Quote:
Originally Posted by vid
Anchorage's metropolitan area has about 400,000 people, but it's also quite sprawling. Similarly, Duluth only has 20,000 more people in its metropolitan area than Thunder Bay but appears nearly twice the size, because it covers considerably more ground.
|
Even Minneapolis and Seattle look twice the size of Toronto but are only around half the metro population.
In regard to the Great Plains vs. Prairie population dispersion, the rockies in the US bulge out much farther east. Denver is at the same longitude as Moose Jaw, which is about 750 - 800 km from Calgary and the Canadian Front Ranges.