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SF and Boston have small physical sizes, but it doesn't mean their urbanity simply dies right at the border. Daly City and Cambridge are still plenty dense.
SF and Boston have small physical sizes, but it doesn't mean their urbanity simply dies right at the border. Daly City and Cambridge are still plenty dense.
As do both Chicago and Philly beyond their borders. - areas like Cheltenham, Chester, Upper Darby, Camden, Conshohocken etc are all very urban with high densities accross the border for example
As do both Chicago and Philly beyond their borders. - areas like Cheltenham, Chester, Upper Darby, Camden, Conshohocken etc are all very urban with high densities accross the border for example
Right, all four of these have fairly extensive metros. However, people were only mentioning SF when it came to small size--without regard to how extensive the metro is.
Right, all four of these have fairly extensive metros. However, people were only mentioning SF when it came to small size--without regard to how extensive the metro is.
Agree - these 4 no matter how you slice it feel like the 4 largest urban centers, then DC and maybe Baltimore - LA is the wildcard because it is very close and if just a tad more urban would be in the top 4 urban mix IMHO
Boston and SF have pretty similar makeups in size really (without boundaries but thinking of urban space) - SF is a bit of the wild card with Oakland thrown in (SJ is a tad too far and it drops down to more suburban in the gap)
I think LA's issue right now isn't density--it does have a massively dense central core now that's up there with the others. The issue is often poor street level design and lack of mass transit options in order to give it a more urban bustle, though that does exist in certain places.
I think LA's issue right now isn't density--it does have a massively dense central core now that's up there with the others. The issue is often poor street level design and lack of mass transit options in order to give it a more urban bustle, though that does exist in certain places.
All are very close - size seems to matter because mostly they are just about as urban - some have pockets more or less but overall all are urban
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