What is your city's population density? (move, farm, office)
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Originally Posted by cityboi757
My city's population density is:
4362/sq. mile. Norfolk,Va
I also want to find a southern city that can top that.
New Orleans density is very misleading. In 2000 the city may have been 180 sq miles, but the people were packed into 66.7 sq miles. Giving it a somewhat more realistic density of 7,266 ppsm.
I say realistic because the area is listed as having 2,684 ppsm. Only someone who has never been there would believe that. If you go to the city and you're expecting a city with a population density less than Houston then you'll be for a big surprise. Fact is few southern cities can compete with the city for sheer building and population density.
In my opinion the best way to measure a city's population density is not the population and the land area. I mean if the bronx was it's own city and it merged with westchester county-let's say westchester was undeveloped-would that mean the people living in what is the current built up area of the bronx be living a very suburban lifestyle of 2,845 ppsm? After all the stats would say that so it must be true.
The best way to measure population density is the population and the residential land area. Here's an example-
Year 2000
Houston-----3,372 ppsm--Residential density-13,236 ppsm
New Orleans-2,684 ppsm--Residential density-18,906 ppsm
Keep this in mind quite a few homes in New Orleans don't even have a front yard, the house is built right up to the sidewalk. If I had to take a guess I would say 50% or more of the houses either don't have a front yard or have a yard that measures about 8 feet or less from the front of the house to the sidewalk.
If you need more evidence look at these pics. Keep in mind Houston is "officially" more densely populated.
Skokie has been growing, tho, some think it will be in the 7000s by the time we see the census results.
Skokie! But please, don't insult us with "Skompton." Anyway, are you joking about Chicago? It's almost 13,000/sq mile...
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