NYC vs. London, Tokyo and San Francisco

With roughly 8.4 million residents, New York City is easily the largest city in U.S. But in terms of land area, it’s only the 24th largest city (defined by the city limits) in the U.S. Internationally, NYC doesn’t even make the top 250 largest. These maps (via Gothamist) comparing NYC to other world city’s make it clear just how dense the city really is.  [Gothamist] — Christopher Cameron ... [more]