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[thinking_lotus]

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[wneleh]

This had me confuzzled, esp. Houston. But Houston's 656.3 square miles - around here, we don't call that at city, we call that a state! Or a good portion of one.

Houston's density is ~3600/sq.mi. (22 sq. mile of Houston is water - I didn't know they had water in TX, except for maybe the ocean.) My city's density is 11,656.8/sq mi.

[thinking_lotus]

I know it seems counterintuitive, but Houston is a port. It has a shipping canal that leads to the gulf.

[wneleh]

How did I not know that???? I just pulled it up on Google maps - it has barrier islands and everything!

I've been to Texas, but only here, on a graduate school field trip: http://www.sunstar-solutions.com/sunstar/geology/Permian/PermianTX.htm

[thinking_lotus]

Yes, it's surprising. I recall being surprised.

[just_jenni]

That's so interesting! O_O

[snowqueenofhoth]

Now I would love to see how Tokyo would compare.

[thinking_lotus]

The guy whose tumblr I stole it from lives in Tokyo. But the original post is here

http://persquaremile.com/2011/01/18/if-the-worlds-population-lived-in-one-city/

and the comments say Manila is the densest city in the world.

[nwhiker]

That just sounds... bizarre. I'm trying to wrap my brain around the whole concept.

I'd have thought Singapore was more densely populated. Huh. The things one learns....

[thinking_lotus]

Me too! (for Singapore).

[wneleh]

Singapore includes a decent amount of green space; and they may be including some ocean.

(I once spent a week in Singapore; spent a bit of it zipping around in taxis looking for nursing dresses.)

[thinking_lotus]

Why would they include ocean?

Anyway, my thought was that Singapore doesn't have anywhere near as many really tall buildings.