Thread: Which Is the Most Sprawling City in the World? (in the U.S. by most measures)
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Old Posted Apr 21, 2017, 1:34 PM
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Originally Posted by austlar1 View Post
I don't get New Orleans on this list. Orleans Parish (which is contiguous with the city of New Orleans) is the most densely populated component in the New Orleans metro, and it has 2,274 people per/sq mi. Jefferson Parish is next with 1,463 per/sq mi. Your figures for several other cities also seem off to me. What is your methodology?


I would imagine because it measures contiguously developed urban areas only. Huge portions of Orleans and Jefferson Parish are basically swamp and/or protected areas and wouldn't count in this figure. The urban area stops VERY abruptly based simply on where land has been drained and is appropriate for development. Given low population growth and environmental regulations I can't imagine too much new greenfield land opening up either.
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