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That’s an odd take. Paris is the densest city in the EU and one of the densest cities in the world.
by selectodude 7y ago
That’s an odd take. Paris is the densest city in the EU and one of the densest cities in the world.
- greggman2 7y agoThat's arguable one of those lies of statistics. This comes up every time for example Hong Kong is way way WAY more dense than Paris. But because of arbitrary city boundries some unpopulated mountains are included in the city borders so the true density is not remotely the density listed on these kinds of lists. Go visit Hong Kong and you'll see it's easily 5x as dense as Paris. Maybe more. The same is true of many other cities in Asia. Visit and you'll realize the stats that show Paris in the top 10 are complete BS. The same thing comes up NYC vs LA. By the land / people they are about the same density but anyone who's been to both knows NYC is more dense than LA. Using population weight density shows NYC is up to 3x more dense than LA https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/census-bureau-embraces-weighted-density/69236/ https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollecti... With poulation weighted density Paris is not #1 in Europe https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/weighted-density-of-european-and-australian-cities.24635/ https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/weighted-density-of-eu... And if the same was applied world wide Paris would not even be in the top 100
- Scoundreller 7y agoIt's also tiny. It's easy to win the "densest city" contest when you exclude the decreasingly dense outer areas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_Union_cities_proper_by_population_density https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_Union_cities_...