yep Ive been to neither either, but peeps saying it's about the size of the buildings, and the straight roads in Seoul, that just go on and on.
In Tokyo - which has the biggest buildings in the world in terms of average floorspace - hasn't so much of a gridplan so many of the giant blocks
are obscured from view, not just by smaller buildings but overhead wires, elevated rail and road etc, plus there are so many initimate alleyways
and human scaled streets right in the centre to lose yourself in. Also far fewer giant commie block complexes, or vistas.
Also Seoul is the densest of the world's developed cities, 3x that of Tokyo and 8x that of NYC, even despite the fact there are several mountains
in the city limits. It absolutely crams its 26 million inhabitants in a fraction the space of any other city.
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/engli...al/393438.html
Seoul - totalitarian capitalism
commie block heaven
compared with Tokyo, which has far more lowrises and midrises, a bittier skyline, and an intimate feel.