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imeuru t1_j4g3jvs wrote

They already make ships that are as big as cities, have you ever stood next to a large cruise ship? They're way bigger than you think, larger than freight ships and air craft carriers, and they can house thousands of people.

The largest cruise ship in the world is a cruise ship called Wonder of the Seas, it's *1,187.8 feet long (that's almost 1/4 mile) and can carry up to 6,988 passengers.

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ColdFusion87 t1_j4gb7dn wrote

The wonder of the seas is large, but not quite that big. 1188 feet instead of 1888, which is 362m. Still very long, but not the longest ship in the world.

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imeuru t1_j4gcu0z wrote

Whoops, thanks for the correction!

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kilotesla t1_j4gh09z wrote

You might also correct "almost 1/2 mile" to "almost 1/4 mile".

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Wyg6q17Dd5sNq59h t1_j4gnpw1 wrote

Are there quarter-mile cities??

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imeuru t1_j4gpj3c wrote

Defining what a city is, is a wee bit more complex than measuring its length. But to answer your question, the worlds smallest city that has record of its size is Hum, Croatia and its only a little more than 4 sq km so it reasonably could be as little as 1/4 mile long, and it has a population of 20 as of the 2011 census.

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popejubal t1_j4hgfsj wrote

Vatican City is a bit more than half a mile long and just under 1/2 square miles area.

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LowerEntropy t1_j4k7kod wrote

Just to save other europeans some time: 1,187.8 feet is around 362m (that's almost 0.362km)

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