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One of the big issues when talking about "city size" is the definition of city. When people outside the US talk about "San Francisco" they mean the 9 county Sa
by nl 6y ago
One of the big issues when talking about "city size" is the definition of city.
When people outside the US talk about "San Francisco" they mean the 9 county San Francisco Bay Area[1] (pop: nearly 7m), and almost never the City of San Francisco[2] (pop: nearly 900K).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco
- Hokusai 6y agoYou are right. Metropolitan area makes more sense. There are administrative reasons for a metropolitan area to be subdivided in cities or towns but effectively it acts as just one city. I was thinking about Paris (city 2 million, metro 12.5 million) or Barcelona (city 1.6 million, metro 5.5 million). Similar to your example.