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1. guwop ◴[] No.41897798[source]
crazy! wont be too long until this is here for major cities as well.
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2. airstrike ◴[] No.41898264[source]
Prague is the capital of Czech Republic and has over 1.3 million inhabitants, so I'd say it qualifies as a "major city"
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3. inglor_cz ◴[] No.41903227[source]
I love Prague and I spent a quarter of century living there, but its status as a major city depends on context.

In the list of world cities by population, it ranks 403rd.

https://infocartography.com/world-top1000-pop

For Czechs or Central Europeans in general, it is a major city, but not in worldwide context.

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4. thrww120956 ◴[] No.41903516{3}[source]
On the other hand, Prague would be much higher if the official population number was accurate at all - since this official statistic in Czechia relies purely on the number of registered people and does no further analysis. There's over a million people more than the official number says - that's well known even to the government. Analysis of mobile device traffic and other stuff like that suggests multiple millions.

I'd definitely say it's a major EU city. Maybe even a major The West city. I agree that it's hard to compare it to places in Asia, though.

5. airstrike ◴[] No.41906463{3}[source]
Hard to trust a map which places "Bali, Indonesia" where "Paris, France" should be.