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It’s wild that manhattans population was ~2.5 million in 1910 and is now only ~1.6 million.
by mapme 5y ago
It’s wild that manhattans population was ~2.5 million in 1910 and is now only ~1.6 million.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoDoesn't it make sense though? In 1910, manhattan was expensive but a lot of people still lived/worked there. The apartments would be crazily subdivided so you could fit 10 people into a 3 or even 2 bedroom. Now they are all owned by wallstreet bankers with small families, and they spend much of their time somewhere else (they might not even list their manhattan apartment as their "main domicile" during the census).
- bobthepanda 5y agoyeah, the two big changes are * multigenerational to nuclear households * decline in number of kids This pattern of living is still common to a lesser degree in outer-borough immigrant neighborhoods, which is why they were so hard hit during NYC's massive COVID wave.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoDemand for Manhattan apartments is crazy high, it's just illegal for taller ones to be built to meet demand most of the time. People think Manhattan is mostly skyscrapers, but the reality is very different. Only a small portion of the land has high rises on it, just glance at Google Maps with 3D view on.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoManhattan is mostly multi level apartment buildings, at least 4 stories or so. I don't know why your point would contradict mine. Yes, units in the taller skyscrapers are more expensive and sell for tens of millions of dollars, if not more. I wonder how NYC would do with cheap 30 story Chinese concrete apartment blocks? (30 stories, because any taller requires steel, at least with construction practices that use cheap migrant labor).