[lbo-talk] California rail project

[Jordan Hayes]

>> Paris is one of the most densely populated cities in the world: it is 
>> the largest-densest city outside of India
>
> I agree with Michael that you're making a lot of sense, but looking at 
> this list I don't see how you're ranking Paris.  What am I missing?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population_density

That's a good list!  Leave it to Wikipedia junkies to compile this stuff 
...

It's ranked, by default, by density.  Find Paris: 32nd on that list. 
Now search up from there to find cities that have more than 2.1M people. 
You'll find only 4, all of them in India.

That is: you can find plenty of places that are denser, but they are 
almost all smaller.  Union City, up here in NorCal: 39th in density, but 
tiny: 62k people, so like who cares?

My point: France is different, and Paris more so.  This combination of 
density and size makes it an awesome market for rail.

/jordan