Is NYC the only US city with such a high concentration of mid rise and high rise residential buildings? (condos, townhouses)
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Well, apartments make up about 40% of the housing stock in LA, although I don't know how many are housed in structures above 20 units.
In terms of 20+ unit buildings as a percentage of total housing stock, NYC is a clear first, followed by DC, then Seattle and Atlanta, then LA, which just edges out Denver.
In terms of 20+ unit buildings as a percentage of total housing stock, NYC is a clear first, followed by DC, then Seattle and Atlanta, then LA, which just edges out Denver.
Thanks for the graph. Been looking for something similar.
In terms of 20+ unit buildings as a percentage of total housing stock, NYC is a clear first, followed by DC, then Seattle and Atlanta, then LA, which just edges out Denver.
interesting data I think I saw that posted in another thread
%'s are interesting though for an Atlanta or Seattle the absolute numbers in 20+ units would be less (population living in them) compared to say a Philly with a much smaller proportion.
LA just edging out Denver would still put LA a firm number two in persons living in such 20+ unit dwellings
believe by the numbers it would be
NYC
LA
Chicago
Houston
Philly
(matching the overall population)
after that though I think by population in 20+ units the order would not match the population sizes
with what would look like SF, DC, Boston then not sure
Also NYC looks to have ~4million in 20+ unit buildings, it likely would take the sum of the next 7-10 cities to match that volume. NYC is a monster on so many metrics
Also Philly followed by Baltimore and then DC are the rowhome kings it would seem for better or worse
Im personally happy that I don't live in a city where the only think I could afford would be a small flat in a high rise.
I like my detached home.
A lot of highrises are pretty expensive actually. Assuming you'd want a cheap $1,000-$1,200 without electric and wouldn't even consider a ghetto it'd probably only be like 3-7 floors. There's also lots of public housing projects with 10, 20, 30 floors but the ceiling's literally like 6.5 feet and the buildings have bullet holes. Detached homes do have a lot of things going for them, though.
Maybe not the ones here. They've been marketing detracted houses 75 miles/1.5 hr out in the biggest NYC newspaper for many years (almost $200,000) and some people do that commute every day (even though Philly's closer, they commute from the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania to NYC 10 times a week, 40,000 miles a year). So imagine how much the close houses cost.
Also NYC looks to have ~4million in 20+ unit buildings, it likely would take the sum of the next 7-10 cities to match that volume. NYC is a monster on so many metrics
So if you demolished everything besides the Census Bureau's largest category it's still the biggest city in North America. 1.3% of Americans is a person in a 20+ unit building in New York City. If "people in 20+ unit buildings in New York City" was a state they'd have 8 electoral college votes — more than half the states.
Seattle only recently because a multifamily-majority city. We're 2/3 single-family by land area vs. maybe 15% that's mixed-use or multifamily, per vague estimates I've heard. The chart is a good indicator of unit count by type.
This is changing quickly of course. We still build single family, generally in townhouse format, often 2-4 houses replacing one old house, with some in the front and some in back. But we build far more six-story woodframe housing. And highrises have become a major percentage of construction, including a sizeable wave of towers around 440' tall due to the height limits in certain Downtown fringe areas.
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, not far from where I live. Not a highrise neighborhood, per se, but an area of very dense midrises. In contrast to the previous South Bronx example, this is an affluent neighborhood, with family sized coops usually in the $1.5-$2 million range.
I don't think this type of neighborhood exists anywhere outside the NYC area. There may be a block or two here or there, but not on a neighborhood level.
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