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That's just not true. I specifically am talking about the urban center of each city. Therefore, I'm talking about the Vancouver peninsula, Gastown/Chinatown/other neighborhoods immediately east of downtown, and some of the neighborhoods just south of downtown. I'm not talking about SFH neighborhoods within the city of Vancouver. DC is not as urban.
Vancouver’s urban core can fit inside of downtown DC. They aren’t even compatible. If you want to say there are parts of Vancouver that are more intensely developed than DC, that’s fine. But DC’s urban core is so vast and larger than Vancouver’s this isn’t even a fair comparison. We have been talking about using a 22.83 sq. mile footprint. DC doesn’t even go into single family homes across 22.83 square miles. Infact, DC still has 6-8 story highries mixed in throughout a 22.83 sq. mile footprint.
Vancouver’s urban core can fit inside of downtown DC. They aren’t even compatible. If you want to say there are parts of Vancouver that are more intensely developed than DC, that’s fine. But DC’s urban core is so vast and larger than Vancouver’s this isn’t even a fair comparison. We have been talking about using a 22.83 sq. mile footprint. DC doesn’t even go into single family homes across 22.83 square miles. Infact, DC still has 6-8 story highries mixed in throughout a 22.83 sq. mile footprint.
Well, you and I have just started talking about a footprint of that size. I’m open to a 10 square kilometer one.
^^^ One of the best skylines especially outside of the US on the continent, but the urban core of Panama City is actually tiny. Santo Domingo crushes Panama City in it's core in terms of being expansive, and too has a subway system. Santo Domingo alone is 3 million and about 3/4 the entire population of Panama. Panama City is prettier however, and I'd rather live there.
^Same applies with Port Au Prince vs Panama City too.
Vancouver’s urban core can fit inside of downtown DC. They aren’t even compatible. If you want to say there are parts of Vancouver that are more intensely developed than DC, that’s fine. But DC’s urban core is so vast and larger than Vancouver’s this isn’t even a fair comparison. We have been talking about using a 22.83 sq. mile footprint. DC doesn’t even go into single family homes across 22.83 square miles. Infact, DC still has 6-8 story highries mixed in throughout a 22.83 sq. mile footprint.
Yes, but (IMO) Vancouver is higher quality in its most urban zones compared to DC in its most urban zones. It's not like Vancouver is just a few small blocks. It's still pretty large.
Yep those look pretty urban alright. I also just looked at a map and the more recent population numbers for Panama City. It looks like Panama City includes a huge amount of natural reserve in its city boundaries as well as very densely populated enclave (San Miguelito) so its population density is actually really high. The 2019 estimate numbers for Panama City also went up to about 1,183,333 and ostensibly all within its most developed portions, so yea, probably a good contender, maybe a shoe-in.
Yep those look pretty urban alright. I also just looked at a map and the more recent population numbers for Panama City. It looks like Panama City includes a huge amount of natural reserve in its city boundaries as well as very densely populated enclave (San Miguelito) so its population density is actually really high. The 2019 estimate numbers for Panama City also went up to about 1,183,333 and ostensibly all within its most developed portions, so yea, probably a good contender, maybe a shoe-in.
Have you been there before?
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Again amazing skyline. The urban core of Santo Domingo has more structural density from the ground level however. Panama City is urban in those high rise districts, but it is short lived, and SD is more classically urban in the way it's structured.
Santo Domingo proper is 1 million people in 40+ sq mi. Santo Domingo metro is 3.3 million people in 1000 sq mi.
Yep those look pretty urban alright. I also just looked at a map and the more recent population numbers for Panama City. It looks like Panama City includes a huge amount of natural reserve in its city boundaries as well as very densely populated enclave (San Miguelito) so its population density is actually really high. The 2019 estimate numbers for Panama City also went up to about 1,183,333 and ostensibly all within its most developed portions, so yea, probably a good contender, maybe a shoe-in.
Have you been there before?
I've been. It's beautiful. For how full of modern skyscrapers the city is, it's actual still pretty urban and high-quality density. It's not so much like a Miami or something like that. And even though the high rise neighborhoods may not be the absolute best examples of quality urban density, Casco Antiguo and other older neighborhoods are very dense.
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That's just not true. I specifically am talking about the urban center of each city. Therefore, I'm talking about the Vancouver peninsula, Gastown/Chinatown/other neighborhoods immediately east of downtown, and some of the neighborhoods just south of downtown. I'm not talking about SFH neighborhoods within the city of Vancouver. DC is not as urban.
Those areas are not more urban than DC's most urban areas, they are at best equals, the peak building heights in Vancouver are just taller. The point being made here about Washington DC is how far it's urban core goes outside of it's most urban districts. It radiates out further than what I've seen with regards to Vancouver, as well as Seattle. The street level is what I'm getting at here. The peninsula of Vancouver with the high rises is Miami like, it's lovely and pleasant to look at. It's just that from the ground level, I wouldn't compare it to the likes of Northeast Corridor urbanity you find from DC and northward.
DC is closer to Boston or Philly in urbanity than Vancouver is to those cities. Now if this were Montreal we're talking about that's a different story.
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