Quote:
Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
Calgary would be number 1 in the world if they stopped building out and started building up. Like seriously we are already one of the world's largest city area wise. We need to stop building out into the boonies.
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I hope you are joking.
From
http://www.citymayors.com/statistics...-area-125.html
Rank City / Urban area Land area
(in sqKm)
1 New York Metro 8,683
2 Tokyo/Yokohama 6,993
3 Chicago 5,498
4 Atlanta 5,083
5 Philadelphia 4,661
6 Boston 4,497
7 Los Angeles 4,320
8 Dallas/Fort Worth 3,644
9 Houston 3,355
10 Detroit 3,267
11 Washington 2,996
12 Miami 2,891
13 Nagoya 2,875
14 Paris 2,723
15 Essen/Düsseldorf 2,642
16 Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto 2,564
17 Seattle 2,470
18 Johannesburg/East Rand 2,396
19 Minneapolis/St. Paul 2,316
20 San Juan 2,309
21 Buenos Aires 2,266
22 Pittsburgh 2,208
23 Moscow 2,150
24 St. Louis 2,147
25 Melbourne 2,080
26 Tampa//St. Petersburg 2,078
27 Mexico City 2,072
28 Phoenix/Mesa 2,069
....
117 Dubai 712
118 Harare 712
119 Budapest 702
120 Calgary 702
121 Sarasota//Bradenton 700
122 Columbia 697
123 Cape Town 686
124 Poughkeepsie 686
125 Tehran 686