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Re:New York City population declined by 5.3% since 2020 by thehappypm on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @12:46PM (#38698809)
NYC is insanely dense already. “Just build more housing” isn’t really viable.
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Re:New York City population declined by 5.3% since 2020 by vitno on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @12:52PM (#38698922)
"just build more housing" is definitely viable here in NYC. NYC is not that dense in comparison to many other major metropolis in the world.
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Re:New York City population declined by 5.3% since 2020 by 4death4 on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @12:57PM (#38699002)
Really? Compared to what other metropolises?
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Re:New York City population declined by 5.3% since 2020 by shortrounddev2 on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @02:07PM (#38700035)
NYC doesn't even make the list apparently:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_popul...

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Re:New York City population declined by 5.3% since 2020 by 4death4 on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @02:38PM (#38700435)
Did you actually look at that list? Most have under 1,000,000 in population. Many even have less than 100,000. There are only a handful of cities on the list comparable to NYC. It’s also worth noting that Manhattan would be 9 on the list, if listed as an individual city. The current number 9 is Port au Prince. Is that the kind of metropolis you were comparing NYC to?
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Re:New York City population declined by 5.3% since 2020 by cglan on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @01:06PM (#38699147)
most of nyc outside Manhattan is 2 story townhouses
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