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[monsoon]

[muchswatch]

Very cool, gonna visit some day. Tokyo is the only big city I didn't visit in Japan I guess/

[Allan]

Wow!! I have to visit Tokyo some day. Those photos are just mind boggling. The skyscrapers go on forever!

[Dallasite]

Wow. Just marvelous!

[swags]

Just awesome! Talk about light pollution though... wow.

[LeeWilson]

It's a great place to live but man I miss the countryside sometimes.

[Neo]

NYC looks like a piss ant compared to Tokyo

Awesome pictures! Some VERY clear night shots, very nice!

[Phillydog]

monsoon, on May 4 2004, 04:32 PM, said:

What can I say, the photos speak for themselves. What do you think? Is this the future? I say this makes NYC look like a small town.

Please. You're delusional.

Shanghai...Taipei...Hong Kong...Seoul...Dubai and heck, even Frankfurt, gives Tokyo a run for it's money.

[monsoon]

[Wendell FOX]

Can't see the pics, red Xs.

monsoon - I think New England Native means that as a financial and economic centre Frankfurt has prominence in the category of Tokyo's (though personally I disagree). Also I've heard people say that Frankfurt + the Ruhr-Rhein area should be considered a single metro and would give 9+ million people - not sure where I can find it as a stat though.

[wolfdawg54]

Wow!! That is an incredible city.

[Wendell FOX]

^ I can see the pics now.

Amazing density over a large area as always with Tokyo! There's also more colour in the night skyline than any other city in the world perhaps.

[wolfdawg54]

That is definitely true. I was just glancing at the thread again and I seem to have missed something in the first picture. Is that Tokyo in the background highrises also or is another city?

[monsoon]

[urban addict 20324]

Sometime in 05 I have to go here.

[I-275westcoastflorida]

Well yes it is a nice city but way too overcrowded and also comparing NYC to Tokyo just isnt right considiring Tokyo Metro Population = 34,000,000
NYC metro area=14,000,000

Edited by I-275westcoastflorida, 20 February 2005 - 10:22 PM.

[rbhriuthbu1234]

actually, there are different numbers and facts and if you count way outside the city sure you'll get this much, and no Tokyo metro
31 million New York City 30million and these facts are counting way over both metros and as high as any facts about both cities, that I know, and after we bombed Tokyo in WW2 Tokyo got a chance to modernized there city, if NYC got a chance to they would have modernized, probably. but still that is beatiful but Tokyo doesn't have many tall buildings, they do but I mean not like world record or anything. Even Los Angeles has taller buildings then Tokyo, Library Tower, 85 stories and it is the tallest building built in a seismic area, it can withstand a 8.3 magnitude earthquake, sorry but I got a new book on skyscrapers and I'm learning cool stuff and can't keep it to myself.

Edited by rbhriuthbu1234, 01 March 2005 - 12:06 AM.

[Aessotariq]

If you count the 23 wards that make up inner Tokyo, you get around 8 million. If you count Tokyo "prefecture" you get 11-13 million, and then if you count the Tokyo-Yokohama area, with Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama Prefectures, you'll get the 30+ million number.

Edited by tivo, 01 March 2005 - 03:31 AM.

[monsoon]

tivo, on Mar 1 2005, 05:30 AM, said:

If you count the 23 wards that make up inner Tokyo, you get around 8 million. If you count Tokyo "prefecture" you get 11-13 million, and then if you count the Tokyo-Yokohama area, with Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama Prefectures, you'll get the 30+ million number.

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If you counted it in terms of density and compared similar areas. Then you you have NYC's 5 bouroughs compared to the Tokyo-Yokohama area, Chiba and Saitama. Roughly 7M to 30M. Once you leave inner NYC, there are big wide open spaces that simply don't exist in the Tokyo area.

In addition, the rail system in Tokyo is of the heavy rail type (more advanced) similar to that of the NYC Subway system except the lines stretch 60 miles or more. Imagine getting on the subway in lower manhatten and riding it to Poughkeepsie in the Mid-Hudson valley. Tokyo has the development to support this. NYC obvioulsly doesn't.

[rbhriuthbu1234]

True, But NYC has the most subway stations in the world. Tokyo is more advanced with there bullet train.