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minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up47arrow-down8·4 days agoSurprisingly enough, the infrastructure needed to support millions of people is a lot larger than the infrastructure needed to support a few tens of thousands. The enormous Gare du Nord, Paris, for example (also population 0):
minus-squareknatschus@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down2·4 days agoThat looks alot smaller even with the buildings surrounding it.
minus-squarealcibiades@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·4 days agoalso transports significantly more people than a single of the dozens of interchanges in Houston
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoThis is comparing apples to oranges - Gare du Nord supports far, far more transportation than the highway interchange does.
Surprisingly enough, the infrastructure needed to support millions of people is a lot larger than the infrastructure needed to support a few tens of thousands.
The enormous Gare du Nord, Paris, for example (also population 0):
That looks alot smaller even with the buildings surrounding it.
also transports significantly more people than a single of the dozens of interchanges in Houston
This is comparing apples to oranges - Gare du Nord supports far, far more transportation than the highway interchange does.