Comments on: The World’s Largest Cities

By: Izzy

Izzy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:10:22 +0000

I'm a bit skeptical, because I have an old textbook that ranked NY 5th in 2000, while it ended up being 3rd, with a population 4 million higher than expected.

The project rank for 2000 was: Tokyo(1), Mexico City(3), Sao Paulo(5), Seoul, NY(2), Osaka(15), Mumbai(4), etc.

NY is still the number one city for everything.

By: Greg Atkinson

Greg Atkinson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:27:33 +0000

Jon, of course they will. Bubbles are easy to spot with the benefit of hindsight. I also wonder why I did not back the last 10 Melbourne cup winners, it all seems obvious what horse was going to win now I look back at the races

By: Unpopular Truth

Unpopular Truth — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:13:12 +0000

Jon Bain, you stop it with disease and nukes.

By: Jon Bain

Jon Bain — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:49:55 +0000

Future historians will wonder how we couldn't see this great boom unfolding before our eyes - the boom in Global Warming.

Even the most ardent denialists must see that global warming is in our future, more than any other issue.

How do you stop a stampede of 6 billion?

By: John McLeod

John McLeod — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:01:29 +0000

China's recent urbanization was the largest human mass migration. Period. Its present reversal will act like the load shifting in an 18-wheel semi-trailer. Thanks for mentioning Nelson, the one guy who seems to have a handle on what's going down.