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Maybe the question should be rephrased to: "Which of these three cities is LEAST dense?", since none of them really represent density.
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Originally Posted by west336
Awesome, lets throw Minneapolis into the mix also. That should get you more involved eh?
It's about as arbitrary, no? I thought I'd step in real quick and offer a sense of reality, but you guys don't have to take the bait if you don't want to.
What's next? "Which city has better beaches -- Detroit, Cleveland or Buffalo?"
Actually
Minneapolis – Saint Paul metro (the entire) 3,275,041 in 6,364 sq mi
Metro Atlanta (5 core counties only)
3,563,955 in 1,732 sq mi
Greater Houston (Harris county only)
3,984,349 in 1,778 sq mi
DFW (Dallas and Tarrant county only)
4,210,285 in 1,805 sq mi
You can really see how concentrated the development is in Houston and Dallas with how it goes very rapidly to the green colors.
In the Dallas map you can see where the flood plains and wetlands are in the urban area where the greens are indicated in the center of the metro.
Minneapolis – Saint Paul metro (the entire) 3,275,041 in 6,364 sq mi
Metro Atlanta (5 core counties only)
3,563,955 in 1,732 sq mi
Greater Houston (Harris county only)
3,984,349 in 1,778 sq mi
DFW (Dallas and Tarrant county only)
4,210,285 in 1,805 sq mi
and if you wanna get down too it Dallas county alone is 2,691 per sq mile so it's way more urban right? RIGHT??!!! hahaha j/k It's funny to me how people will claim a city is more urban because it has a couple hundred more people per sq. mile. Uhhhh that don't mean jack. If you want to see more urbanity the city is gonna need to be at least a couple more thousand peeps per sq. mile denser.
^^And at the last urban area Census take, Houston and Dallas' urban areas have about 1200 more ppsm than Atlanta's. I'm thinking the 2010 numbers (when they are released) won't be any different, as both have grown as fast as Atlanta in their cores.
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Originally Posted by R1070
You can really see how concentrated the development is in Houston and Dallas with how it goes very rapidly to the green colors. In the Dallas map you can see where the flood plains and wetlands are in the urban area where the greens are indicated in the center of the metro.
Same with Houston, especially on the west side, where the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs are. The maps also show that Houston and Dallas are more concentrated and dense than Atlanta, and more consistent at that, too.
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