[Lio]

> although Paris is larger of course

That surprises me, I was under the impression that Greater London was a bit bigger than Greater Paris on most metrics.

Unless you mean the City of London (The Square Mile) itself, which is definitely much smaller than Paris proper.

[randomcarbloke]

no I mean greater paris (ile de france) and greater london, I think london is about a million shy of paris.

But it is actually closer than I thought, closer in size to paris than new york which surprises me.

I could be wrong though, maybe London is actually bigger than most estimates.