Colon, I think he means Tokyo and Yokohama are physically different, not just administratively. If I follow Laurentius correctly, if you want to go from downtown Tokyo to downtown Yokohama, you have to leave the dense urban area and go through more sparse suburbs (subs of Tokyo, and then subs of Yokohama).
As a result, Tokyo and Yokohama are different cities for real, just like Düsseldorf and Köln are different cities for real. The same can't be said of Puteaux, where La Défense lies: it used to be a village, and it owes its development solely to Paris expansion. Puteaux is definitely geared toward Paris, and couldn't be autonomous if it didn't belong to the Paris metro. Unlike Yokohaa, which seems to be a full fledged city, according to Lauri.
As a result, Tokyo and Yokohama are different cities for real, just like Düsseldorf and Köln are different cities for real. The same can't be said of Puteaux, where La Défense lies: it used to be a village, and it owes its development solely to Paris expansion. Puteaux is definitely geared toward Paris, and couldn't be autonomous if it didn't belong to the Paris metro. Unlike Yokohaa, which seems to be a full fledged city, according to Lauri.
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