New York City and Los Angeles may look small on a map, but in reality, they’re WAY bigger than you think! 🏙️✨

Take Beverly Hills—it’s completely surrounded by Los Angeles, yet it’s its own city! Or Long Island, where many assume the entire area is part of NYC, but only Brooklyn and Queens actually are. 🤯

So, why is that? 🤔

📍 City boundaries vs. Metro Areas: Officially, NYC consists of just five boroughs, but the New York Metropolitan Area is 44 times bigger! It includes Long Island, parts of New Jersey, and even parts of Connecticut—millions of people who work, commute, and live as part of the city! 🚆🏢

Yet, unlike some countries like Australia, where metro areas are officially counted, in the U.S., cities are stuck with fixed legal boundaries. 🇺🇸❌

Should we start thinking of cities by their real size instead? Let me know in the comments! 💬👇


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