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Alex Armlovich
@aarmlovi
Tokyo and NYC were roughly the same size when NYC passed the 1961 downzoning Today NYC is still under 20M people, while Tokyo is almost 40M people NYC looks big but it's actually quite small for a country the size of America
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Asad🗽🍎
@AsadFromNYC
Interesting that you’re including the whole NYC metro area. I thought Tokyo’s 40M was all within its municipal borders? An apples to apples comparison would make this even worse for NYC at 8m, no?
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Brian Thomas 🌐🏗🇺🇦🇹🇼
@BrianPThomas
i think a lot of this has to do with ny being constrained geographically and politically; if NYC were like Tokyo like half of north jersey would be part of the city by now
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Phil B. Liberty
@PhilBLiberty
So? What’s your point? Who wants to be Tokyo or a densely packed city like Dhaka or Manila? NYC (8.5 mil) has it all including 80OK low density 1-3 family houses with backyards, sunlight, fresh air & millions of trees for people to live decent lives in. And garages for our cars.
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eniramig_jp🇵🇸
@eniramig
It's a crazy con! "Tokyo" that have 40M (actually four adjacent municipalities) and same size of NYC. Ridiculous human slop content.
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manfromnofarm
@dtakesin
The urban core of NYC is denser than Tokyo’s core. Without downzoning I believe that NYC would have a greater population but I don’t think it’d actually be that much bigger than it is now. Best case an additional 4-5 million in the metro area which would bleed other parts of NEC.
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serenityposting
@serenityposting
tokyo still has a lower density though. i mean i get what you’re saying. but it’s not like everyone in tokyo is in high rises. lots of (albeit tiny) detached houses.
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eniramig_jp🇵🇸
@eniramig
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Too dumb lol The denominator's way off, isn't it? 40 million people don't even live in or commute to "Tokyo" AI's still better than this kind of self-proclaimed urbanist
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