What Cities do you think have the densest built environment? (highest, people)

[sbfk]

Union city nj by far

[Calisonn]

Originally Posted by roboto

My list for US:
1. NYC
2. Chicago
3. Philly
4. SF
5. DC
6. Boston
7. LA
8. Miami
9. Seattle
10. Detroit
11. Minneapolis
12. Houston
13. Dallas
14. Cleveland
15. Atlanta

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Solid list although I would switch 5 & 6, 8 & 9.

[thedirtypirate]

deep south philly looking north: http://phlcouncil.com/wp-content/upl...Bass-Flyer.jpg

Center City looking north: http://i.imgur.com/6GkMAky.png

South Philly: http://allentertainmentllc.com/wp-co...me-Skyline.jpg

http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-ge...50/PHILA-2.jpg

Northern Liberties: http://jackramsdale.com/wp-content/u....com-2014-.jpg

Center City: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6112/...12dcf9dd_b.jpg

University City: http://i.imgur.com/2y2KhtG.jpg

[Calisonn]

Originally Posted by thedirtypirate

deep south philly looking north: http://phlcouncil.com/wp-content/upl...Bass-Flyer.jpg

Center City looking north: http://i.imgur.com/6GkMAky.png

I can see Philly making a case for #2, I also think we should compare apples to apples with the amount of square mileage we're comparing.

[revitalizer]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

Population Density Per Square Mile
1 New York, NY 27,147
2 San Francisco, CA 16,380
3 Chicago, IL 12,649
4 Boston, MA 12,327
5 Philadelphia, PA 10,883
6 Washington, DC 9,581
7 Los Angeles, CA 8,205
8 Baltimore, MD 7,889
9 Seattle, WA 7,085
10 Detroit, MI 7,085

Outdated numbers.

[KayneMo]

In terms of population, Upper East Side has a density of 122,000/sq mi and Upper West Side at 110,000/sq mi.

[RadicalAtheist]

Originally Posted by revitalizer

Outdated numbers.

Not in 2009 when that was posted..

[Natural510]

Originally Posted by revitalizer

Outdated numbers.

Do you have updated numbers? Would like to see them.

[jFug]

Pittsburgh's downtown is a pretty dense CBD, especially for a city of it's size. In the 0.6 sq. miles downtown PIT takes up, there are A LOT of huge buildings.

[Shakeesha]

Originally Posted by jFug

Pittsburgh's downtown is a pretty dense CBD, especially for a city of it's size. In the 0.6 sq. miles downtown PIT takes up, there are A LOT of huge buildings.

But how many people live in the buildings though?