Hampton Roads could be 2.5 million residents if the entire area were as densely populated as Portsmouth, VA (Virginia Beach: apartment complexes)

[goofy328]

Pundits fear that Hampton Roads will turn into the next New York City. Problem is, that would give the area 48 million residents. Even based on D.C. population density, the area would be 8 million residents.

However, if the entire area were as densely populated as Portsmouth, the area would have 2.5 million residents. That is change that I can live with; the place would be considered urban, as infrastructure would need to be built in order to accommodate the increase in population, and we are only talking about an additional 900,000 residents, which I think the region could sustain if you add several more routes onto The Tide and throw in Bus Rapid Transit to boot. You might have some high-rise low-income apartment complexes though, but that may be an inevitability if housing prices do not come down in this region anyway.

[goofy328]

I am appealing to the administrator to have this thread deleted, as it contains some inaccuracies. Also, though the other cities (except for Norfolk) could stand to have Portsmouth's density, I was corrected on another thread in that Norfolk is actually the most densely populated city in the region.

Norfolk comes in at twice the density of cities like Portsmouth, and seven times that of cities like Virginia Beach and Chesapeake. By that definition, Virginia Beach could potentially have 2.8 million people and Chesapeake could have 1.4 million people, were they as dense as Norfolk. The entire region would have 11 million people, were the seven cities as a whole as dense as Norfolk.

[LilyLady]

Originally Posted by goofy328

I am appealing to the administrator to have this thread deleted, as it contains some inaccuracies. Also, though the other cities (except for Norfolk) could stand to have Portsmouth's density, I was corrected on another thread in that Norfolk is actually the most densely populated city in the region.

Norfolk comes in at twice the density of cities like Portsmouth, and seven times that of cities like Virginia Beach and Chesapeake. By that definition, Virginia Beach could potentially have 2.8 million people and Chesapeake could have 1.4 million people, were they as dense as Norfolk. The entire region would have 11 million people, were the seven cities as a whole as dense as Norfolk.

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