Cities most people think are huge but aren't... (live, tuition)

[Davy-040]

Majority of the people on this planet wouldn't believe that Busan (if they even know the place) is bigger in size than Hong Kong.

[Pueblofuerte]

San Fran Bay area by Pueblo Fuerte, on Flickr

Altiplano Cundiboyacense by Pueblo Fuerte, on Flickr

The Bay area is about the same population as Bogota. San Jose looks massive whereas San Francisco and Bogota look dense.

To put into perspective the San Jose-Santa Clara-Sunnyvale Met area has 2 million people and looks bigger than Bogota whereas the latter has 9 million in its urban area. San Francisco has about 1 million and is the 2nd most densely populated city in the USA, Bogota is among the top 10 most densely populated cities in the world. In fact most Colombian cities are densely populated leaving ample space for nature in its surroundings.

[Corey the Otter]

Amsterdam doesn't even have 3 million in it's metropolitan area

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by Corey the Otter

Amsterdam doesn't even have 3 million in it's metropolitan area

I don't think most people think it got more, i mean the country got like 350 cities/towns with
only 17 million people in total.

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by Pueblofuerte

San Fran Bay area by Pueblo Fuerte, on Flickr

Altiplano Cundiboyacense by Pueblo Fuerte, on Flickr

The Bay area is about the same population as Bogota. San Jose looks massive whereas San Francisco and Bogota look dense.

To put into perspective the San Jose-Santa Clara-Sunnyvale Met area has 2 million people and looks bigger than Bogota whereas the latter has 9 million in its urban area. San Francisco has about 1 million and is the 2nd most densely populated city in the USA, Bogota is among the top 10 most densely populated cities in the world. In fact most Colombian cities are densely populated leaving ample space for nature in its surroundings.

Damn, i thought Bogota would be almost double the size.
btw on this website you can easily compare size ---> https://acme.com/same_scale/#29.5734...34.44824,4,S,S

[Greysholic]

Originally Posted by Corey the Otter

Amsterdam doesn't even have 3 million in it's metropolitan area

Nobody thinks Amsterdam is huge.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Greysholic

Nobody thinks Amsterdam is huge.

I think that in most people's intuition, Amsterdam is the size of Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, Munich, etc. Places like that. Whereas it's very roughly half the size of these places.

[Corey the Otter]

Taipei is pretty big, but isn't "huge" since it's metro is 9 million (many cities in East Asia are far bigger). It's often thought of as massive.

Singapore "only" has 5 million people.

[BigCityDreamer]

San Francisco. It has around 815,000 residents.

But people like to compare it with New York City, which is nearly 10 times that size.

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

San Francisco. It has around 815,000 residents.

But people like to compare it with New York City, which is nearly 10 times that size.

Not a fair comparison since SF city limits are very small, its smaller than Staten Island and not even half the size of Queens.