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Old 05-30-2013, 01:02 PM
 
Location: Shaw.
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Well Im happy you like to play with maps but if you are suggesting that because of this factoid, the drive from NY to Philadelphia is actually more dense, you would be wrong.

The drive btwn LA and SD is more of a megalopolis than NY-Philadelphia if the definition is unbroken development with high density for most of the distance. Its not really close.

California planned itself that way, hence we have the most densely populated urban areas in the nation.
I was suggesting that there is no dip in density along the transit route between Philly and New York. Los Angeles and San Diego have a slight gap (I picked the densest census tract to minimize this). There's no question that the LA metro area and the San Diego metro area are extremely dense and the density stays throughout the area. But that's not the definition of unbroken development.

You could say that 187 people per square mile is sufficiently dense. I have no problem with that. You would have to apply the same standards to New Jersey, though.
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Old 05-30-2013, 01:04 PM
 
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If that makes you feel better, congrats.

It doesnt change the FACT that the drive between LA and SD is more consistently dense abd built up than drive between NY and Philadelphia.

Thanks for playing.
I don't know why you're so bent on proving this. It has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand. Again, all I'm doing is telling you you're wrong when you call NJ between two major cities "no man's land" and the middle of nowhere. I could care less how much California's sprawl goes on for. It has nothing to do with my life or the BosWash Megalopolis.
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Old 05-30-2013, 01:09 PM
 
Location: a bar
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There's no point in debating 18Mont. He's always right, and CA is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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Old 05-30-2013, 01:11 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Again, all I'm doing is telling you you're wrong when you call NJ between two major cities "no man's land" and the middle of nowhere.
There are large swaths of underdeveloped land. That's a fact.

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I could care less how much California's sprawl goes on for.
LOLOLOLOL...more hypocrisy. In the Northeast its called 'megalopolis' but in California its called 'sprawl.

Don't be upset because California beats you at your own game.

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It has nothing to do with my life or the BosWash Megalopolis.
My condolences.
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Old 05-30-2013, 01:13 PM
 
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There's no point in debating 18Mont. He's always right, and CA is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Which is why I suggested to shut this thread down, because we've proven the BosWash Megalopolis (which legitimately exists) exists, so why continue with this off-topic failed attempt to boost CA mess? But of course when I pointed that out it was ridiculously thrown against me, as well.
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Old 05-30-2013, 01:15 PM
 
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Old 05-30-2013, 01:16 PM
 
Location: a bar
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Which is why I suggested to shut this thread down, because we've proven the BosWash Megalopolis (which legitimately exists) exists, so why continue with this off-topic failed attempt to boost CA mess? But of course when I pointed that out it was ridiculously thrown against me, as well.
CA will be bankrupt by the end of the decade. Good luck to him.
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Old 05-30-2013, 01:17 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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I was suggesting that there is no dip in density along the transit route between Philly and New York. Los Angeles and San Diego have a slight gap
Sorry, but I found plenty of census tracts in between NY and Philadelphia that are in the low hundreds per square mile.

And as far as LA-SD, all you have is Camp Pendleton which is a military base, that's the tract you found.

Apart from that, its entirely in the thousands(lowest is 2,000 persons per square mile) all the way from Los Angeles to San Diego.
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Old 05-30-2013, 01:22 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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^^I'll deal with him after work. Some of us have to make a living and can't sit around and post population densities all damn day.
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Old 05-30-2013, 02:37 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Anyway,








Meanwhile, right up until the point that they can no longer develop, LA and SD are almost totally built up:


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