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Seraph062 t1_iw1o4ux wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL all 8 of the most densely populated towns in the US (and 9 of the top 10) are either in New Jersey or New York by snakkerdudaniel

LA isn't anywhere close to being one of the most densely populated cities in the States. Most of what people think of as "LA" isn't part of the city proper. The actual city is about 4 million people in 500 square miles. That gives you 8k people / square mile. New York (27k/sq mile) and San Francisco (17k/sq mile) blow this out of the water, and then there are a bunch of cities in the 11-13k range like Miami, Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia.

The Greater LA Area does have a higher population density (24k/sq mile) but that is still dwarfed by the greater NYC area (56k/sq mile).

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Spiritual-Bridge3027 t1_iw1p68y wrote

Thanks for bringing a mini encyclopedia to my mobile 😃….. actually, we lived in Jersey City,NJ for 2+ years when we had just arrived in the States and I have no doubt about the NYC metro area’s population statistics you mentioned.

Any mention of NJ brings a nostalgic smile 😊

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tonyofhousestark_ t1_iw1uc42 wrote

any reason why you think metro pop density is higher than city pop density despite being wrong? by your calculation the population of metro new york is 261m people.

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