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I can't find the source now, but I think it's about 600-700k commuters into the city center (Loop, River North, West Loop) every weekday.
by lenzm 8y ago
I can't find the source now, but I think it's about 600-700k commuters into the city center (Loop, River North, West Loop) every weekday.
- baybal2 8y agoThat's unexpectedly low, I'd say. In SZ, the daily commuter count approaches at least 2.5-3 million for people living on municipality's border. Shenzhen has twice as many people as Chicago. So, if we extrapolate, the amount of people commuting will double for Chicago if Chicago were to be turned into Shenzhen. That tells that much, much, more people in Chicago work outside of urban centre, or the portion of population who is working is simply less.
- wenc 8y agoChina is also the largest country in the world by population as well as hyper-urban. That makes the comparison difficult. The U.S. has 1/4 of China's populations, Chicago is the 3rd largest metro area in the U.S. It has a population comparable to Qingdao, but it's relative influence in the country is similar to Chongqing or Hangzhou.