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Originally Posted by Crawford
Urbanism is about more than population density. I think that's the general point.
Example- Cincy has no real high density tracts, but the built form in the most urban neighborhoods is extremely high quality:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1096...7i13312!8i6656
It's not because they're Latino; it's indicative of high household sizes.
A random suburban street in Orange County, CA can have high density if a bunch of immigrants are stuffing into tract houses. Few would argue that suburban OC is more urban than Cincy because you have multiple generations in every tract house. |
Just a few miles from where I grew up there was a large apartment complex that was built in the 60's-over 1700 2-3 story mostly two bedroom units on 92 acres. At one point when it became a haven for immigrants there were nearly 6,000 people living there. And with it's setback buildings and courts and loops lined with parking spaces it was anything but urban-it did not even have sidewalks and it still doesn't.