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Hmm. I wonder what the densest square mile in Europe (maybe just western Europe)? The developed world (excluding Hong Kong)?
For Europe I would almost guarantee it is somewhere in Paris or Barcelona. Not sure about Asia, but many Asian cities are the definition of "bad density".
As the OP, I am less interested in finding an area where there are people living in glorified cardboard boxes stacked on each other, but more about healthy, vibrant, affluent density.
The central part of the Upper East Side has 159,426 people in 1.093 square miles, that's South of 96th Street, East of Park Avenue up to the East River and North of 69th/70th Street (the 3 census tracts end at different places).
The adjacent neighbourhoods of La Florida, La Torrassa, Collblanc, Pubilla Casas and Les Planes in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, plus adjacent Sants Badal in Barcelona come out at 148,948 people in 1.066 square miles.
The 3 Northermost quarters of Paris' 11th Arrondissement come out at 112,690 people in 1.056 square miles.
I think Seoul comes close or equal to Paris is many areas, but they're not quite as dense as the square mile in L'Hospitalet or the UES. Rome, Naples, Vienna, London all seem to be a fair bit behind. Athens might come close but I'm not sure where to get good neighbourhood level data. Madrid could be a contender too.
Much of Toronto's central area (Bloor to Front, River to Dundas West) has a population density of >50k psm. I'm sure that within that fairly large area, there is at least one square mile of 75k psm or more. Probably a few.
But this is CD, so I doubt anyone cares about a Canadian city.
In Duluth, the densest neighborhoods are sandwiched in between the lake / harbor and hills too steep to be built on, so it'd be hard to find a "most dense square mile".
Alright, I managed to find what I think is the densest square mile of Los Angeles. It is decidedly not a square, but it is contiguous and it manages to bridge two of LA's densest neighborhoods (Wilshire Center and Westlake). The shape you see has an area of 1.061 square miles and a 2010 population of 68292, meaning a density of 64370.3 ppsm.
Hmm. I wonder what the densest square mile in Europe (maybe just western Europe)? The developed world (excluding Hong Kong)?
It probably doesn't count but London's financial district covers 1.12 sq miles. The resident population is only 6,000 but the working population is around 350,000.
In Albuquerque I would say the densest square mile is in one of the newer, outer suburbs of the city, for example, Ventana Ranch in the northwestern corner of the city:
Here's a side-by-side comparison of my old neighborhood in the old town/downtown area:
In Albuquerque I would say the densest square mile is in one of the newer, outer suburbs of the city, for example, Ventana Ranch in the northwestern corner of the city:
Here's a side-by-side comparison of my old neighborhood in the old town/downtown area:
Looking at the census data, you could be right, although the Trumbull Village area is a contender too.
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