> Tokyo can fit 38 million people into its city but New York City can't find room for 1/5 of that You compared the populations of the greater Tokyo metropolita

> Tokyo can fit 38 million people into its city but New York City can't find room for 1/5 of that You compared the populations of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area (38m) with the New York 5 boroughs city area (8.6m). You could also compare the Tokyo 23 wards city area (9.4m) with the New York tristate urban area (23.7m) and make the opposite argument.