Most Urban Cities

[aaronstlcards]

Originally Posted by hillside

What are the most urban cities in America based on density and architecture, excluding downtowns?

Here's my list. What do you think?

1.New York
2.Chicago
3.Boston
4.San Francisco
5.Philadelphia
6.Baltimore
7.Cincinnati
8.Pittsburgh
9.Washington
10.St.Louis

My list based on population density:
1. New York, NY
2. San Francisco, CA
3. Chicago, IL
4. Boston, MA
5. Philadelphia, PA
6. Washington DC
7. Baltimore, MD
8. Los Angeles, CA
9. Detroit, MI
10. Seattle, WA

I am fladdered that St. Louis is on your list . But, in terms of building density...


http://www.urbanstl.com/viewtopic.php?t=7264


http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=165427

[townbuilder]

Is there a source for determining building footprint as a percentage of a city's total land area?

[otters21]

Originally Posted by ainulinale

First of all, I think it is best to talk about structural density and not population density, and there is no statistic for measuring structural density. Secondly, places like Pittsburgh are going to appear to have much less density because of white flight, and because the hills make it impossible to build on--Pittsburgh thus, has very dense "pockets" of urbanization that won't show up on any stat. The third thing I want to say is this: Cincinnati is a beautiful urban city that probably deserves to be in the top ten, but Cinci just doesn't have the magnitude of rowhouses that the Northeastern cities have. Yes, you have Over the Rhine and Pendleton, but those neighborhoods are so small compared to some of the neighborhoods in the east. With that being said, my opinion is as follows:

New York City
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
San Francisco
DC
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Cincinnati

I would like to add Hoboken NJ as being a very densely populated city. Also Pittsburgh was not hit with " white flight" as hard as other cities such as Detroit , Philadelphia , Baltimore, St. Louis and Cleveland etc etc. Because of all the tear downs (leaving vacant lots) in many inner neighborhoods in the cities that had suffered White and/ or middle class flight, those cities may be loosing population density. It's unfortunate but blight and loss of manufacturing jobs has caused large population declines in the cities mentioned above. As as Pittsburgh is concerned many of the inner suburbs such as Wilkinsburg ,Duquesne , Homestead and Braddock had suffered white flight and population loss due to steel mill closings as well as some city neighborhoods ( Hill District, Homewood , Beltzhoover, Garfield, East Hills, parts of the North Side etc.). However there are many city neighborhoods as well as many inner suburbs that are still thriving.

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by hillside

What are the most urban cities in America based on density and architecture, excluding downtowns?

Here's my list. What do you think?

1.New York
2.Chicago
3.Boston
4.San Francisco
5.Philadelphia
6.Baltimore
7.Cincinnati
8.Pittsburgh
9.Washington
10.St.Louis

I'd say that's a pretty good list; though not necessarily in that order.