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Originally Posted by Gantz
??? A lot of New York is already denser than Hong Kong Island, even outer boroughs, let alone Manhattan.
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The densest areas and neigborhoods of Hong Kong Island and parts of Kowloon are far far denser than any parts of NYC, including Manhattan. Probably several times more people per square mile. Maybe someone can post the numbers. The point being that if all the boroughs of NYC had Hong Kong densities (built up areas, not open land) NYC could theoretically have several times the current population of about 9 mil. Of course the infrastructure costs would be enormous, so 10 million may be enough.
While we're at it, did you know that the overall density of the L.A. metro area exceeds the overall density of the NYC metro area? Many inner suburbs in L.A. exceed 10K/sq. mile. Of course, no where in the U.S. can get close to Manhattan density. Some inner urban immigrant neighborhoods in L.A. & S.F. have 50K/square mile (e.g. Koreatown/Westlake in L.A. and Chinatown/Tenderloin in SF). Not quite Manhattan densities, but very high for the U.S. I'll try to find the link to the overall metro area density. Quite sure that L.A. is now #1 in U.S. for metro area density (total pop/total land area for the metro area).