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Wow, that's basically suburban L.A. density right there, if these numbers are accurate, Houston needs a lot of work in the density department, not sounding good by these numbers....
Those aren't even the densest parts of Houston though. That goes to SW Houston. Also, the Port of Houston takes some of the density away in the Inner Loop. Still, LA has natural boundaries that hem in things. By the way, the City of LA density is at 8200.
That's true, L.A.'s density is hovering in the 8,000's, but once you take away the huge swaths of land that the Santa Monica mountain range occupies, the density of the city is easily over 10,000/mi². Most census tracts in L.A. are denser than 8,200/mi², even in the valley, but with a mountain range included in the city limits, the true density of the city is skewed, but if a person has truly experienced L.A., they know how dense the city is.
Here's a map showing the density of L.A., ranging from South Los Angeles, to Downtown, to Wilshire, and up to Hollywood.
Light Yellow = >8,827/mi²
Dark Yellow = 8,950-18,805/mi²
Light Green = 18,110-30,503/mi²
Medium Green = 31,146-53,458/mi²
Dark Green = 57,281-92,464/mi²
I don't think I need to explain anything else about how dense L.A. is (or isn't to people in New York City).
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Originally Posted by Angel713
Those aren't even the densest parts of Houston though. That goes to SW Houston. Also, the Port of Houston takes some of the density away in the Inner Loop. Still, LA has natural boundaries that hem in things. By the way, the City of LA density is at 8200.
^^Some old predictions at that. Links don't work by the way.
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Originally Posted by LivingInExiles
That's true, L.A.'s density is hovering in the 8,000's, but once you take away the huge swaths of land that the Santa Monica mountain range occupies, the density of the city is easily over 10,000/mi². Most census tracts in L.A. are denser than 8,200/mi², even in the valley, but with a mountain range included in the city limits, the true density of the city is skewed, but if a person has truly experienced L.A., they know how dense the city is.
Here's a map showing the density of L.A., ranging from South Los Angeles, to Downtown, to Wilshire, and up to Hollywood.
Light Yellow = >8,827/mi²
Dark Yellow = 8,950-18,805/mi²
Light Green = 18,110-30,503/mi²
Medium Green = 31,146-53,458/mi²
Dark Green = 57,281-92,464/mi²
I don't think I need to explain anything else about how dense L.A. is (or isn't to people in New York City).
That's nice (I knew you'd mention the mountains). Maybe you should take away the Barker Reservoir and Addicks Reservoir in Houston, and maybe all that water as well. I go to LA a lot, and yes, it's dense (not NYC dense, but dense). If Houston had mountains around it, or a place like the Everglades next to it (Miami, a denser city than LA), then it'd be denser, too.
^^Some old predictions at that. Links don't work by the way.
That's nice (I knew you'd mention the mountains). Maybe you should take away the Barker Reservoir and Addicks Reservoir in Houston, and maybe all that water as well. I go to LA a lot, and yes, it's dense (not NYC dense, but dense). If Houston had mountains around it, or a place like the Everglades next to it (Miami, a denser city than LA), then it'd be denser, too.
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