yes, interesting isn't it...
and given that Metropolis was based on NY
and
(figures from Wikipedia... apparently quoted a number of from census')
the New-York Metropolitan Area/combined statistical area (AKA tri-state area) has a population estimated to be just over that of Australia...
NY-TSA-21.9 million
Aust-total-21.3 million
however-
the TSA has a total area of 6,720 sq. mi.
vs
Australia's 2,988,902
but given that in OZ the reality is that 90% of population live on 10% of land...
well,....
