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Old Posted Apr 19, 2012, 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by SHiRO View Post
The fundamental flaw this report makes is US cities = metro areas, European cities = city limits. It's the same "Seattle is bigger than Rome" bullshit I've been railing against.

The report states that 80% of Americans live in "large cities" (vs 58% of Western Europeans) and that the US has 259 "large cities" (vs WE just 186).
It states that New York is the world's second largest city (more like 11th) and will remain so until after 2025 and that LA will rise from 6th largest city in the world to 4th.


http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/MGI...global_economy
I could not find how they measured the European Cities. What page did they state it on? Also the NYC as second largest was referring to GDP I believe.
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