America's commute to work is getting longer and longer

Re:America's commute to work is getting longer and longer by throw0101c on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @07:58AM (#40573522)

> Ultra High Density Living is just the most eco-friendly way of living for the masses.

You do not need to go to "ultra high" density, à la Manhattan or Hong Kong.

Once you get to densities of Paris, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Munich, Brussels—in the 50 people per hectare (20 per acre) range—there are diminishing returns:

* https://transportgeography.org/contents/chapter4/environment...

I would not call any of those "ultra high" (though perhaps others would?).

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Re:America's commute to work is getting longer and longer by sycamoretrees on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @08:50AM (#40573997)

Paris - the city itself - is actually surprisingly high density, almost as high as Manhattan if you do not include the two very large 'Bois' (woods) that are technically part of the city.

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Re:America's commute to work is getting longer and longer by volfonibros on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @08:52AM (#40574036)

I don't know where they get that 50/Ha figure. Paris is more dense than Seoul, with just over 200 people per Ha, or ~20k/km². Figure would actually have been higher at the 1999 date of the cited source, too. The city is (slowly) losing people.

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