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I don't tend to consider commercial strips when considering urbanity of an area personally. It was pretty typical during the Streetcar suburban era to build pretty dense commercial districts which gave way to detached single-family houses as soon as you were off the main drag. So streetviews of the commercial areas can be quite misleading.
That said, I am aware Minneapolis is second only to Chicago in terms of the percentage of its housing stock which apartment buildings comprise. So while I'm not aware of where all the apartment districts are located, I was pretty certain there were a great deal of them.
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Here are a few images of Oakland which is Pittsburgh's main college area, and I think the densest area outside of downtown.
The area of Pittsburgh with the highest residential density is this portion of North Oakland, where nearly all the non-institutional land is taken up by large apartment buildings or condos. A lot of them were built in the mid 20th century, and thus have a really bad street integration, but it's getting better with some new developments in the works.
Dinkytown is not nearly as urban as Oakland. Oakland is the third largest CBD in Pennsylvania, and the Forbes/Fifth corridor has a population density of over 50,000 pppsm.
The area of Pittsburgh with the highest residential density is this portion of North Oakland, where nearly all the non-institutional land is taken up by large apartment buildings or condos. A lot of them were built in the mid 20th century, and thus have a really bad street integration, but it's getting better with some new developments in the works.
That is a pretty impressive street. Pittsburgh is certainly underrated on many fronts, and "urbanity" is one of them.
That is a pretty impressive street. Pittsburgh is certainly underrated on many fronts, and "urbanity" is one of them.
Around 3,500 people live in just the area bounded by N Bellefield, Centre, N Neville, and Fifth on that map. It's going to be far more when the new Empire apartment building on the northern edge of the area is constructed.
Is there a dense college area near Minneapolis anywhere ?
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That last image the other guy posted is of Dinkytown, which is adjacent to the University of Minnesota campus.
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Dinkytown is not nearly as urban as Oakland. Oakland is the third largest CBD in Pennsylvania, and the Forbes/Fifth corridor has a population density of over 50,000 pppsm.
This is what the rest of the U of M area looks like outside the main campus:
The last Census estimate had Seattle rising to #10 for residential density among major cities. That's a pretty good indicator.
Seattle's downtown is around #7 or so, but rocketing up especially in residential, office, and tourism.
Seattle is already getting fairly large areas of density. It's happening in the 15% of the city where we focus nearly all multifamily housing. These areas are responsible for most of the city's growth, including the 10% of so estimated from 2010-2015. These areas mostly still have a lot of room to grow, their intensity is getting pretty good in some cases, and some are starting to connect more to each other.
In terms of built environment the cities in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro have areas of rowhouses around/near their downtowns.
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