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Not sure where you're referring to but as an example the population density of the top 10 wards of Tokyo are 51k, 50k, 46k, 44k, 41k, 41k, 41k, 41k, 40k, 40k pe
by greggman3 5y ago
Not sure where you're referring to but as an example the population density of the top 10 wards of Tokyo are 51k, 50k, 46k, 44k, 41k, 41k, 41k, 41k, 40k, 40k per square mile. San Francisco's is 17k. So arguably, by those comparisons, there's room for 2x to 3x the people in the same space.
SF is more walkable than most USA cities. Tokyo is more walkable than SF.
- stackedinserter 5y agoJust a friendly reminder that walkability is not the only metric for quality of life.
- austincheney 5y agoWhere I live is considerably larger than SF at well above 900,000 people but only a pop density of a bit above 2.5k per square mile and with plenty more land to grow into.
- ghaff 5y agoTokyo has a great subway/rail system but it honestly doesn't feel especially more walkable than SF to me except for in some particular areas. (And, of course, SF walkability varies quite a bit by area as well.)