Russia in WW2 is the one that shocks me not only were they a country at the end they were a super power.
The amount of people lost is just insane as a percentage of the population. And it is your most productive members that were lost to.
Top it off Stalin basically killed another huge chunk afterwards.
Looking at the industrialization of Russia in the interwar period is kind of amazing. I did a post in the history thread about Albert Kahn and his role. But they basically embraced the shit out of Fordism and went from having a couple of factories capable of making a dozen tractors a year in the 1920s and no automobile industry to being able to produce about ~300,000 Tanks, SPGs, and other ground vehicles during the war. They went from no aircraft industry to producing over 130,000 planes during the war.
Stalin and the Soviets gave 0 shits about anything but industrializing during that period and they did get it done. It was costly but also probably saved their butts from the Nazis.
Wait rome only has 3 million people in it? That seems really low.
Usually for megacities you have to include the metro area.
But we tend to forget a megacity is like like anything over about 2.5 million. Though I think density is probably a better indicator than pure population.
Some of the megacity areas are ridiculous. Like isn't the greater Tokyo area like over 30 million?
Greater Tokyo (so suburbs included) is 37 million people. It has a density of 2,631 people per square kilometer.
To compare to NYC's metro area is 23 million people and a density of 688 people per square kilometer.
But Americans are big and burly s we take up more space
Also just doing a quick search the Roman metro area is 4.3 million. So it is pretty decently populated.
810 per square kilometer.
Good density there too.
Boston metro is 5.4 million at a density of 1471 people per square kilometer and I usually think of it as a city on the small end. Probs because the new yorks are close by and never shut up and my definition of big city has been skewed badly by china.
I should recalibrate my expectations of world cities.
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Wait rome only has 3 million people in it? That seems really low.
Usually for megacities you have to include the metro area.
But we tend to forget a megacity is like like anything over about 2.5 million. Though I think density is probably a better indicator than pure population.
Some of the megacity areas are ridiculous. Like isn't the greater Tokyo area like over 30 million?
Greater Tokyo (so suburbs included) is 37 million people. It has a density of 2,631 people per square kilometer.
To compare to NYC's metro area is 23 million people and a density of 688 people per square kilometer.
But Americans are big and burly s we take up more space
Having been to both NYC and Tokyo a lot I can say NYC always feels more crowded. Tokyo though in size basically makes NYC look like a small town.
Tokyo though even though it is way more crowded never felt nearly as suffocating to me as NYC does especially Manhattan. Also part of that is Tokyo is clean. Like that smell New York gets in the summer? That isn't a required smell of a big city.
Wait rome only has 3 million people in it? That seems really low.
Usually for megacities you have to include the metro area.
But we tend to forget a megacity is like like anything over about 2.5 million. Though I think density is probably a better indicator than pure population.
Some of the megacity areas are ridiculous. Like isn't the greater Tokyo area like over 30 million?
Greater Tokyo (so suburbs included) is 37 million people. It has a density of 2,631 people per square kilometer.
To compare to NYC's metro area is 23 million people and a density of 688 people per square kilometer.
But Americans are big and burly s we take up more space
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Chinese cities are ludicrous by the way. Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen are all neverending identical highrises 40+ stories high and filled with people. It looks like a straight up sci-fi dystopia. You look out and instead of a distinctive skyline you see a jungle of thick, consistent development.
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I still think Tokyo is the world's biggest city. By total population. Crowded wise you get places like Mumbai and Dehli that are just insane in population density. China I think has the most mega cities, makes sense considering they have the most population. India has a few super mega cities reaching that 12 million people plus figure.
The US has really small spread out cities in comparison. We consider 1.5 million in the US a major urban area. Some parts of the world that is a small city/large town.
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I generally call my electronics "Dr. [electronic]".
So my PC is "Dr. Desktop", my phone is "Dr. iPhone", and so on.
Wait rome only has 3 million people in it? That seems really low.
Usually for megacities you have to include the metro area.
But we tend to forget a megacity is like like anything over about 2.5 million. Though I think density is probably a better indicator than pure population.
Some of the megacity areas are ridiculous. Like isn't the greater Tokyo area like over 30 million?
Greater Tokyo (so suburbs included) is 37 million people. It has a density of 2,631 people per square kilometer.
To compare to NYC's metro area is 23 million people and a density of 688 people per square kilometer.
But Americans are big and burly s we take up more space
Having been to both NYC and Tokyo a lot I can say NYC always feels more crowded. Tokyo though in size basically makes NYC look like a small town.
Tokyo though even though it is way more crowded never felt nearly as suffocating to me as NYC does especially Manhattan. Also part of that is Tokyo is clean. Like that smell New York gets in the summer? That isn't a required smell of a big city.
Too many white people. European cities tend to be god damn dingy (although London isn't terrible)
Chinese cities are ludicrous by the way. Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen are all neverending identical highrises 40+ stories high and filled with people. It looks like a straight up sci-fi dystopia. You look out and instead of a distinctive skyline you see a jungle of thick, consistent development.
Every day I am given more evidence that amateurhour may be the wisest of us all.
Prague was an interesting experience for me. Partially because I was helping my friend find a place to live while I was there so we went to a lot of the old soviet tenement blocks around the old city. The complete disconnect between the amazing and gorgeous old city of Prague and the Soviet era buildings is stark.
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Wait rome only has 3 million people in it? That seems really low.
Usually for megacities you have to include the metro area.
But we tend to forget a megacity is like like anything over about 2.5 million. Though I think density is probably a better indicator than pure population.
Some of the megacity areas are ridiculous. Like isn't the greater Tokyo area like over 30 million?
Greater Tokyo (so suburbs included) is 37 million people. It has a density of 2,631 people per square kilometer.
To compare to NYC's metro area is 23 million people and a density of 688 people per square kilometer.
But Americans are big and burly s we take up more space
Having been to both NYC and Tokyo a lot I can say NYC always feels more crowded. Tokyo though in size basically makes NYC look like a small town.
Tokyo though even though it is way more crowded never felt nearly as suffocating to me as NYC does especially Manhattan. Also part of that is Tokyo is clean. Like that smell New York gets in the summer? That isn't a required smell of a big city.
Looking at the wikipedia article on the NYC Metro area it seems a little off. The include the immediate city and surrounding cities but also include as far west as Pike County PA and as far up as Ulster County NY. There's some small cities in those areas but most of that shit is fucking empty countryside
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I've been working from home and instead of enjoying the luxury I realized that all I did yesterday was bounce between twitter and the forums. Mostly twitter and not to read funny tweets. I've been weening myself off the rage cycle regarding the state of the world but haven't done a good job on consuming negativity.
As of now I've just read the headlines and glanced at twitter and now I am going to put my phone down and only use it to glance at chat.
Gotta make myself do this. Things are what they are and refreshing twitter and "waiting for the nukes to hit" is no way to live life.
I mean this is something I've always known intellectually but compulsion and anxiety don't really care for logic. Gotta break the cycle.
I feel like as a person who cares about the world, I can't just "go dark" with the reality around me but this constant input into my brain is accomplishing nothing.
Like I said. Nothing revelatory for anyone. Just using this as a mantra and a sort of decree as letting go of the anger (compared to before anyway) simply hasn't been enough.
Wait rome only has 3 million people in it? That seems really low.
Usually for megacities you have to include the metro area.
But we tend to forget a megacity is like like anything over about 2.5 million. Though I think density is probably a better indicator than pure population.
Some of the megacity areas are ridiculous. Like isn't the greater Tokyo area like over 30 million?
Greater Tokyo (so suburbs included) is 37 million people. It has a density of 2,631 people per square kilometer.
To compare to NYC's metro area is 23 million people and a density of 688 people per square kilometer.
But Americans are big and burly s we take up more space
Having been to both NYC and Tokyo a lot I can say NYC always feels more crowded. Tokyo though in size basically makes NYC look like a small town.
Tokyo though even though it is way more crowded never felt nearly as suffocating to me as NYC does especially Manhattan. Also part of that is Tokyo is clean. Like that smell New York gets in the summer? That isn't a required smell of a big city.
Looking at the wikipedia article on the NYC Metro area it seems a little off. The include the immediate city and surrounding cities but also include as far west as Pike County PA and as far up as Ulster County NY. There's some small cities in those areas but most of that shit is fucking empty countryside
Metro areas include suburbs. You can do metro area or the city itself.
Rome and Tokyo both have stuff you are describing in their metro areas. Most major cities do.
The place reminds me a lot of places I have been in England.
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Prague was an interesting experience for me. Partially because I was helping my friend find a place to live while I was there so we went to a lot of the old soviet tenement blocks around the old city. The complete disconnect between the amazing and gorgeous old city of Prague and the Soviet era buildings is stark.
This is how I felt in Bratislava. The city centre is wonderful but you're like 4 blocks away from miserable apartment blocks at any time
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Chinese cities are ludicrous by the way. Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen are all neverending identical highrises 40+ stories high and filled with people. It looks like a straight up sci-fi dystopia. You look out and instead of a distinctive skyline you see a jungle of thick, consistent development.
A friend was sent to Chengdu for work and posted some photos. People commented, "Oh, the smog isn't that bad!"
She replied "Actually, Instagram filters" and posted the unfiltered photos and also pictures of trees with actual fake leaves attached to them
I've been working from home and instead of enjoying the luxury I realized that all I did yesterday was bounce between twitter and the forums. Mostly twitter and not to read funny tweets. I've been weening myself off the rage cycle regarding the state of the world but haven't done a good job on consuming negativity.
As of now I've just read the headlines and glanced at twitter and now I am going to put my phone down and only use it to glance at chat.
Gotta make myself do this. Things are what they are and refreshing twitter and "waiting for the nukes to hit" is no way to live life.
I mean this is something I've always known intellectually but compulsion and anxiety don't really care for logic. Gotta break the cycle.
I feel like as a person who cares about the world, I can't just "go dark" with the reality around me but this constant input into my brain is accomplishing nothing.
Like I said. Nothing revelatory for anyone. Just using this as a mantra and a sort of decree as letting go of the anger (compared to before anyway) simply hasn't been enough.
Yeah. You can totally still care about the world and keep your rage card while also not constantly ingesting news and opinions. It's ok to stop actively intaking news for a while (you will end up passively intaking a bunch anyway)--it doesn't mean you accept the state of things, just that you aren't actively twisting the knife (because that doesn't help anyone!)
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Stalin and the Soviets gave 0 shits about anything but industrializing during that period and they did get it done. It was costly but also probably saved their butts from the Nazis.
But Americans are big and burly s we take up more space
A flashlight, a comb, and a wedge of cheese!
His title is the Bishop of Rome. I wasn't implying he lived in Rome/Italy.
Rome has about half the geographic area and about 200 times better taste.
Boston metro is 5.4 million at a density of 1471 people per square kilometer and I usually think of it as a city on the small end. Probs because the new yorks are close by and never shut up and my definition of big city has been skewed badly by china.
I should recalibrate my expectations of world cities.
Having been to both NYC and Tokyo a lot I can say NYC always feels more crowded. Tokyo though in size basically makes NYC look like a small town.
Tokyo though even though it is way more crowded never felt nearly as suffocating to me as NYC does especially Manhattan. Also part of that is Tokyo is clean. Like that smell New York gets in the summer? That isn't a required smell of a big city.
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The US has really small spread out cities in comparison. We consider 1.5 million in the US a major urban area. Some parts of the world that is a small city/large town.
So my PC is "Dr. Desktop", my phone is "Dr. iPhone", and so on.
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Too many white people. European cities tend to be god damn dingy (although London isn't terrible)
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Every day I am given more evidence that amateurhour may be the wisest of us all.
I like those designs, but the animations feel jerky and I don't like them at all.
Yeah, that is weird.
Flash with armor?
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Looking at the wikipedia article on the NYC Metro area it seems a little off. The include the immediate city and surrounding cities but also include as far west as Pike County PA and as far up as Ulster County NY. There's some small cities in those areas but most of that shit is fucking empty countryside
As of now I've just read the headlines and glanced at twitter and now I am going to put my phone down and only use it to glance at chat.
Gotta make myself do this. Things are what they are and refreshing twitter and "waiting for the nukes to hit" is no way to live life.
I mean this is something I've always known intellectually but compulsion and anxiety don't really care for logic. Gotta break the cycle.
I feel like as a person who cares about the world, I can't just "go dark" with the reality around me but this constant input into my brain is accomplishing nothing.
Like I said. Nothing revelatory for anyone. Just using this as a mantra and a sort of decree as letting go of the anger (compared to before anyway) simply hasn't been enough.
Shoulder pads are coming back, just you wait.
Metro areas include suburbs. You can do metro area or the city itself.
Rome and Tokyo both have stuff you are describing in their metro areas. Most major cities do.
But difference in density is still there.
Is that like crossfit with programming?
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Live in Boston.
The place reminds me a lot of places I have been in England.
This is how I felt in Bratislava. The city centre is wonderful but you're like 4 blocks away from miserable apartment blocks at any time
can't make him look like Grant Gustin from WB.
Armor that fucker up!
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A friend was sent to Chengdu for work and posted some photos. People commented, "Oh, the smog isn't that bad!"
She replied "Actually, Instagram filters" and posted the unfiltered photos
Yeah. You can totally still care about the world and keep your rage card while also not constantly ingesting news and opinions. It's ok to stop actively intaking news for a while (you will end up passively intaking a bunch anyway)--it doesn't mean you accept the state of things, just that you aren't actively twisting the knife (because that doesn't help anyone!)