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Originally Posted by 10023
^ London is going to shrink due to Brexit.
And anyway, the city proper population comparison is quite meaningless given London is almost twice the size of NYC (610 square miles vs 350 square miles). In metro area terms, NYC has been much larger than London for some time.
Chicago is about to go from 3rd to 5th largest US metro.
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NYC city proper is actually about 300 sq. miles. So Greater London is slightly more than twice the physical size.
Anyways, the two aren't apples-apples comparable. Greater London isn't a municipality, it's a region, and a huge chunk of Greater London's geography is suburban, and more like the Home Counties. If Bronxville or Montclair or Great Neck were in the UK, they'd probably be in Greater London.
And it's really metro areas that define city size. "NY" has been more populous than "London" since probably the 1920's-1930's or thereabouts.
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