Dense, Denser, Denser Still
6 September 2002 - 12:00pm
Perceptions can mislead when it comes to units per acre.
"It's hard to believe what the land-use contrarians have been telling us for years: that Los Angeles is one of the densest places in the U.S. But that's what USA Today reported last February after ranking the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas according to the percentage of population living at densities of over 1,000 per square mile. L.A. came out on top, denser than New York, Chicago, or San Francisco."
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Planning Magazine, August 15, 2002
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