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New York City

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New York City

The city so nice they named it twice, spread across five boroughs/Cities & Urban

New York City is the most populous city in the United States, with about 8.3 million people packed into 783 square kilometers across five boroughs. Manhattan alone has a population density of about 27,500 people per square kilometer, making it one of the most densely populated places on Earth. The city has over 10,000 kilometers of streets, 472 subway stations, and more than one million buildings. Its skyline contains over 7,000 high-rise buildings, including 99 skyscrapers taller than 183 meters. The city never sleeps, and after visiting, neither will you.

Measurements

Total land area783 million m^2
28.1 millionStudio apartments
1,780Vatican Cities
Population8.3 million units
1.4 millionSides of a die
8,300Millennia
82,178Dalmatian movies

2023 estimate

Total street length10 million m
30,030Aircraft carrier lengths
3.3 billionSesame seeds
Subway stations472 units
1.2 hundredthsRubik's cube permutations
18.2Alphabets
2.29Human skeletons
Buildings1 million units
90,909Soccer teams
26.9 billionthsCells in a human body
31,250Olympic sports
Highest point (One WTC)541 m
55.5Squash court lengths
180Diving boards
1,520Violins
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