Cool graph/video: How the populations of the 10 biggest cities have changed since 1500 (Twitter)

[fleur-de-lisa]

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[fierywoman]

1. Utterly fascinating!

When I lived in Venice, Italy, I heard Venetians regularly say: outside of Venice, it's all the provinces. I kept thinking: London? Paris? NY? Now I see it was a 16th century reality and that the phrase among Venetians, "Nothing ever changes in Venice," has held the idea of superiority among them since then!

[erronis]

2. Fascinating. I'm not sure it shows quality of life or the reasons for these changes. Perhaps in the

footnotes.

Every large city that experienced a significant and fast decline probably had war or pestilence as a cause for the demise.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Probably the best animation of information I have ever seen.

Thank you for posting that.