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States with a smaller population than Los Angeles County, California (infosec.pub)

submitted 7 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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People who have never been to L.A. really have no idea how insanely huge it is. Driving to my apartment from the start of city (before you even get to L.A. county) and having the city just keep going and going and going for two hours and not because of traffic jams is something you have to experience to truly understand.

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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 37 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (12 children)

Taking the idea further, it is notable that the entire population of California is smaller than that of Tokyo.

Tokyo is also unfathomable large, but the most astonishing thing is the amount of people. Tokyo has about 10 times the population of L.A. on an area of the same size. Of course there's traffic jams too, but not as bad as in L.A., because the metro system is a lot more efficient than the highways. During rush hour each train carrying thousands of people depart from each station every 2-3 minutes. You have to see it to believe it.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Paris is quite insane too, smaller but with an insane number of inhabitants per square km. Their metro isn't as clean but ut shuffles people around for sure, 650.000 passenger per day for metro number 13 for example. Or so it was when I lived there.

[–] faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Okay, but to be fair, metro 13 is not a good experience.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Ha ha no you are right about that!

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