Re:Houston’s Mayor Was Right to Not Evacuate
by peapicker on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @10:54AM
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Googling Houston metropolitan population gives 6.5 million. For Tokyo you get over 37 million. So Tokyo is 5.7 times Houston. Having been both places, Houston is much smaller. Houston also can't build subways, they'd always be flooding.
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Re:Houston’s Mayor Was Right to Not Evacuate
by dheera on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @04:51PM
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If you include the entire metropolitan area, then there are many, many more train stations to factor in than just the central stations. But in any case, order-of-magnitude wise you get the idea. Houston isn't that small and many cities around the world with even 1 million people have excellent public transportation.