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[–] 104 points 2 months ago (30 children)

Canada population: 41.4 million

California population: 39.4 million

Greater Tokyo Area: 37.4 million

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  • [–] 57 points 2 months ago (13 children)

    Almost similar GDP as well

    Canada GDP (2026): $2.51 Trillion USD

    California GDP (2025): $4.25 Trillion USD

    Greater Tokyo Area (2022): $1.82 Trillion USD

    Wide Spread but still all in the low Trillions

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  • [–] 21 points 2 months ago* (12 children)

    California is inflated by Silicon Valley stuff. Maybe left-over Hollywood prestige, as well.

    Japan isn't known for it's awesome economy, but it's surprising world city Tokyo is still doing worse than all of Canada including the backwaters.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (15 children)

    Biggest question.

    Who wins in a street fight.

    I wanna give it to the Canadians on sheer variety but I think California might win that one.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    1000% California. So Cal is mostly LA and NorCal is a bunch of granola outdoor survival types.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

    I mean, we have plenty of people living off the land in Canada too, and it's hard land.

    If they're allowed bringing their guns, the Americans are going to win every time, of course.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 months ago (20 children)

    80% of þe population of Canada lives South of Minneapolis, MN., USA.

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    [–] 21 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    there are too many people in Tokyo. like come on guys. there are other cities.

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    [–] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    So Tokyo has 1 moose, California has 100 moose, and Canada is overrun by moose. Got it!

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, but also Mercator projection.

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    [–] 10 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    Does that mean Canada is looking for immigrants? A lot of us can help bring that number up.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    The big map is misleading. The vast majority of us live within 100 miles of the US border.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Ed, it's a startling revelation.

    Canada, getting ready to invade, has amassed 90% of its population along its border with the United States.

    The longest unprotected border in the world, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to that other one.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Canada is in desperate need of immigrants but simultaneously suffering some growing pains from fumbled immigration programs and policy it’s the old you won’t make everyone happy shenanigans

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    [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    tokyo firmly believes in stacking

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (11 children)

    And people wonder why Japan's population is shrinking. (Wait, is it shrinking or did it stop growing?) Disinterest in breeding may be an innate response to overpopulation. In any case, Tokyo's population is fucking crazy and decreasing the number of people voluntarily and peacefully is a GOOD thing.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

    COL in Japan in general is about as unhealthy as it is in California.

    people are working themselves to death just to scrape by.

    if governments want population growth, they have to siphon wealth away from their corporate overlords and nurture the working class.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Japan's population decline isn't really about cost of living so much as it is about poor quality of life/a stiflingly conservative culture. Terrible work/life balance, women still largely being expected to quit work when they have kids (and it being assumed that women will have kids, leading to discrimination in the workplace and limited career promotion opportunities), men still largely being expected to be salarymen who are forced to prioritize their company and social expectations at work above all else, etc.

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    [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    The more you think about it, the more insane it is, like... wow

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    You made Saddam too small.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (13 children)

    Makes you wonder why housing prices in Canada are so ridiculously high then when they have so much free land space.

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    [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Tokyo demands the sharpest elbows of the three.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I know where I want to live. (and do)

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    [–] 4 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Tokyo has more people than LA? That’s surprising.

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