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It will be interesting to see what Baltimore does this decade regarding development. For a city so we’ll located its amazing how stagnant it has become relative to its peers.
That being said it has a lot going for it, and the development around the Harbor is taking off right now. It’s one of the cities I’m most looking forward to rebound and really boom
I would give it until the next big cycle. Right now it's still a bit .. down. It probably will take off by the late 2020s.
Sometime around 2022 I want to actually buy a rowhome in Baltimore in the worst of its areas. They are like $40,000. Might as well for a nice ROI
DC is too high. On what grounds does it top Boston or LA?
High-rise count (per fire department codes), apartment units, office space & arguably population density (daytime) for one. Yes, DC can feel more airy because of its park space and wide avenues, but it’s inner most 50 sq. miles are more consistently urban than Boston’s & LA just off of housing stock alone.
High-rise count (per fire department codes), apartment units, office space & arguably population density (daytime) for one. Yes, DC can feel more airy because of its park space and wide avenues, but it’s inner most 50 sq. miles are more consistently urban than Boston’s & LA just off of housing stock alone.
Per this chart, DC and Boston have identical SFH and Boston has far more apartment buildings. And its overall population density is significantly higher. Its adjacent areas are also much more densely populated
Boston and DCs daytime population are both the same. 1.2-1.3 million. (Most placs give Boston the edge though)
Boston does this is less area.Theres really no area DC excels past Boston other than office buildings.Los Angeles or LA County's most dense 50 square miles is probably denser than DC's.
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Per this chart, DC and Boston have identical SFH and Boston has far more apartment buildings. And its overall population density is significantly higher. Its adjacent areas are also much more densely populated
Boston and DCs daytime population are both the same. 1.2-1.3 million. (Most placs give Boston the edge though)
Boston does this is less area.Theres really no area DC excels past Boston other than office buildings.Los Angeles or LA County's most dense 50 square miles is probably denser than DC's.
That link on housing stock is 5 years old, which in DC is equivalent to 20 years from a development stand point.
Plus DC is building more multi-family housing than Boston, and while both are still filling in, DC does more rapidly. DC population increase since 2010- 17%, Boston population increase since 2010- 12%.
New York Metro – 32,300 units completed
Dallas/Ft. Worth – 20,500 units completed
Los Angeles/Southern California – 20,000 units completed
Seattle – 14,400 units completed
Washington, D.C. – 13,600 units completed
Denver – 11,700 units completed
Boston – 9,700 units completed
Miami/South Florida – 9,500 units completed
San Francisco Bay Area – 9,300 units completed
Chicago – 8,900 units completed
Orlando – 7,700 units completed
Austin – 7,400 units completed
Charlotte – 7,000 units completed
Atlanta – 6,900 units completed
San Antonio – 6,800 units completed
Phoenix – 6,400 units completed
Minneapolis – 6,300 units completed
Tampa – 6,100 units completed
Nashville – 5,900 units completed
Portland – 4,900 units completed
That link on housing stock is 5 years old, which in DC is equivalent to 20 years from a development stand point.
Plus DC is building more multi-family housing than Boston, and while both are still filling in, DC does more rapidly. DC population increase since 2010- 17%, Boston population increase since 2010- 12%.
New York Metro – 32,300 units completed
Dallas/Ft. Worth – 20,500 units completed
Los Angeles/Southern California – 20,000 units completed
Seattle – 14,400 units completed
Washington, D.C. – 13,600 units completed
Denver – 11,700 units completed
Boston – 9,700 units completed
Miami/South Florida – 9,500 units completed
San Francisco Bay Area – 9,300 units completed
Chicago – 8,900 units completed
Orlando – 7,700 units completed
Austin – 7,400 units completed
Charlotte – 7,000 units completed
Atlanta – 6,900 units completed
San Antonio – 6,800 units completed
Phoenix – 6,400 units completed
Minneapolis – 6,300 units completed
Tampa – 6,100 units completed
Nashville – 5,900 units completed
Portland – 4,900 units completed
Boston's core 50sqmi is still more dense/urban right now- no matter how you slice it. Day and night. A higher share of the buildings its currently building are multi unit. Lack of developable land is an issue in Boston because its already very dense.
Also much of DC's MSA construction would be outside of that 50 square mile area.
When or if DC passes Boston then it does, until then-it just hasnt.
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