Great Lakes Cities

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Docere

Also, I suspect Toronto's early 20th century neighborhoods were more tightly packed than Detroit's which like Los Angeles was more car-oriented earlier than other NA cities.

1900 popualtion is probably a decent enough proxy for pre-car development.

with the understanding that US cities (especially detroit) have lost far more of their 19th century development compared to canadian cities.

great lakes city populations in 1900:

1. chicago --------- 1,698,575
2. cleveland --------- 391,768
3. buffalo ------------ 352,387
4. detroit ------------ 285,704
5. milwaukee ------- 285,315
6. toronto ----------- 208,040
7. rochester --------- 162,608
8. toledo ------------- 131,822
9. duluth -------------- 52,969
10. erie ----------------- 52,733
11. hamilton ----------- 52,634

what's crazy to consider is that in 1900, chicago had almost as many people as the rest of those cities combined!