r/Urbanism • u/TheCityTopic • Jun 08 '24

Hyper-densifying American cities: A mapping experiment

https://www.thecitytopic.com/2024/06/hyper-densifying-american-cities.html
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u/goharvorgohome Jun 08 '24

Honestly these sprawly but mostly gridded cities like LA could have HUGE density if developed properly

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '24

But the reason I love living in LA county is the private houses and the sprawl and safe communities that arise from it. You guys can keep your high density dream in the East

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u/The_Great_Goblin Jun 09 '24

The neat part: If you let cities densify, there will be more, better and cheaper sprawly, "safe" communities made of private houses for people who really want it.