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Atlanta is 3,188 people per square mile & is more on par with San Antonio at 3,100.
Dallas & Houston are in the 3,500-3,600 range.
You're acting like a 400 psm difference is a lot. Houston and Dallas simply have denser suburbs. Atlanta has the superior urban core with decent or arguably good transit access.
Last edited by Harmless Bug; 01-03-2014 at 10:07 PM..
Seems that Atlanta has a better and larger core than Houston and Dallas. I'd vote ATL at number 2.
What does that mean??? Houston has a more populated and dense core than Atlanta. I'm not sure whet you're using to determine ATL as having a "better" core.
What does that mean??? Houston has a more populated and dense core than Atlanta. I'm not sure whet you're using to determine ATL as having a "better" core.
Depends on what the core is? When I think of Atlanta's core, I think strictly of Downtown Atlanta and Midtown Atlanta. Some may include the urban neighborhoods that exist just outside of this cooridor. I'd say this area is denser than any part of Houston. There really is no neighborhoods in Houston that can stand up to Atlanta's midtown.
Depends on what the core is? When I think of Atlanta's core, I think strictly of Downtown Atlanta and Midtown Atlanta. Some may include the urban neighborhoods that exist just outside of this cooridor. I'd say this area is denser than any part of Houston. There really is no neighborhoods in Houston that can stand up to Atlanta's midtown.
Atlanta has the better core. I don't necessarily think it's larger.
Problem is, Houston doesn't have a midtown or uptown that's directly adjacent to downtown so it's hard to define an urban core. People love to say the whole inner loop is the urban core, but let's be real. Houston does not have a 94 square mile urban core. Even NYC has a 15-16 square mile urban core and that's huge for any city.
Houston's urban axle is probably Downtown, Midtown, then TWC? I don't consider the Galleria as part of the urban core or else we'd have to start considering Buckhead here.
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So i guess Missouri City, TX gets some pointers in Urbanity for having a very diverse population?
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