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Nobody considered SFH on 3/4ths on an acre the city though.
In terms of what People call a city Mexico City is very large
3/4ths acre lots basically don’t exist in DFW and Houston though, they might have maybe 10% or less of these type of lots as Philly, Atlanta, NYC or Boston. The urban sprawl is well over 90%+ houses packed in together at roughly 5,000 ppsm-10,000 ppsm if not higher, and the only reason density is lower in Houston is because of ROW, old neighborhoods that were considered too ghetto to redevelop, parkland and extensive industrial and commercial areas.
Mission Bend- which is a neighborhood where only the houses are counted and some of its major streets ROW is literally excluded from the CDP for some reason has a density of 7,700 ppsm and is on the outskirts of Houston and typical for Houston development.
Mission Bend is 100% suburban, but every immigrant I’ve ever met from a 3rd world country considered it the city. It’s only Americans that exclusively exclude low dense suburban places form the city. Mexicans I’ve met in America (Not Mexican Americans) actually include the suburban sprawl as city-folk too, even though their suburban sprawl is many times denser than American.
The Woodlands for example is a popular city destination for Mexican tourists and wealthy Urbanites from Mexico even though it’s obviously suburban.
3/4ths acre lots basically don’t exist in DFW and Houston though, they might have maybe 10% or less of these type of lots as Philly, Atlanta, NYC or Boston. The urban sprawl is well over 90%+ houses packed in together at roughly 5,000 ppsm-10,000 ppsm if not higher, and the only reason density is lower in Houston is because of ROW, old neighborhoods that were considered too ghetto to redevelop, parkland and extensive industrial and commercial areas.
Mission Bend- which is a neighborhood where only the houses are counted and some of its major streets ROW is literally excluded from the CDP for some reason has a density of 7,700 ppsm and is on the outskirts of Houston and typical for Houston development.
Mission Bend is 100% suburban, but every immigrant I’ve ever met from a 3rd world country considered it the city. It’s only Americans that exclusively exclude low dense suburban places form the city. Mexicans I’ve met in America (Not Mexican Americans) actually include the suburban sprawl as city-folk too, even though their suburban sprawl is many times denser than American.
The Woodlands for example is a popular city destination for Mexican tourists and wealthy Urbanites from Mexico even though it’s obviously suburban.
It probably depends on the city. Most people consider the whole ATL area to just be "ATL". But in the Twin Cities, you'll have people correct the fact that the Mall of America is not in Minneapolis but in Bloomington.
How? Metro Houston/DFW alone are much larger than Metro Mexico City in area. Mexico City doesn’t come close to Chicago, LA or NYC in scale.
Have you even been to Mexico City? If not, grab a window seat and fly into it after Sunset and prepare yourself to be amazed. It may not be a necessarily tall city, but it's broad and very dense for miles and miles and miles.
I don't know about the largest, but Seattle would do pretty well from visual standpoint. The seven hills of neighborhoods also create a sense of size and density, especially the area around Lake Union. Seattle feels much larger than its 700,000 population. SF and Miami would probably beat Seattle though. Disagree that Houston (2.3 million population) looks a tier larger visually unless you are impressed with size of sprawl and big box strips everywhere. The guys here saying Houston looks visually more impressive than Mexico City simply don't have a clue.
Downtown Seattle, own photo
Westlake neighborhood in Seattle driving along I-5, own photo
Seattle would be down the list below Boston, Philly, and DC. We'd score well based on core districts, but not as well on a broader level.
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