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Originally Posted by Rooted Arborial
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For me, Chicago needs to be more careful because it is in the process of reducing itself by seeking greater density.
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Chicago will never have the density of New York unless there's some sort of water catastrophe that drives population to the Great Lakes.
Even in the most dense ten square miles, we're talking about only subsections that even exceed 50,000 ppsm, vs much of Manhattan exceeding 100,000 ppsm. Once the Central Area, which is a city-designated area surrounding the Loop that is only about 8 square miles, is fully built out, density overall in that area will *maybe* hit 40,000 ppsm. Subsections will be at higher densities, but many won't even hit 35,000ppsm. Current density in the Central Area, overall, is about 25,000 ppsm. Those are residential. For jobs, the current, pre-COVID numbers were around 600,000 jobs in the Central Area. That might hit 800,000 at full build out, which is about 100,000 jpsm, but mostly concentrated in the Loop, Fulton Market, and Michigan Avenue, with "the 78" probably, hopefully, adding a lot of new jobs, too.
Outside of the Central Area, only a few areas even match Brooklyn levels of density and gentrification means reduced densities before it creates higher densities, if it even ever does.
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