But even if you're not talking about rail issues, it makes more sense to talk about Greater Tokyo than Tokyo proper...
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Replying to @380kmh
...because Tokyo proper includes some very rural land much further away from downtown than many of its neighboring prefectures
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Replying to @380kmh
Here, in map form: 23 wards, Tokyo Metropolis, smallest def of Greater Tokyo, largest def of Greater Tokyo (guess where Shizuoka is, lol)pic.twitter.com/09aYZqaCO7
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Replying to @380kmh
The populations for these four are: - 9.3 million - 13.5 million - 36.1 million - 43.8 million
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Replying to @DrunkBastard00
that's the thing...you'd be amazed how much room they find; I expect more ppl in Tokyo live in detached houses than in NYC
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Replying to @380kmh @DrunkBastard00
it's packed if you just run the numbers...but when you actually go there, it feels way nicer than smaller American cities
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Replying to @380kmh @DrunkBastard00
If I had to explain the difference it's that in America density means stacking people on top of each other...
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Replying to @380kmh @DrunkBastard00
...whereas in Japan it means having people next to each other.
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exactly--it feels like a major city on the big streets, but then like a quiet village on the back streets
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