The scale of New York

[Margaret and Rijk Rietveld]

16,000,000 people live in the Greater Metropolitan Area of New York. This is the full population of the Netherlands on an area as big as the province of Zuid Holland.

[Stefan]

if I'm not mistaken only in Manhattan live approx. 30,000 pp/km² or should I say 30,000 pp/km³

[Margaret and Rijk Rietveld]

Some images on the same scale:

[Margaret and Rijk Rietveld]

Manhattan only with 2,000,000 inhabitants
Greater Rotterdam with 1,100,000 inhabitants

[Sander Apperlo]

Originally Posted by Stefan

if I'm not mistaken only in Manhattan live approx. 30,000 pp/km² or should I say 30,000 pp/km³

I totally agree with the last one! These slides were in the presentation you gave at the Holland Amerika lijn building back in 2007? Kind of remember me putting together those slides!

Sander

[Margaret and Rijk Rietveld]

Sander,

Yes, I ran into the presentation folder, and it contains a few interesting comparisons. I will post some more.

[Margaret and Rijk Rietveld]

New York City (8,000,000 people) has 700 km of subway line and 10,000 km or road.

[Margaret and Rijk Rietveld]

There are some images that go with this:

[Margaret and Rijk Rietveld]

Thinking big. This picture was sent to me by Dennis Pieprz.