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This is interesting analysis. Many good points. Regarding this comment: "first mega city on the planet": As I understand, in the modern era, Beijing was the f

by throwaway2037 11mo ago

This is interesting analysis. Many good points. Regarding this comment: "first mega city on the planet": As I understand, in the modern era, Beijing was the first city in the world to have one million people.

ch_sm 11mo ago
Really? I always thought it was London in 1801. Do you have a link to the data?
epolanski 11mo ago
Mega cities are 10M+, NYC was the first metropolitan area to cross this milestone and Tokyo the first city proper.