An article in Forbes magazine lists the world's densest cities. By dense, they mean population, not stupidity.
The capital of the Philippines, Manila boasts the highest population density in the world. It has a population of 1,581,000 with a density of 41,014 persons per square kilometre. The metropolitan area consists of some 10 million people. The roads are filled with buses, pedicabs (bicycles with sidecars) and cars. The traffic is consistently described as horrendous. Fixing this situation has to be put into the context of serious water problem and other infrastructure calamities. I should probably stop complaining about my 15-minute drive to work!
Other cities mentioned were Cairo (Egypt), Lagos (Nigeria), Macau (China), Seoul (South Korea), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kaohsiung/Taipei (Taiwan), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).
By comparison, in 2001, Toronto's population density was 3,939 persons per square kilometre and New York's was 10,316.
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