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Not in the northeast. NYC, DC, Philly, Baltimore, Boston, New Brunswick, New Haven, Newark, etc -- I-95 forms a spine of density sufficient to support anything
by galdosdi 2y ago
Not in the northeast. NYC, DC, Philly, Baltimore, Boston, New Brunswick, New Haven, Newark, etc -- I-95 forms a spine of density sufficient to support anything western Europe has -- if we were willing to do it.
- treflop 2y agoThe Northeast Corridor density is 894/sq mi Paris metro is 1,800/sq mi London metro is 7,430/sq mi Philly is 11,749/sq mi Paris is 52,000/sq mi
- DiogenesKynikos 2y agoYou're comparing a vast corridor connecting half of the Atlantic Seaboard [0] with individual cities. The US East coast between DC and Boston has 3x the population density of France (and has a larger total population). Yet France has the TGV, with many long stretches of 300 km/h traffic, and all the Northeast US has is Acela. 0. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boswash.png#mw-jump-to-license https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boswash.png#mw-jum...
- galdosdi 2y agoA big difference you're missing is the I-95 corridor is linear, so you have huge pockets of density all close together along just one single highway / train line, which makes it easier to connect than randomly spread out. Philly is kind of a podunk city for the northeast yet it is denser than metro London, which is arguably one of the top 3 cities in the world. You are kind of proving my point!