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Old 07-22-2006, 04:32 AM  
potter
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Originally Posted by he-fox
You're joking...
2 malls = 200 shops aprox. - I'm sure there are commercial streets with many more shops in Buenos Aires
15 restaurants - many many more in B.A., cheaper, too
25+ fast-food places - I hope there are 0. Fast-food is crap
10 car dealerships - There are more in B.A., but whatta hell do you buy 10 cars at once? If you need a certain car, you can drive even 100 miles to get it.
1 movie theaters - probably many more in B.A.
3 24/7 fitness centers - probably there aren't 24/7 centers, but for sure are many more fitness centers
2 gun stores - Thanks God if there aren't any
2 shooting ranges - idem
1 airport - at least 1 international airport in B.A.
5 grocery stores - not even worth to be mentioned
4 department stores, liquor stores, camera shops, billiards stores, auto stores, furniture stores, any kind of stores - idem
a ton of parks - probably 10 tons in B.A.
1 major highway - probably many in B.A.
hundreds of bus stops, churches, gas stations, whatever - what do you say, in a 13 million ppl megacity, could be more
Add to that 1 ocean and 1 huge river (Rio de la Plata), with beaches and stuff

All these, at a life cost probably 1/2 than in your area.

I would never compare a 13 milion inhabitans metropolis with your 15 miles area, man.

The truth is that in cities like Buenos Aires, with 4-5k a month, you live like in US with 15k a month. Try it and you will see that I'm right.
Ok, lets get down to business. Lets compare B.A. to a large U.S. city. Also to get really technical on my previous post, I just checked google maps, everything I mentioned was under 5 miles, and in my suburb town of Denver with a population of 40k. I was just guestimating on miles before.

Now, you say B.A. has 13 million for it's population. So you must be talking about the "Greater Buenos Aires", being the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires. Which does indeed have nearly 13 million for it's population and takes up about 1,500 square miles (The city of B.A. only has 2.7 million).

So with that in mind we can use Denver Metro's stats, as my town is part of the six county Denver Metro area. Denver metro has a population of roughly 2.4 million and takes up about 600 square miles.

Google says in Denver Metro there is
571 pizzerias
207 tanning salons
745 grocery stores
77 movie theaters
509 car dealerships
5,300 restaurants
323 fitness centers
etc etc etc

What's B.A.'s exact numbers?
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