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NYC is very urban, but it isn't even the largest or most dense city in North America. I think you just have a bias against heavy urban areas. Lots of people ar
by max76 8y ago
NYC is very urban, but it isn't even the largest or most dense city in North America.
I think you just have a bias against heavy urban areas. Lots of people are comfortable living in large dense cities. Hundreds of millions, if not more, live in cities with similar levels of urbanization as NYC.
- cddotdotslash 8y agoIt's the second largest and the second densest behind Mexico City. Somehow I don't think Mexico City was in the running for HQ2.
- jganetsk 8y agoMexico City density: 6,000/km2 New York City density: 11,000/km2 Wikipedia
- ghaff 8y agoI think you're misinterpreting me. I'm literally sitting in NYC at the moment. I enjoy visiting it. I've lived here (briefly). I also travel throughout the US and elsewhere. I don't know how anyone else could seriously suggest that the sheer volume of blaring horns and crush of humanity is not at least somewhat unique in North America. In my experience, Chicago comes closest. LA is quite different. I totally appreciate people are comfortable living in cities like this. I probably wouldn't be. But, if you are, more power to you. (Personally I live in the country.)
- cimmanom 8y agoTo be fair, NYC density statistics are skewed by Staten Island, which is large, suburban (by NYC metro region standards) in development patterns, and peripheral to the city in many ways. If you stick to the other four boroughs, my understanding is that it’s far and away the densest in the hemisphere.