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LA is more densely populated than people give it credit for. https://la.curbed.com/2012/3/26/10385086/los-angeles-is-the-most-densely-populated-urban-area-in-t

by bjt 9y ago

LA is more densely populated than people give it credit for. https://la.curbed.com/2012/3/26/10385086/los-angeles-is-the-most-densely-populated-urban-area-in-the-us https://la.curbed.com/2012/3/26/10385086/los-angeles-is-the-...

IkmoIkmo 9y ago
C'mon, that's a joke. LA is a city, it has less than 4 million people on 470 sq mi of land, New York is a city and has more than 8 million people on 300 sq mi of land. NY is is 3.5x more dense than LA (28k vs 8k per sq mi). LA just isn't very dense. Look at either the data or the pictures. What you did was reference a source that looks at places that in a way that nobody talks about. i.e. comparing arbitrary statistical areas which take some high-density location, then put it in a statistical area with a quarter of the state which is extremely low-density rural area. Feel free to look at the data: This is sort of what you look at when you take LA data. https://censusreporter.org/profiles/31000US31080-los-angeles-long-beach-anaheim-ca-metro-area/ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/31000US31080-los-angeles... And then compare it to something like this for NY, density of 1.7k: https://censusreporter.org/profiles/33000US408-new-york-newark-ny-nj-ct-pa-csa/ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/33000US408-new-york-newa... Which is nonsensical in the ordinary sense of the word NY. Rather, use this, density 28k: https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US3651000-new-york-ny/ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US3651000-new-york-... Or say Manhatten or Kings County, 70k and 35k density, respectively: https://censusreporter.org/profiles/05000US36061-new-york-county-ny/ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/05000US36061-new-york-co... https://censusreporter.org/profiles/05000US36047-kings-county-ny/ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/05000US36047-kings-count... LA just isn't very dense, nor are most cities in and around LA. 9 of the 10 most dense places in the US are in the NY MSA, including NY itself. The other 1 is in California called Maywood. It's the densest place in the US, outside of NY, and it has only 27 thousand people and its still less dense than NY's 8 million people.

by bjt 9y ago

IkmoIkmo 9y ago

C'mon, that's a joke. LA is a city, it has less than 4 million people on 470 sq mi of land, New York is a city and has more than 8 million people on 300 sq mi of land. NY is is 3.5x more dense than LA (28k vs 8k per sq mi). LA just isn't very dense. Look at either the data or the pictures. What you did was reference a source that looks at places that in a way that nobody talks about. i.e. comparing arbitrary statistical areas which take some high-density location, then put it in a statistical area with a quarter of the state which is extremely low-density rural area. Feel free to look at the data: This is sort of what you look at when you take LA data. https://censusreporter.org/profiles/31000US31080-los-angeles-long-beach-anaheim-ca-metro-area/ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/31000US31080-los-angeles... And then compare it to something like this for NY, density of 1.7k: https://censusreporter.org/profiles/33000US408-new-york-newark-ny-nj-ct-pa-csa/ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/33000US408-new-york-newa... Which is nonsensical in the ordinary sense of the word NY. Rather, use this, density 28k: https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US3651000-new-york-ny/ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US3651000-new-york-... Or say Manhatten or Kings County, 70k and 35k density, respectively: https://censusreporter.org/profiles/05000US36061-new-york-county-ny/ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/05000US36061-new-york-co... https://censusreporter.org/profiles/05000US36047-kings-county-ny/ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/05000US36047-kings-count... LA just isn't very dense, nor are most cities in and around LA. 9 of the 10 most dense places in the US are in the NY MSA, including NY itself. The other 1 is in California called Maywood. It's the densest place in the US, outside of NY, and it has only 27 thousand people and its still less dense than NY's 8 million people.