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It's still nothing compared to the density of conibinis in Tokyo, sometimes there's 2 of the same chain within eyeshot.
by psychomugs 7y ago
It's still nothing compared to the density of conibinis in Tokyo, sometimes there's 2 of the same chain within eyeshot.
- frutiger 7y agoI have visited Tokyo twice and the density is not that remarkable. There are corners and blocks of downtown Manhattan where there are multiple pharmacies, Starbucks, Chase banks etc all within eyeshot. Wherever there are lots of people squeezed into a small space, they need all these services readily available 24 hours a day. The density of Manhattan is ~73,000/sq mi[1], whereas Shinjuku is merely ~48,000/sq mi and Shibuya is only ~38,000/sq mi. Note that Manhattan is much bigger than Shinjuku or Shibuya so this should actually work against Manhattan in these statistics. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya
- brighter2morrow 7y agoI don't know about the Japanese figures, but want to note those figures for Manhattan are just the residential population. The "daytime" population that counts all the workers who come in is 5x that.
- frutiger 7y agoI agree, but it's worth noting that the density of after hours (as in 2 AM) food spots will usually be related to residential density and not commercial/office density. There will always be exceptions (e.g. the East Village) but I suspect they are the overwhelming minority.