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> Medium sized cities (1M to 3M inhabitants) That's medium?! What do those cities have which a city of 100k inhabitants does not have?

by Fnoord 8y ago

cr1895 8y ago
Culture, diversity, variety? Not to say that a city of 100k lacks any of these things, but a place far larger can have much more.
adrianN 8y ago
Jobs for software engineers for example.
sergiosgc 8y ago
Nowadays, that's medium. Large is 10M. I've lived in a 100k city for a few years. It was a fun time, I liked it a lot, and you have access to most amenities, but you do notice it is a small city. Fewer different restaurants, very limited selection of bars and night clubs [1], much limited selection of cultural events. [1] This has an unexpected upside: you can go out on a whim and expect to find your friends at the usual places, in a Cheers like fashion.
- Fnoord 8y ago
  I guess, size-wise, those are USA definitions. Not in Germany [1] (which is the topic here), nor in The Netherlands (where I'm from). Amsterdam doesn't have 1M, yet it is very culturally diverse. Zaanstad (containing Zaandam) is 'only' ~150k, and has the most cultures of The Netherlands (a total of 135 different nationalities). [1] https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-biggest-cities-in-germany.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-biggest-cities-in-ge... EDIT: Ah, now it makes sense. Thanks for clearing it up! :)
  - sergiosgc 8y ago
    Sorry, there's a bit of misunderstanding here, my fault. I'm referring to metropolitan area population, not the specific city population. My city, Porto, for example, has less than 300k inhabitants. The metro area is, however, about 1.5M. In the context of auto traffic, or city services, the relevant number is the metro population, not the city proper.
- gambiting 8y ago
  That's....silly. By that definition most EU countries don't even have a "large" city. Warsaw and Krakow are both huge cities and they have 2M and 1M people respectively.

> Medium sized cities (1M to 3M inhabitants) That's medium?! What do those cities have which a city of 100k inhabitants does not have?

by Fnoord 8y ago

> Medium sized cities (1M to 3M inhabitants) That's medium?! What do those cities have which a city of 100k inhabitants does not have?

cr1895 8y ago

Culture, diversity, variety? Not to say that a city of 100k lacks any of these things, but a place far larger can have much more.

adrianN 8y ago

Jobs for software engineers for example.

sergiosgc 8y ago

Nowadays, that's medium. Large is 10M. I've lived in a 100k city for a few years. It was a fun time, I liked it a lot, and you have access to most amenities, but you do notice it is a small city. Fewer different restaurants, very limited selection of bars and night clubs [1], much limited selection of cultural events. [1] This has an unexpected upside: you can go out on a whim and expect to find your friends at the usual places, in a Cheers like fashion.

Fnoord 8y ago
I guess, size-wise, those are USA definitions. Not in Germany [1] (which is the topic here), nor in The Netherlands (where I'm from). Amsterdam doesn't have 1M, yet it is very culturally diverse. Zaanstad (containing Zaandam) is 'only' ~150k, and has the most cultures of The Netherlands (a total of 135 different nationalities). [1] https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-biggest-cities-in-germany.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-biggest-cities-in-ge... EDIT: Ah, now it makes sense. Thanks for clearing it up! :)
- sergiosgc 8y ago
  Sorry, there's a bit of misunderstanding here, my fault. I'm referring to metropolitan area population, not the specific city population. My city, Porto, for example, has less than 300k inhabitants. The metro area is, however, about 1.5M. In the context of auto traffic, or city services, the relevant number is the metro population, not the city proper.
gambiting 8y ago
That's....silly. By that definition most EU countries don't even have a "large" city. Warsaw and Krakow are both huge cities and they have 2M and 1M people respectively.