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>We could have many more sky scrapers than we do (see Dubai for instance) Past a certain height going higher doesn't really contribute to population density. Y
by modo_mario 4y ago
>We could have many more sky scrapers than we do (see Dubai for instance)
Past a certain height going higher doesn't really contribute to population density.
You end up needing more room for certain utilities, more space for and around the buildings, etc
New york as a result has a lower population density than Paris, Athens, Barcelona or the like.
- DoreenMichele 4y agoResearch suggests optimal building height is probably between four and ten stories.
- nostrademons 4y ago"New york as a result has a lower population density than Paris, Athens, Barcelona or the like." This is a little misleading. NYC also includes large regions of SFHs, including Staten Island (density 8K/mi^2) and Queens (22K/mi^2). If you include only Manhattan, its density (73K/mi^2) exceeds all of Paris (52K/mi^2), Athens (44K), and Barcelona (41K). The lesson is more that uniform 4-story buildings across a large area are more dense than an urban core of skyscrapers surrounded by suburbs of SFHs, but we knew that already. An urban core of skyscrapers surrounded by suburbs of 4-story apartment buildings would be even more dense (see Brooklyn, density 38K/mi^2, comparable to many of those European cities).