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At least in China, the land area for cities is quite substantial. Land area of Shanghai is 2448 square miles, so it covers more of the case where people move to
by bobthepanda 5y ago
At least in China, the land area for cities is quite substantial. Land area of Shanghai is 2448 square miles, so it covers more of the case where people move to outlying neighborhoods for more space, as opposed to San Francisco's 47 square miles.
- silverpepsi 5y agoBasically all Chinese cities are equivalent to US counties. It's not commonly known, but yeah, anything about a Chinese city should be compared to stats about a US Metro Area to make any sense.
- bobthepanda 5y agoThe recent megalopolis stuff will also make things more complicated, though I'm unfamiliar with the fares for the regional HSR so I'm not sure that daily commuting from Nanjing to Shanghai actually makes a lick of sense. Even in the US, comparing by counties is dangerous, because counties are not standardized between states. Sometimes cities are contiguous with counties (San Francisco), sometimes they are smaller (Chicago), sometimes they are bigger (New York's 5 boroughs are each a county.)