What two cities do you find most similar in nearly every respect?

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Handro

By what metric?

by community area:

LP - 67,260 on 3.19 sq. miles = 21,085 ppsm

LV - 99,876 on 3.16 sq. miles = 31,606 ppsm



however, LP contains a higher proportion of uninhabited lakefront parkland within its borders. when you control for that, the density stats get a little closer:

LP - 67,260 on 2.48 sq. miles = 27,121 ppsm

LV - 99,876 on 2.81 sq. miles = 35,543 ppsm

Originally Posted by Handro

But it seems strange to call Lincoln Park anything BUT urban, dense, culturally relevant, and heavily visited.

1,000,000,000% agreed.

LP is definitely not THE hot neighborhood it was 30 years ago, but it's absolutely still urban, dense, culturally relevant, and heavily visited as far as chicago neighborhood urbanism goes.