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I've heard SF described as a Brooklyn without a Manhattan. Which generally checks out in numbers. Brooklyn's density is ~14,700/km^2, SF's is ~18,500/km^2. By
by jacques_chester 9y ago
I've heard SF described as a Brooklyn without a Manhattan.
Which generally checks out in numbers. Brooklyn's density is ~14,700/km^2, SF's is ~18,500/km^2.
By comparison, Manhattan is 27,800/km^2.
- DerekL 9y agoWhere did you get 18,500/km^2 for San Francisco? 870,887 / 121.46 km^2 = 7170. More like Queens, not Brooklyn.
- jacques_chester 9y agoAh, I got it wrong. Mixed miles and square kilometres.
- surrealize 9y agoYou mixed up some units here: Brooklyn is way denser than SF (about twice as dense). Your SF number is people per square mile, not per square km. Same units, Brooklyn is ~35,300/m^2, SF ~18,500/m^2 Manhattan ~69,400/m^2 all from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population_density https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...
- jacques_chester 9y agoMy figures are based on square kilometres. A square mile is quite different. Edit: bonus round! I got Manhattan right but did the reverse error for SF (quoting km^2 for miles^2).