What a difference half a world makes...
Just to stay with my fascination with the wintry weather, it's snowing again.
A friend of mine just flew to Mumbai (Bombay). Looking at the weather for there, it promises to be almost eerily the same for the next 10 days: sunny with highs around 88, lows around 67.
Mumbai, by the way, is either the most populous city in the world (according to InfoPlease--with a 2001 count of 11,914,3980) or the runner-up (Wikipedia--2004 population at 12,692,727, a scant 100,000 behind Shanghai).
By comparison, New York City is just a hamlet at 8,085,742.
I can't imagine 1 1/2 times that number of people in another city. Boggles my mind.
A friend of mine just flew to Mumbai (Bombay). Looking at the weather for there, it promises to be almost eerily the same for the next 10 days: sunny with highs around 88, lows around 67.
Mumbai, by the way, is either the most populous city in the world (according to InfoPlease--with a 2001 count of 11,914,3980) or the runner-up (Wikipedia--2004 population at 12,692,727, a scant 100,000 behind Shanghai).
By comparison, New York City is just a hamlet at 8,085,742.
I can't imagine 1 1/2 times that number of people in another city. Boggles my mind.
posted by Alibi at
12/15/2005 02:57:00 PM
3 Comments:
Apu reminds you, "Don't forget the smell!"
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MJ Norton, at 5:50 PM
Hey, MJN & Apu:
There's some parts of Philly I walk through that ain't exactly flowers and perfume. And we're a teensy city!
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Alibi, at 10:59 PM
One of the many reasons I don't find myself in Philadelphia very often, I suppose.
However, it has to be a much better place for your being there regularly. (Awww!)
I'm fine with Philly on occasion, but the thought of living there would see me on a first name basis with all of the Suicide Hotline staffers, and the thought of driving in the city would find me longing for a powerful handgun.
By
MJ Norton, at 3:55 PM
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