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1.4 million in the urban area and 2.1 million in the metropolitan area is not exactly tiny. Tel Aviv is for example smaller, but I guess that the comparison is

1.4 million in the urban area and 2.1 million in the metropolitan area is not exactly tiny. Tel Aviv is for example smaller, but I guess that the comparison is to the bay area/silicon valley or something like that.

skreech 14y ago
Population-wise, San Francisco is also smaller than the city of Stockholm. But it is a tiny tiny tiny startup ecosystem.
Peer 14y ago
Tel Aviv is probarbly larger than Stockholm though. The Swedish definition of "metropolitan" area is skewed, it consists of several cities and according to wikipedia its 6,519 km2 that is compared to Tel Avivs metropolian area of 1,516 km2. Still Tel Avivs has a metropolitan population of 3.4 million people compared to Stockholm's 2.1 million.
- dbaupp 14y ago
  Just for others' reference, the metropolitan area of Stockholm[0] is the whole of the Stockholm county. Just looking at the map, a slightly better/more conventional measure of Stockholm might be Stockholm municipality[1] + Huddinge, Sundbyberg and Solna, which gives an area of 350 km2 and a population of about 1.1 million. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Sweden#Metropolitan_Stockholm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Municipality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Municipality
  - subsystem 14y ago
    I would really only call the city centre [0] an "urban area" i.e. somewhere you could find a decent bar etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_City_Centre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_City_Centre
- adsr 14y ago
  Stockholm is located on a group of islands on the other hand which impacts the surface area.
- ttrt 14y ago
  6.5k km2 is actually more than 1/4 of Israel's land area (20,770/22,072 km)
flexie 14y ago
Also, the Stockholm startup scene mainly attracts talent among the 9.5 million Swedes, whereas Tel Aviv benefits from immigration from Russia (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15797257 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15797257). San Francisco attracts talent from all over the US, or rather from all over the world.
SeanLuke 14y ago
Stockholm has the same metro area size as teeny tiny Baltimore. :-)

skreech 14y ago

Population-wise, San Francisco is also smaller than the city of Stockholm. But it is a tiny tiny tiny startup ecosystem.

Peer 14y ago

Tel Aviv is probarbly larger than Stockholm though. The Swedish definition of "metropolitan" area is skewed, it consists of several cities and according to wikipedia its 6,519 km2 that is compared to Tel Avivs metropolian area of 1,516 km2. Still Tel Avivs has a metropolitan population of 3.4 million people compared to Stockholm's 2.1 million.

dbaupp 14y ago
Just for others' reference, the metropolitan area of Stockholm[0] is the whole of the Stockholm county. Just looking at the map, a slightly better/more conventional measure of Stockholm might be Stockholm municipality[1] + Huddinge, Sundbyberg and Solna, which gives an area of 350 km2 and a population of about 1.1 million. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Sweden#Metropolitan_Stockholm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Municipality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Municipality
- subsystem 14y ago
  I would really only call the city centre [0] an "urban area" i.e. somewhere you could find a decent bar etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_City_Centre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_City_Centre
adsr 14y ago
Stockholm is located on a group of islands on the other hand which impacts the surface area.
ttrt 14y ago
6.5k km2 is actually more than 1/4 of Israel's land area (20,770/22,072 km)

flexie 14y ago

Also, the Stockholm startup scene mainly attracts talent among the 9.5 million Swedes, whereas Tel Aviv benefits from immigration from Russia (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15797257 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15797257). San Francisco attracts talent from all over the US, or rather from all over the world.

SeanLuke 14y ago

Stockholm has the same metro area size as teeny tiny Baltimore. :-)