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Originally Posted by animatedmartian
Yea, imagining the physical buildings is the easy part, but I wonder more about actually living there. Like if that neighborhood was still intact, would it be comparable to neighborhoods in New York? Or Chicago? Or would it be unique enough to garner it's own identity that would seem like a "Detroit-style" neighborhood?
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In 1950, Detroit and Chicago would have been more similar to each other than either city would have been to NYC. NYC has operated on such a vastly different density scale for so long that it really is in a category all its own among american cities.