[volguus zildrohar]

Originally Posted by mcgrath618

This got past us (at least I think it did). In last year’s census estimates, Center City was declared the most densely populated downtown outside of NYC!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent...medium=ios_app

Has this always been the case or is this new?

Densely populated or just by raw numbers? By the latter score I'd believe it because that's been the case for probably decades if not longer. Center City just like Manhattan has always had a large residential component. I can believe there are more people per square mile in only a handful of other US downtowns.