Re:Silicon Valley Is Stuck In An Uncanny Valley Of Density
by bitops on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @12:59AM
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Interestingly, San Francisco is the second most densely populated large city in the US after New York. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco
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Re:Silicon Valley Is Stuck In An Uncanny Valley Of Density
by usaar333 on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @01:53AM
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Quite true, but density ratings can always be a bit tricky as they vary a lot by how much extra land cities have.
San Jose's 5,000 per square mile underestimates what it feels like to live there.
See the borders: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Jose,+CA&hl=en&sl...
All that area in the southeast are farms and mountains. A The entire northern part are marshes. Its "effective" density is really much closer to 7-8,000 per square mile.
Los Angeles is also one where the density numbers underestimate the feeling of it. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Los+Angeles,+CA&hl=en&...
A lot of that land is mountains. Indeed, south-central and central parts of LA have about the same population as SF and pretty much the same density: http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/populat...