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Originally Posted by The North One
Apparently greater Johannesburg has about 10.5 million people so it's bigger than Chicago.
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The population alone is not what makes NYC New york City.
New York is the epicenter of the entire north Atlantic international trade zone, and before it was New York it was London, which is still arguably the 2nd most important economic epicenter in the world and they are only 5 hours apart by plane.
I'm sorry but unless Johannesburg becomes the de facto economic hub for the equivalent of North America and W. Europe I dont see how it could ever become "Manhattan"
Maybe in 200 years if Africa fully industrializes and has 2 billion people with a high amount of consumer power, but that is a long way off and quite a bit can happen.