Quote:
Originally Posted by Steely Dan
Keep in mind that most of the other cities on the list would also have plenty of CT's just below the 20K ppsm threshold too. That's the thing with arbitrary cut-offs: they're arbitrary, but at least everyone is getting cut-off uniformly.
In any event, as the data shows, living in densities above 20K ppsm is fairly rare in the US outside of "the big urban 7". In fact, NYC alone probably has more people in that category than the rest of the nation combined! And the next 6 probably have more than what's left after that. Density in the US is extremely top heavy.
|
That arbitrary line of 20,000 ppsm certainly reinforces basically what we already know. I think 10,000 people per square mile would paint a better picture of the mid-tier cities that obviously can’t compete with NYC, LA, Chicago et al. I bet Portland does a bit better than Austin, for example.