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i'm beginning to become less worried that we'll ever build fast enough to actually cause a significant downturn.... Yup, i think we're safe. experts say Boston has taken over sole possession of the 9th place for largest Global financial centers – and we take forever to break ground on half of these projects...
China getting increasingly bullish on Boston's biotech sector....
https://www.bostonglobe.com/busines...ton-biotech/ToXpTLMyatPKlX11LPLwoN/story.html
An area of economic develoment often overlooked are Boston's medical campuses. For example; if the Longwood Medical Campus (straddling the Fenway and Mission Hill neighborhoods) were a state, it would rank 8th in the nation in Fed.gov research funding....
https://www.statnews.com/2015/12/21/longwood-medical-area/
If all of this weren't enough, the density planned by the Walsh Administration for the next 10 years–is remarkable, by any standard. i'm told significant neighborhood planning is being kept under wraps. i believe we'll end up exceeding Walsh's call for 53,000 units–by thousands of units.
Population density of cities or boroughs with at least 75,000 population (my best estimates for Boston current).... I need updates for the other communities in the list.
1. Manhattan, NY; 72,826/sq mile
2. Brooklyn, NY; 37,137
3. The Bronx, NY; 34,321
4. Queens, NY; 21,460
5. Somerville, MA; 18,868 (3,500 residents coming to Assembly Row)
6. San Francisco, CA; 18,451
7. Patterson, NJ; 17,346
8. Cambridge, MA; 17,280 (112,500 est + ~490 grad student residents)
Cambridge, MA + coll students; 26,648/sq mile (111,654 residents + 60,000 students)
9. Jersey City, NJ; 16,737
10. Boston, MA; *~14,300 *(pop ~692,400/ 2018 up to the minute)
11. Daly City (San Mateo), CA; 13,843
12. Hawthorne (Los Angeles), CA; 13,800
13. South Gate (Los Angeles), CA; 13,090
14. Santa Ana, (Orange County), CA; 12,451
15. Miami; 12,360
16. Inglewood, (Los Angeles), CA 12,323
17. El Monte (Los Angeles), CA 12,139
18. Chicago; 11,868
19. Philadelphia 11,635
20. Newark, NJ; 11,496
21. Washington DC; 11,158/sq mi
*New York City total pop density; 28,052/sq mi
**Boston reached ~692,400 people (est) in the spring of 2018.
Major US cities w/ >500,000 pop...
1. New York, NY; 28,052
2. San Francisco, CA; 18,451
3. Boston, MA; ~14,300.
4. Miami; 12,360
5. Chicago; 11,868
6. Philadelphia, PA; 11,635
7. Washington, DC; 11,158/sq mi
Boston vs San Francisco [resident population + college students]
1. San Francisco ~19,000/sq mi
2. Boston ~18,400/sq mi
Major US cities w/ >500,000 pop...
1. New York, NY; 28,052/sq mi
2. San Francisco, CA; 18,451
3. Boston, MA; ~14,300.
Combined Major US cities w/ New York + Boston/Cambridge/Somerville + SF/Daly City disambigugation >500,000 pop...
1. New York, NY; 28,052/sq mi
2. San Francisco, CA; 17,803
3. Boston, MA + Cambridge/Somerville; ~14,900 [pop ~882,000 (692,400 + ~190,000)
4. Miami; 12,360
5. Chicago; 11,868
6. Philadelphia, PA; 11,635
7. Washington, DC; 11,158
US cities with taller-than-Boston...
1. New York
2. Chicago
3. Miami
4. San Francisco
5. Los Angeles
6. Seattle
7. Philadelphia
8. Houston
9. Dallas
10. Atlanta
11. Oklahoma City
12. Charlotte
13. Pittsburgh
14. Cleveland
15. Minneapolis
16. u/c Jersey City
17. (soon) Denver
18. soon-to-be Vegas??
China getting increasingly bullish on Boston's biotech sector....
https://www.bostonglobe.com/busines...ton-biotech/ToXpTLMyatPKlX11LPLwoN/story.html
An area of economic develoment often overlooked are Boston's medical campuses. For example; if the Longwood Medical Campus (straddling the Fenway and Mission Hill neighborhoods) were a state, it would rank 8th in the nation in Fed.gov research funding....
https://www.statnews.com/2015/12/21/longwood-medical-area/
If all of this weren't enough, the density planned by the Walsh Administration for the next 10 years–is remarkable, by any standard. i'm told significant neighborhood planning is being kept under wraps. i believe we'll end up exceeding Walsh's call for 53,000 units–by thousands of units.
Population density of cities or boroughs with at least 75,000 population (my best estimates for Boston current).... I need updates for the other communities in the list.
1. Manhattan, NY; 72,826/sq mile
2. Brooklyn, NY; 37,137
3. The Bronx, NY; 34,321
4. Queens, NY; 21,460
5. Somerville, MA; 18,868 (3,500 residents coming to Assembly Row)
6. San Francisco, CA; 18,451
7. Patterson, NJ; 17,346
8. Cambridge, MA; 17,280 (112,500 est + ~490 grad student residents)
Cambridge, MA + coll students; 26,648/sq mile (111,654 residents + 60,000 students)
9. Jersey City, NJ; 16,737
10. Boston, MA; *~14,300 *(pop ~692,400/ 2018 up to the minute)
11. Daly City (San Mateo), CA; 13,843
12. Hawthorne (Los Angeles), CA; 13,800
13. South Gate (Los Angeles), CA; 13,090
14. Santa Ana, (Orange County), CA; 12,451
15. Miami; 12,360
16. Inglewood, (Los Angeles), CA 12,323
17. El Monte (Los Angeles), CA 12,139
18. Chicago; 11,868
19. Philadelphia 11,635
20. Newark, NJ; 11,496
21. Washington DC; 11,158/sq mi
*New York City total pop density; 28,052/sq mi
**Boston reached ~692,400 people (est) in the spring of 2018.
Major US cities w/ >500,000 pop...
1. New York, NY; 28,052
2. San Francisco, CA; 18,451
3. Boston, MA; ~14,300.
4. Miami; 12,360
5. Chicago; 11,868
6. Philadelphia, PA; 11,635
7. Washington, DC; 11,158/sq mi
Boston vs San Francisco [resident population + college students]
1. San Francisco ~19,000/sq mi
2. Boston ~18,400/sq mi
Major US cities w/ >500,000 pop...
1. New York, NY; 28,052/sq mi
2. San Francisco, CA; 18,451
3. Boston, MA; ~14,300.
Combined Major US cities w/ New York + Boston/Cambridge/Somerville + SF/Daly City disambigugation >500,000 pop...
1. New York, NY; 28,052/sq mi
2. San Francisco, CA; 17,803
3. Boston, MA + Cambridge/Somerville; ~14,900 [pop ~882,000 (692,400 + ~190,000)
4. Miami; 12,360
5. Chicago; 11,868
6. Philadelphia, PA; 11,635
7. Washington, DC; 11,158
US cities with taller-than-Boston...
1. New York
2. Chicago
3. Miami
4. San Francisco
5. Los Angeles
6. Seattle
7. Philadelphia
8. Houston
9. Dallas
10. Atlanta
11. Oklahoma City
12. Charlotte
13. Pittsburgh
14. Cleveland
15. Minneapolis
16. u/c Jersey City
17. (soon) Denver
18. soon-to-be Vegas??
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The City of Miami has even less land area than the City of Boston and more than 300 high-rise buildings. When you think about Miami Metro Area or certainly "South Florida" you are are thinking of much, much more than the City of Miami. The city proper is dense, but small. I'm not even sure it should be on that list of cities over 500,000 people because it comes up about 60,000 short. The Miami metro area, of course, is about 5.5 million.
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^^True. i included it because their population has started ticking up again, and will cross over 500,000 by noon on Thursday. They also have some 90-95 highrises topped, u/c or in development.
Me too?
Yep, borders are everything. Allston/Brighton is similar land area to Somerville (4.4 sq miles vs. 4.1) and population, so it has a similar density, but Somerville gets all the credit for being one of the densest cities in America because of borders.
This is an absolutely improper thing to do with census data. The census includes college students as residents of Cambridge.
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i'm not sure, but, it had been my understanding, only the grad students are added.
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I too am surprised by Miami. More surprisingly, is that several sections of LA are on the list.
I don't know that undergrads *always* are, but as an undergraduate (in another state) I was explicitly told to write down my dorm address as my permanent address. Makes sense from their point of view.
LA as a metro area is actually the densest in the country, believe it or not.
What?
I guess cause there are so many people and there are high-rise downtowns 40 miles from the core.
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This must really depend on how you define metro area.
Per the wiki on highest population density, New York City (all boroughs) is the densest, with over 10,000 people per square mile.
No section of LA makes that cut. And LA as a city does not make the list (but parts are dense).
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population_density
As whole cities, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Philly and Miami are all denser.
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Metro areas are made up, estimated.... The Boston metro area has Worcester, Providence and I believe Manchester NH. Im sure some people drive from Providence but not many. Id say (again guessing) the true metro area is the 495 belt south to Plymouth and north to the NH line.
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^^metros are measured in 3 ways.
city proper, msa, csa.
LA, Boston, and SF are challenging to measure and disambiguate against other metros.
People scratch their heads when comparing Boston, LA or SF to other metros.
Boston and SF have extremely high densities in their MSA's, where LA does not. Where LA actually has very high density over a very large area known as Greater Los Angeles (it's CSA)....
city proper, msa, csa.
LA, Boston, and SF are challenging to measure and disambiguate against other metros.
People scratch their heads when comparing Boston, LA or SF to other metros.
Boston and SF have extremely high densities in their MSA's, where LA does not. Where LA actually has very high density over a very large area known as Greater Los Angeles (it's CSA)....
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Hello, fellow netters.
I've been looking on the forum but not sure if we have it: a list / map of just residential developments inside "downtown Boston". Even better if it's just "luxury".
On here, there are different versions of things showing different things, but correct me if I'm wrong there's nothing like that?
I know I created a map five years ago with only residential development but I dread having to update it.
https://batchgeo.com/map/fa01204de3e257451c1200d3ddd78ce1
My request is in response to the hysteria right now online about how we're building luxury high-rises in downtown Boston so people can't afford to live in Hyde Park, or at least that's the claim.
I've been looking on the forum but not sure if we have it: a list / map of just residential developments inside "downtown Boston". Even better if it's just "luxury".
On here, there are different versions of things showing different things, but correct me if I'm wrong there's nothing like that?
I know I created a map five years ago with only residential development but I dread having to update it.
https://batchgeo.com/map/fa01204de3e257451c1200d3ddd78ce1
My request is in response to the hysteria right now online about how we're building luxury high-rises in downtown Boston so people can't afford to live in Hyde Park, or at least that's the claim.
What?