Jahobes t1_j6p32v4 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 10:06 PM

Reply to comment by samfreez in TIL China is bigger than the U.S. in terms of land area. The U.S. is also bigger than Canada in terms of land area. by Mewhenthe4

I mean I would venture there are more mountain cities and towns inside and alongside than there are towns and cities built on or in water.

samfreez t1_j6p3s6x wrote on January 31, 2023 at 10:10 PM

It would be interesting to see the real numbers there, because a lot of big cities have "reclaimed" massive tracts of land from the oceans they butt up against, in addition to things like docks and piers and things deliberately built over top of otherwise open water.

Then there are house boats and whatnot, and even entire towns in some countries (SE Asia has more than a couple floating towns IIRC, though I don't remember where exactly)

Edit: I also don't count a city/town built at the base of a mountain, because that's just normal land. I'm talking more about the inaccessible peaks themselves. Some countries like China do that a lot more often than you see in, for example, the US, but I suspect most of that would be a wash overall.