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Old Posted Feb 4, 2013, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonboy1983 View Post
Cut it out, man! You're making me almost want to move back!!!

Oh, and I agree about the asinine comment by sayitaintso. Pittsburgh's population density is roughly 5,300 people per square mile. How is that not dense enough?! Is he going to suggest that Phoenix is more of a city based on density? I have news for him. Pittsburgh, while it may be only a fraction of the size of Phoenix, has twice the density as Phoenix. While Phoenix houses over 1.4 million residents, its density is only about 2,700 persons per square mile, according to the US Census...

Has he even been to Pittsburgh? Has he taken a walk down Carson Street or Penn Avenue?
The density isn't necessarily that high in terms of the entirety of the city, but given how much of the land is simply not buildable due to topography in combination with a number of very large parks, I'd say it's a heck of a lot more of a dense built environment than the relatively moderate actual density numbers would indicate.

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