London vs NYC in numbers

ALONDON VS TTT Ц NYC which do you more? BARS OR PUBS? BROADWAY OR THE WEST END? SOHO OR GREENWICH VILLAGE? LOFTS OR TOWNHOUSES? PANCAKES OR FRY UPS? FOOTBALL OR SOCCER? HERE ARE A HANDFUL OF FACTS THAT MAYBE YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE CITY... CITY SIZE LONDON NYC 607 303 sq mi sq mi 8,147,000 POPULATION 8,244,910 & x 13,466/sq mi DENSITY x 27,243/sq mi WEATHER 23°C 27.6°C JULY WARMEST MONTH JULY 2°C -3°C JANUARY COLDEST MONTH JANUARY 2.5in 4.6in NOVEMBER WETTEST MONTH JULY GETTING AROUND AS A BUDGET-CONSCIOUS TOURIST YOU WILL LIKELY CONSIDER TWO MAIN OPTIONS FOR MOVING ABOUT THE CITY: BUSES AND UNDERGROUND/METRO BUS PASSES & TICKETS SINGLE JOURNEY FARE VISIT LONDON £2.30 $2.50 PAY AS YOU 00 OYSTER CARD DAILY HOLDERS PAY ONLY £4.20 DISCONTINUED £1.35 *BOTH BUSES AND TRAINS IN HYC MetroCard UNDERGROUND OPERATE ON THE SAHE SYSTEM SINGLE JOURNEY FARE ARSENAL PAY AS YOU £4.30 : $2.50 CARD HOLDERS PAY ONLY DAILY £2.00 £8.40 i THE TUBE (ANYTIME) AND FOR A MORE COMFORTABLE JOURNEY. NOTHING REALLY BEATS THE SPACE TO LOUNGE OUT WHEN YOU'RE "THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND", IT'S 3AM AND THE DRIVER IS TAKING A SHORTCUT JUST SHY OF THE SPEED OF LIGHT. TA XI 1Mi = £2.7 IMi = $1.4* "CALCULATED BASED ON "CALCULATED BASED ON A JOURNEY FROM A JOURNEY FROM JFK TO HEATHROW AIRPORT TO MANHATTAN: CIRCA 19.9MI MARBLE ARCH: CIRCA 16MI SHOPPING WHEN IT COMES TO RETAIL THERAPY BOTH CITIES OFFER 100'S OF PLACES WHERE YOU CAN HAPPILY PART WITH YOUR MONEY AND, OCCASIONALLY, LAND A GREAT BARGAIN. HERE'S WHERE TO FIND THE REAL "HEAVYWEIGHTS" OXFORD STREET W1 Fifth Ave CITY OF WESTMINS DEBENHAMS HOUSE OF FRASER HEDRI BEIDEL macy's John Lewis SELFRIDGES IM&S Fakgah Avenue BERGDORF GODMAN KNIGHTSBRIDGE SW1 BROMPTON CITY OF WESTMINSTER ROAD SW1 (LORD & TAYLOR) CITY OF WESTMINSTER Homods MADISON AVENUE 3 Ave HARVEY NICHOLS REGENT STREET W1 CITY OF WESTMINSTER PICCADILLY W1 LIBERTY CITY OF WESTMINSTER BARNEYS blomingsdale's NEWYORK NEW BOND STREET W1 CITY OF WESTMINSTER ASON fenwick FORTNUM A M LANDMARKS FROM BIG BEN TO PICCADILLY CIRCUS, FROM MANHATTAN TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, GENERAL OPINION IS, HOWEVER, THAT IF A TOURIST IS GOING TO TAKE ONLY ONE THE LANDMARKS OF BOTH CITIES ARE A PLENTY. PHOTOGRAPH IN EITHER OF THE CITIES IT WILL BE ONE OF THE BELOW... BIG BEN' IS ACTUALLY THE NAME THE WORLD-FAMOUS STATUE OF THE BELL, RATHER THAN THE CLOCKFACE, STANDING IN NEW YORK HARBOUR WAS BUILT IN FRANCE! GREEN PLACES BOTH LONDON AND NYC OFFER A VARIETY OF PARKS AND GREENSPACES SO WHENEVER YOU ARE IN THE CITY, YOU'RE NEVER FAR FROM THE GREEN! BEST LONDON'S IU PARKS: BEST NYC IU PARKS: NUMBER OF PARKS 1. Hyde Park 1. Pelham Bay Park* 3000 2. Regent's Park 2. Greenbelt Park 3. Richmond Park* 2500 3. Flushing Meadows Park 3000 4. St James's Park 5. Victoria Park 6. Greenwich Park 7. Hampstead Heath 4. Van Cortlandt Park 5. Central Park 6. Marine Park 7. Bronx Park 2000 1500 1700 8. Clapham Common 8. Alley Pond Park 1000 9. F.D. Roosevelt Boardwalk 10. Forest Park 9. Battersea Park 10. Lee Valley Park 500 *BIGGEST PARKS Pelham Bay Park, Bronx Richmond Park 955 1119h ha YOU CAN FIND RED ONE OF NYC FAVOURITE PARKS & FALLOW DEER RESOURCES: HTTP://www.VISITLONDON.COM/THINGS-TO-DO/ACTIVITIES/SHOPPING/DEPARTMENT-STORE/TOP-10-LONDON-DEPARTMENT-STORES HTTP://PROGRESSIVETIMES.WORDPRESS.COM/2010/01/11/SUBWAY-AS-PUBLIC-TRANSIT-NEW-YORK-VS-LONDON/ HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/LONDON I HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/NEW_YORK CITY HTTP://www.WEATHER.COM/WEATHER/WXCLIMATOLOGY/MONTHLY/GRAPH/USNYO996 HTTP://GONYC.ABOUT.COM/OD/SHOPPING/TP/NYC_DEPT_STORES.HTM HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/PARKS AND OPEN_SPACES_IN_LONDON HTTP://Www.TIMEOUT.COM/LONDON/FEATURES/8587/3.HTML Expedia.co.uk HTTP://LONDON.ALLINFO-ABOUT.COM/FEATURES/PARKS.HTML HTTP://Www.WORLDTAXIMETER.COM/ HTTP://Www.LONDON.CLIMATEMPS.COM/ People shaped travel HTTP://Www.NYCGOVPARKS.ORG/ABOUT