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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your GGW article which you are referencing a more accurate means for measuring population density is referring to the Greater Washington Area. An are 100 times larger than DC. You are not even in the same realm as the discussion the people in this thread are discussing. [/quote]

If you read the article, you would understand why the fact that the DC metro is much larger than DC is mostly not relevant to the discussion.  Population weighted density measures weight by the places where people actually live, so empty Census tracts don't contribute to the average, and sparsely populated parts of the metro contribute in proportion to their population.  No measure is perfect, but most people who study the matter prefer this measure because isn't affected by variation in the extent to which cities were able to annex land over time.

But as I as also stated, the figures based on just the District boundaries look awfully similar.  DC is less dense than NY, Philly, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, and Miami.  Not to mention multiple ostensibly suburban jurisdictions in New Jersey.

Source: https://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/2018/05/cleveland_is_nations_27th_most.html[/quote]

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