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For anyone curious, Melbourne has 5,159,211 people, which puts it ahead of fan-favorites in the US like Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Bosto

by caslon 5y ago

For anyone curious, Melbourne has 5,159,211 people, which puts it ahead of fan-favorites in the US like Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston... and literally every city in the United States with the exception of New York! In fact, it has more people than the states of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, Maine, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Idaho, West Virginia, New Mexico, Kansas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Nevada, Iowa, Utah, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Oregon, Kentucky, Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina. Oh, it also has more people than Puerto Rico.

e12e 5y ago
> For anyone curious, Melbourne has 5,159,211 people, which puts it ahead of fan-favorites in the US like Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston... and literally every city in the United States with the exception of New York! I tried to look up what the "metro" population of Melbourne is, but could only find a reference to "greater Melbourne" being around 5M. LA metro area is 12M. Is Melbourne really larger?
justin66 5y ago
Don't deceive yourself. The numbers involved and the underlying reality are a little different than what you're thinking, since it all depends on where you draw the lines. The entire state of Victoria, including Melbourne, has something like 6.7 million people. [0] The United States has 11 combined statistical areas [1] with populations greater than Victoria. The way large cities are laid out, it often makes little sense not to include the suburbs. LA County and the Chicago metropolitan area each have roughly ten million people, and NY metro is at least twice that. They are really, really big. The most interesting thing about Melbourne and Victoria is its rapid population growth. The graph might not be a hockey stick, but it is extremely steep. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_statistical_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_statistical_area

by caslon 5y ago

e12e 5y ago

> For anyone curious, Melbourne has 5,159,211 people, which puts it ahead of fan-favorites in the US like Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston... and literally every city in the United States with the exception of New York! I tried to look up what the "metro" population of Melbourne is, but could only find a reference to "greater Melbourne" being around 5M. LA metro area is 12M. Is Melbourne really larger?

justin66 5y ago

Don't deceive yourself. The numbers involved and the underlying reality are a little different than what you're thinking, since it all depends on where you draw the lines. The entire state of Victoria, including Melbourne, has something like 6.7 million people. [0] The United States has 11 combined statistical areas [1] with populations greater than Victoria. The way large cities are laid out, it often makes little sense not to include the suburbs. LA County and the Chicago metropolitan area each have roughly ten million people, and NY metro is at least twice that. They are really, really big. The most interesting thing about Melbourne and Victoria is its rapid population growth. The graph might not be a hockey stick, but it is extremely steep. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_statistical_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_statistical_area