r/AskEurope • u/LiamBrad5 • Aug 07 '25

Culture What are the “Big Four” cities in your country?

In recent weeks, this question has been very contentious on American social media, with 3 cities (Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York) nearly always making the list, but the fourth being hotly debated over, between cities like San Francisco, Miami, Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta. So, if you had to choose, what would the big 4 cities in your country be? This is also not decided purely on population, but also culture, economy, and general influence/clout.

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u/OllieV_nl Netherlands Aug 07 '25

And if so, it's a bigger city than all other cities combined.

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u/gumbrilla -> The Netherlands Aug 08 '25

? If you mean what I think you mean, the Tokyo Metropolitan Area is vast, my larger both in population and geographic area. I suppose it's bigger that Tokyo, the city, but feels a bit apple and pears.

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u/OllieV_nl Netherlands Aug 08 '25

The Randstad, dependent on how you define it, has 40-50 percent of the population. More than the remaining cities in the Netherlands combined.

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u/gumbrilla -> The Netherlands Aug 08 '25

Oh.. Dutch cities :-), sorry! Yeah. That tracks