Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-30
WORLDS LARGEST CITY
Claims as Put Forth by New York
and London. -
DISTINCTION BELONGS to new YORK

Both these Great centers Have Sur
rounded Many important Cities
One ninth of the Population of the
United States Within One Hundred
Miles of New York.
What is the largest city in the
world?
1.-THE question arises again with the
British census announcement which
ascribes to Greater London 7,476,1G7'
people" says bulletin from the
Washington, D. c., headquarters OF
the National Geographic Society.
"Since the 1920 census gave New
York City a population Of 5,62o,o4S,
there would seem to be no question
regarding the relative size OF the two
cities. But if one seeks to know what
is the largest population center In the
world. then New York can advance
tenable claim against London for the
honor.
strictly speaking the municipality
of New York has moro people than the
municipality OF London. For legally
as a municipal unit, London refers
only to the area within the boundaries
of the county of London. Thus the
municipal London, which corresponds,
to the municipal New York, comprises
about 116 square miles and in 1911.
had a population Of four and haIt
million. Only the Greater London
figures are carried in dispatches, put
at the rate of growth they indicate
London proper still is under the nVe
million mark. T.
Extent of Greater London
.The Greater London which has
nearly seven and half million has an
existence as metropolitan and police
unit. It is municipal London plus the
so-called Outer Ring The 7,476,l6S
people of Greater London are distr1-
buted over 693 square miles, an area
six times that of municipal London,
and more than twice that Of municipal
New York. -
I'm passing it should be noted that
not only is there a distinction between
Greater London and plain LONDON.
but that the City of London is 'some-
thing vet again The City OF LONDON
covers only 675 acres and has a rest7f
/ dence population Of fewer than 2e.ooV.
The day population, however, exceeds
200. .OOO The City Of London Is the
London of history with its quaint
government forms, including its lord.
mayor which is installed ANNUALLY:
with a time honored ceremony known
as the lord mayors show. E
New York of today Is an aggiom-
Grafton of towns. All have been ANAL
ramated with the original New YORK,
comprised in what now Is the borough
Of Manhattan, or the county Of New
York. The New York which includes
the boroughs Of Manhattan, Brooklyn
Bronx. Queens and Richmond, Is
municipal unit with an area OF S2S
square miles and a population OF 81
62O,04S.
An Imaginary Greater New YORK
"The Greater London! includes all
the suburbs within a radius Oh 10
miles around Charing Cross, BY this
definition New York also should IN
clude Jersey City, Hoboken and
Rayonne, across the Hudson, and
Yonkers, Mt. Vernon and Ne"
Rochelle to the north.
Suppose New York were to add 70
its present area the aggregate ZfS
miles of Hudson, Essex and Union
counties in New Jersey. 1t still would
he a hundred square miles smaller
than Greater London but would pass
the seven million mark in population.
Were it then to add portions OF west
chester county (north Of BRONX ana
Of Nassau county (on Long Island) 1T
would pass London's population we'll
within a like area.
Summing up then, municipal New
York is larger than municipal Lon
don. A mythical Greater New York
extending as far into it's environs as
does Greater London would be larger
than Greater London Aside from
municipal definition New York and
the territory about it constitutes q
greater population center than Lon
don.
within fifty miles of City Hail.
New York, there now live more than
nine million people and within hun
dred miles radius lives one-ninth the
entire population of the United
States"
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