Help settling a bet

Kfin · Post by **Kfin** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 9:18 pm

I would say my little village of make believe.
But hey its not all humans there so does that count?

Kfin · Post by **Kfin** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 9:20 pm

i voted hong kong cause its got democracy(well somewhat) and capitalism in a spot where that is real rare.

Scyon · Post by **Scyon** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 9:56 pm

Tokyo surpassed Mexico City as the most populated city in the world in the late 1990's. I don't know if it's the most DENSELY populated, but it certainly has the most people...

I think deodorant and breath mints should be required by Japanese law

stumpy wallace · Post by **stumpy wallace** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 10:00 pm

mexico meh he ho

Druhsk · Post by **Druhsk** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 10:11 pm

You are right Scyon, however the most densely populated can be calculated a number of ways. We were pretty much using official census data (which is completely suspct in some areas) and official square footage of the metropolitan area only (not suburbs, or some US cities would be ranked up there)

Of course that means some smaller cities may be more densely populated, but don't have the sheer size of the ones listed. We had a few others, but they were too far spead out to be included (a few Indian and Chinese cities)

I honestly didn't expect so much of a response so heres my reasoning behind it:

We were debating this on the basis that while easily communicable diseases (like this bugger SARS) may not originate in crowded cities, the severe lack of health/sanitary facilities in said population centers create an epidemic that could be controlled. Of course that lead to another argument about how should pay for healthcare . . . blah blah blah, but we still have a nice bet going on the most densely populated city.

(I picked Mexico, so I'm winning according to this poll

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Thanks for the input folks!

Pee-Wee · Post by **Pee-Wee** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 2:45 am

Tynerion is pretty "dense".... whichever city HE lives in HAS to be.

DL · Post by DL » Thu Apr 03, 2003 1:46 pm

Hong Kong but the poll won't let me vote.

stumpy wallace · Post by **stumpy wallace** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:35 pm

I WIN!

Evil_Warlock · Post by **Evil_Warlock** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 5:18 pm

Most densely, not most population? Tokyo... they sleep in capsules... hello!?

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Which City is the most densely Populated city in the world?