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I also hope that never happens. Chicago is overcrowded. I do hope we increase our population but not as big as Chicago.
Visiting an overcrowded city can be fun, but living in one would be a never ending headache.
Yeah I wanted to post this but didn't come into my mind when i was writing that post. Don't get me wrong Houston might be bigger than LA in land but There's so much undeveloped Land that is waiting for more housing and industrial booming.
Chicago seems over crowded just because you have nearly 3,000,000 people crammed into 227 square miles, if all of Houston's 2,200,000 people were crammed into 227 square miles, you would think it would be crowded too..
But how did this thread get to being about Chicago and Houston lol?
I know this is old stuff here, and most of it's been responded to but, whatever, its up here and I'm bored.
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Ya. I find it funny that NYC Metro is sometimes considered part of 3 different states (NJ,NY, and CT). I don't know if that's true, but I read somwhere that some stastics include those areas. In LA, we keep it all in one state and almost half in one county.
That's just so ignorant it's not funny. I hope this person took some time to learn geography, cause obviously they weren't good at it. It's not like we're "cheating" over here by counting multiple states. If anyone can't figure it out, look at the size of California, then look at NYC's position, and the size of the states here.
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With L.A anything is possible....Remember that this City was once just a Small Village/Town and is now one of the Largest Cities with one of the Largest Economies in the Country.
I guess NYC sprang from the ground, skyscrapers, residents, and all. It started out as a small Dutch settlement at the edge of Manhattan, and look at it now. Pretty much every great city has a humble beginning.
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LA's Metro will pass Ny's metro without using other states as part of our metro.Our metro is smaller in land s=wise then ny and chicago's metro so i don't no why they call us so sprawled but just live with it I suppose.
Once again, we're not cheating with multiple states... it's just geography.
Well, anyway, I don't think LA's population will ever surpass NYC's. The LA metro might though, that could happen. But just remember, it's not like LA's infinitely growing while NYC and it's metro just stopped or something.
What do you think? I think it's possible since pretty much the only desirable area that people want to move to in NYC is Manhattan...
I think that this opening salvo from the OP is the reason why this whole thread is so silly. Declaring that the only desirable area in New York City is Manhattan is such a ridiculous statement that it discredits everything else. The OP appears to be basing his post on hearsay. (Hint: don't go by what "everyone" says about New York!)
Completely aside from this, hey, as the expression has it, do the math. New York's population is more than twice that of LA's. What would you say the odds are that Los Angeles would more than double in population while New York either remains static or decreases? Yeah, I thought so.
I don't even think that would be a good Idea to "make LA denser"
Think of all the smog (air pollution) that city would have blanketed over it's city if it exceeded or came close to NYC's population.
Dry valleys just can't properly handle a city the size of NYC, you need a good amount of rain.
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I don't even think that would be a good Idea to "make LA denser"
Think of all the smog (air pollution) that city would have blanketed over it's city if it exceeded or came close to NYC's population.
Dry valleys just can't properly handle a city the size of NYC, you need a good amount of rain.
12 pages and no one realized this!?
For city proper yes, you make a good point.
For CSA though, LA has 32,000 square miles of area versus NYC's 6,720 square miles. 22-23 million of NYC compared to 17 million of LA. 8.84% increase for LA CSA versus 4.04% for NYC CSA. Eventually with that trend and growth, LA CSA will overtake NYC's.
But for City Proper no way, not in this century at least, maybe mid next century.
MSA, way to much of a gap to fill in fast enough, so I'm going to say no.
For city proper yes, you make a good point.
For CSA though, LA has 32,000 square miles of area versus NYC's 6,720 square miles. 22-23 million of NYC compared to 17 million of LA. 8.84% increase for LA CSA versus 4.04% for NYC CSA. Eventually with that trend and growth, LA CSA will overtake NYC's.
But for City Proper no way, not in this century at least, maybe mid next century.
MSA, way to much of a gap to fill in fast enough, so I'm going to say no.
Of course LA's CSA will surpass NYC's one day, but I don't think It's necessarily a good thing for the San Fernando Valley's environment AT ALL. The bad air quality spreads all through LA's CSA as is, so adding more to it isn't going to increase desirability.
Sorry to rag on LA (it's a great city), but that's how I see it..
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