The Greater Paris I proposed there would have a land area of 1,635 km² (631 sq. miles), which is almost the same size as Greater London (1,579 km²), larger than New York City (785 km²) or the City of Moscow (1,081 km²), but smaller than Tokyo Prefecture (2,187 km²) or the Municipality of Shanghai (6,341 km²).
As of now the City of Paris has a land area of only 105 km² (40.4 sq. miles), which is only barely twice the size of the island of Manhattan.
I never knew it was
that small in land area. Now I really support this measure. How can Paris be compared to other large cities when it's land area is a fraction of theirs?
Some of those suburbs look as dense or denser than Paris, i.e. this one:
I can't believe it's not considered part of Paris! - that suburb is more urban than pretty much every U.S. city save New York. It makes the suburb I live in look like it's in the middle of the boondocks. Integrate Paris now!