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Originally Posted by iheartthed
Percentage-wise, NYC has lapped Chicago in housing unit construction since 1950:
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Where are you getting these data? I don't see older MSA-level housing production numbers on Census.
I do see average housing age, and it's a lot older in the NY area, suggesting less modern-day production.
It also doesn't make much sense. The NY area doesn't really have a lot of fringe sprawl from recent decades. And a lot of the fringe counties have smaller populations than in past decades.
In contrast, Chicagoland tends to have a lot of the McMansion on former cornfield-type stuff, and a lot of the fringe counties had massive growth.