factory town I grew up in. . . home to the mongrel scum of the earth. . . an engorged parasite on the underbelly of southeastern Wisconsin. . . and we can't let that be under-represented when considering the entirety of Chicago-land
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In any case, I've fixed it up, Kenosha is now in the Chicago map. Racine I will include with Milwaukee.

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Love this thread. It's porn to us city/stats/map freaks

To be nit-picky though it seems Victorville/Hesperia/Apple Valley area wasn't included in L.A. It's an example of sprawl leaping over mountains
Ah yes, good point. In time.

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Would super-low density developments like this one count? Or small towns near the major city that are separated by farmland but still have people commuting from it to the city?
Good question. That is where things get interesting. There are endless miles of these sorts of developments all over Canada and the US. I suppose my generel consensus up until this point has been, they are more relevant the closer to an urban area they are, and more often than not areas like this have been included.
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Next, the largest city in the Caribbean, and the largest metro in Texas

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
City Population: 2,552,398
Metro Population: 3,512,391


Dallas-Fortworth Metroplex, TX
Dallas City Population: 1,197,816
Fort Worth City Population: 741,206
CSA Population: 6,805,275
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I'd love to see you do Philadelphia sometime...and how about British cities like London and Manchester?
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I'd love to see you do Philadelphia sometime...and how about British cities like London and Manchester?
Philly is done - will be posted in the near future for you. As for British cities, I've done numerous smaller ones, and been meaning to do the bigger ones. Very soon.
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This has been fun so far. Thanks very much!!! I am interested in Boston and St. Louis if you ever get to those.
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Nice job on these. Some of the sizes are really surprising (like Calgary being comparable to Santiago), but it's hard for me to say they're wrong.

Then again, Wikipedia shows both cities being in the 6-700km2 range too.
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This has been fun so far. Thanks very much!!! I am interested in Boston and St. Louis if you ever get to those.
Boston is 80% finished, St. Louis is finished, so you will see them soon

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Nice job on these. Some of the sizes are really surprising (like Calgary being comparable to Santiago), but it's hard for me to say they're wrong.

Then again, Wikipedia shows both cities being in the 6-700km2 range too.
Some of the sizes surprised me also, which lead me to triple check to make sure everything is accurate.
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