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Originally Posted by isaidso
Metros 1 million+
Australia/New Zealand - 6
Sydney 5,005,358
Melbourne 4,641,636
Brisbane 2,349,699
Perth 2,066,564
Auckland 1,495,000
Adelaide 1,326,354
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._by_population
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...nd_urban_areas
Canada - 6
Toronto-Hamilton 7,414,700
Montreal 4,093,800
Vancouver 2,548,700
Calgary 1,469,300
Edmonton 1,392,600
Ottawa 1,351,100
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tabl...emo05a-eng.htm
United Kingdom - 12
London 13,709,000
Birmingham 3,683,000
Manchester 2,556,000
Leeds-Bradford 2,302,000
Liverpool 2,241,000
Newcastle-Sunderland 1,599,000
Sheffield 1,569,000
South Hampshire 1,547,000
Nottingham-Derby 1,534,000
Glasgow 1,395,000
Cardiff 1,097,000
Bristol 1,041,000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...United_Kingdom
United States - 53
New York 20,153,634
Los Angeles 13,310,447
Chicago 9,512,999
Dallas-Fort Worth 7,233,323
Houston 6,772,470
Washington 6,131,977
Philadelphia 6,070,500
Miami 6,066,387
Atlanta 5,789,700
Boston 4,794,447
San Francisco 4,679,166
Phoenix 4,661,537
Riverside 4,527,837
Detroit 4,297,617
Seattle 3,798,902
Minneapolis 3,551,036
San Diego 3,317,749
Tampa 3,032,171
Denver 2,853,077
St. Louis 2,807,002
Baltimore 2,798,886
Charlotte 2,474,314
Orlando 2,441,257
San Antonio 2,429,609
Portland 2,424,955
Pittsburgh 2,342,299
Sacramento 2,296,418
Cincinnati 2,165,139
Las Vegas 2,155,664
Kansas City 2,104,509
Austin 2,056,405
Cleveland 2,055,612
Columbus 2,041,520
Indianapolis 2,004,230
San Jose 1,978,816
Nashville 1,865,298
Virginia Beach 1,726,907
Providence 1,614,750
Milwaukee 1,572,482
Jacksonville 1,478,212
Oklahoma City 1,373,211
Memphis 1,342,842
Raleigh 1,302,946
Louisville 1,283,430
Richmond 1,281,708
New Orleans 1,268,883
Hartford 1,206,836
Salt Lake City 1,186,187
Birmingham 1,147,417
Buffalo 1,132,804
Rochester 1,078,879
Grand Rapids 1,047,099
Tucson 1,016,206
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...tistical_Areas
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This list, in a sense, confirms that fussing over population stats doesn't mean much in the real world.
For example, although both London and Los Angeles are considered large, globally relevant cities, my impression is that London is the more substantial of the two, and I always recheck that when I see population stats.
Likewise, based on how "provincial" cities like Birmingham and Leeds are considered vis-a-vis London, you wouldn't think they're comparable to Amsterdam, Rome, or Seattle. They definitely don't appear to have the same layers and complexity and diversity that those cities do in other countries. I guess, like France, the UK is very London-centric. Whereas the US, Canada, and Australia are more polycentric, so you'll have stuff like Amazon based in Seattle, not New York, or major film production in Melbourne, not Sydney.
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