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Originally Posted by Riverman
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An interesting, although misleading read from a conservative policy think-tank.
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Residents of Calgary, Regina and Winnipeg, where densification advocates repeatedly condemn their perceived local urban sprawl (a pejorative term for urban dispersion) will doubtless be surprised to know that their population density exceeds that of New York.
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Um, the City of New York is far denser than Calgary, Regina and Winnipeg. The author of this report is using some portion of the NY-NJ-CT-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for the density calculation. This is misleading because that statistical area contains large swaths of New Jersey, Pennsylvania , Connecticut, New York, Long Island, etc. etc. Very misleading characterization. Same goes for Portland, Boston, etc. I have no doubt that Winnipeg is denser than the Tri-State area as a whole, but what does this tell us?
I'm not entirely sure what he's getting at. Urban sprawl is not so bad? Canadian cities are more dense than US cities? Something else?