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Let's put some numbers. Paris has almost double the density then New York (20000/km2 Vs 10700/km2) Source: Wikipedia

Scoundreller 7y ago
Paris proper: 104km2. Density: 21.5k/km2 Manhattan: 60km2. Density: 26k/km2, and that's with a bias toward commercial buildings. NYC: 783km2. Density 10.7k/km2. Compare apples to apples please.
- simias 7y ago
  You're right, that wasn't a good comparison. Still, you have 21.5 vs 26 in Manhattan, saying "Paris' density isn't high, just build more skyscrapers" isn't really reasonable IMO. Also Paris is small but it's not like it's rolling fields as soon as you cross the Périphérique. Many of the suburbs have densities as high, and sometimes higher, than the capital itself. I wish I could compare the densities of NYC and Paris+suburbs but I can't find the numbers for that. All I could find was a density of ~1k/km2 for the entire région but that's 12000km2 so it's not a very good "apples to apples" comparison.
  - yardie 7y ago
    Paris has 2 large central parks, Vincennes and Boulogne, that are part of the city. 8.45km^2 10km^2.
- Rexxar 7y ago
  Paris is 84.45 km² if you remove woods that are outside "Boulevard Périphérique"
greggman2 7y ago
Wikipedia wrong by any meaningful mesasure Most of NYC is 30000/km2 to 20000/km2 https://www.citylab.com/equity/2012/10/americas-truly-densest-metros/3450/ https://www.citylab.com/equity/2012/10/americas-truly-denses... Also https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/weighted-density-of-european-and-australian-cities.24635/ https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/weighted-density-of-eu... Also http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-density-125.html http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-density-... (this one puts Paris pretty far down but as Hong Kong is not on the list it's pretty suspect) Also see animation showing Hong Kong density dwarfs cities like even Manilla and Mumbai which are clearly much much more dense than Paris https://doodles.mountainmath.ca/blog/2019/04/24/population-weighted-densities/ https://doodles.mountainmath.ca/blog/2019/04/24/population-w...
codyb 7y ago
Try looking at Manhattan to Paris for a better comparison Manhattan - 33.58 mi2 (87km2) - 72,918/mi2 (28,154/km2) Paris - 40.7 mi2 (105.4km2) Meanwhile the five boroughs are 468.484 mi2 (1213.7km2), so literally an order of magnitude larger than Paris as a whole.

Paris proper: 104km2. Density: 21.5k/km2 Manhattan: 60km2. Density: 26k/km2, and that's with a bias toward commercial buildings. NYC: 783km2. Density 10.7k/km2. Compare apples to apples please.

simias 7y ago
You're right, that wasn't a good comparison. Still, you have 21.5 vs 26 in Manhattan, saying "Paris' density isn't high, just build more skyscrapers" isn't really reasonable IMO. Also Paris is small but it's not like it's rolling fields as soon as you cross the Périphérique. Many of the suburbs have densities as high, and sometimes higher, than the capital itself. I wish I could compare the densities of NYC and Paris+suburbs but I can't find the numbers for that. All I could find was a density of ~1k/km2 for the entire région but that's 12000km2 so it's not a very good "apples to apples" comparison.
- yardie 7y ago
  Paris has 2 large central parks, Vincennes and Boulogne, that are part of the city. 8.45km^2 10km^2.
Rexxar 7y ago
Paris is 84.45 km² if you remove woods that are outside "Boulevard Périphérique"

greggman2 7y ago

Wikipedia wrong by any meaningful mesasure Most of NYC is 30000/km2 to 20000/km2 https://www.citylab.com/equity/2012/10/americas-truly-densest-metros/3450/ https://www.citylab.com/equity/2012/10/americas-truly-denses... Also https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/weighted-density-of-european-and-australian-cities.24635/ https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/weighted-density-of-eu... Also http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-density-125.html http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-density-... (this one puts Paris pretty far down but as Hong Kong is not on the list it's pretty suspect) Also see animation showing Hong Kong density dwarfs cities like even Manilla and Mumbai which are clearly much much more dense than Paris https://doodles.mountainmath.ca/blog/2019/04/24/population-weighted-densities/ https://doodles.mountainmath.ca/blog/2019/04/24/population-w...

codyb 7y ago

Try looking at Manhattan to Paris for a better comparison Manhattan - 33.58 mi2 (87km2) - 72,918/mi2 (28,154/km2) Paris - 40.7 mi2 (105.4km2) Meanwhile the five boroughs are 468.484 mi2 (1213.7km2), so literally an order of magnitude larger than Paris as a whole.