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Originally Posted by Sun Belt
They are both NIMBY cities today, but back when NYC was rapidly developing in the 19th century it was not NIMBYish. Remove the waterways from NY with a flat basin and it could've created an urban fabric that could house 30 million today.
This can't be proven one way or the other, but it is just the thought process behind my 30 million claim.
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A flat basin would have negated the need to build "up" (taller), especially more than a hundred years ago...