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The same applies to the city of Vienna proper compared to what it used to be a century ago. A lot more densely populated, a lot more life into it, nowadays, if
by paganel 3y ago
The same applies to the city of Vienna proper compared to what it used to be a century ago. A lot more densely populated, a lot more life into it, nowadays, if you ignore the touristic downtown, the city might as well be a dormitory after 6 or 7 in the evening.
- eesmith 3y agoIsn't that an extreme case? A little over a century ago it was the capital ~50 million people in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with a city population of 2,239,000 in 1916 (according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna ). The same chart has the population as 1,911,728 in 2020, about 10% smaller than a century ago. It's now the capital of a country with only about 9 million people.
- paganel 3y agoYou could make a similar case about London, too, it has lost a lot of its mojo compared to the 2000s. The Great Financial Crisis has put a knife through its financial heart, and Brexit certainly didn't help. This recent [1] Economist article about the LSE showcases some of that gloom. [1] https://archive.is/hDZsB https://archive.is/hDZsB
- eesmith 3y agoLondon in special for different reasons, yes. My main point though was that Vienna's population decreased greatly after its empire, and while increasing is still 10% smaller than a century ago. London's population has different dynamics, and I can't pretend to have a good reason. I can observe that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_London shows a clear decline correlating with its shift away from being an imperial power, from ~8 million in 1951 to ~6.6M 1981.