Still though, LA is the densest metropolitan area in the country. Also from curbed (source being the census): https://la.curbed.com/2012/3/26/10385086/los-angel

Still though, LA is the densest metropolitan area in the country. Also from curbed (source being the census): 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-... If you've been to LA, you know that those single-family homes are nearly touching each other and that the cityscape is very built, with hardly any empty space. Yes it's overall not transit friendly, but it's still a huge area that you can reasonably call urban.