{"id":122471,"date":"2015-04-27T09:38:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=122471"},"modified":"2015-04-27T09:38:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:38:27","slug":"these-maps-prove-new-york-city-smaller-than-you-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/these-maps-prove-new-york-city-smaller-than-you-thought","title":{"rendered":"These maps prove that New York City is smaller than you thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>If you\u2019ve lived in New York City for a while, you\u2019re probably used to seeing some of the same strangers again and again. \u201cBus lady with the Whole Foods tote,\u201d \u201cSweatpants guy who always buys Diet Coke at CVS,\u201d or \u201cDog walker with the wheelchair-bound Welsh Corgi.\u201d It\u2019s even weirder when you recognize these people out and about in the city \u2014 maybe at a bar or museum. Small world, you think.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, New York City isn\u2019t quite as large as you\u00a0might have thought, especially compared to other world cities. Although the Big Apple\u2019s population and density is staggering, the acreage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparefoot.com\/New-York-NY-self-storage\/How-Big-is-New-York-City.html\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">pales in comparison<\/a> to a number of other cities.<\/p>\n<p>Sparefoot.com, a self storage search site did the leg work in comparing the area of New York City to landmarks and other large cities. They used <a href=\"(http:\/\/mapfrappe.com\/)\">MAPfrappe<\/a>, a powerful tool that it allows users to move their outlines across Google Maps, readjusting the shape and scale of the outline to compensate for Mercator projection distortions. This allows for 2-dimensional comparisons on a 3-dimensional globe.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly surprising was the revelation that Mexico City and Tokyo are significantly larger than New York City. And the Grand Canyon truly lives up to its name, more than dwarfing New York City\u2019s outline.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few highlights:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NYC-v-compressed-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[122471]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-122478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NYC-v-compressed-2.jpg\" alt=\"NYC v-compressed (2)\" width=\"803\" height=\"455\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NYC-v-compressed-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[122471]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-122477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NYC-v-compressed-1.jpg\" alt=\"NYC v-compressed (1)\" width=\"810\" height=\"559\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NYC-v-compressed.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[122471]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-122479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/NYC-v-compressed.jpg\" alt=\"NYC v-compressed\" width=\"785\" height=\"573\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the full infographic at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparefoot.com\/New-York-NY-self-storage\/How-Big-is-New-York-City.html\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Sparefoot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the Big Apple\u2019s population and density is staggering, the acreage pales in comparison to a number of other 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