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somerville was last rated the 16th most densely populated city in the US. i don't know how you can call it "sparse sprawl". have you actually ever been there?
by nikofeyn 10y ago
somerville was last rated the 16th most densely populated city in the US. i don't know how you can call it "sparse sprawl". have you actually ever been there?
- aioprisan 10y agoHaving lived in Somerville, it's definitely very much sparsely populated when compared to nearly Cambridge or Allston.
- shados 10y agoThere's almost no commerce in Somerville (compared to other cities). It's residential next to residential next to residential. As someone pointed out, it is among the most densely populated cities in the US, and significantly more so than Cambridge, because there's nothing else BUT residential properties. So even though the buildings aren't that large, it's really dense.
- nikofeyn 10y agoexactly. how many cities are forced to close schools on snow days basically just so that school parking lots can host residents' cars while the streets are plowed?
- eru 10y agoAs I said, I have not. (In the US, I've only been to Silicon Valley and New York City.) So I had to rely on on the street view pictures. And, yes, I can very well believe that it's the 16th most densely populated city in the US. The US just doesn't have many proper cities.
- nikofeyn 10y ago"proper cities." lol. okay.