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San Jose is bigger than San Francisco only because its city limits occupy far more area. San Francisco is a bigger population center.
by robbrown451 11y ago
San Jose is bigger than San Francisco only because its city limits occupy far more area. San Francisco is a bigger population center.
- bla2 11y ago…do you live in San Francisco?
- zbraniecki 11y agoI do. How can I help you? :)
- desdiv 11y ago>San Francisco >Population >City and county 852,469 >Metro 4,594,060 >CSA 8,607,423 > >San Jose >Population >City 1,015,785 >Metro 1,952,872 >CSA 8,607,423 Colloquially, "population" refers to either the metropolitan area population or the CSA population, or something in between. But since different countries have different concepts and definitions for "metro area", it can't be relied on for a global map. The only thing remotely portable in this case is "how many people live within the city limits". And by that measure, San Jose is indeed bigger than San Francisco. San Francisco doesn't even get a mention because its population within city limits is below one million - the cut-off line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California
- smsm42 11y agoIt sounds like you argue that because San Jose is bigger both by territory and by population, somehow that makes San Francisco truly bigger. However, if it's bigger in both, it only makes sense the map algorithm chooses it to display on lower resolutions. I don't think going by population density is that common.