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Originally Posted by Segun
It is a kickass neighborhood and great pics, but.....
San Francisco - Chinatown - 75,055/sq mi
Los Angeles - Westlake/MacArthur Park - 38,212/sq mi
Chicago - Edgewater - 36,363/sq mi
All three have other neighborhoods denser also, not to mention dozens in the other boroughs of NYC. I'm pretty sure there's more, but I'm too lazy to research it right now.
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Yea I assumed there'd be more. Westlake is a good comparison because the neighbourhoods are close in size (7 and 8 km2).
West End Vancouver is way denser too (although it's only a quarter the size at 2 km2):
21,833.3/km2 (56,548/sq mi)
Even if you combine it with downtown vancouver, 11,576.5/km2 (29,983/sq mi), the density is still higher: 15,168/km2. This is all 2006 so Vancouver's downtown peninsula is probably even relatively denser now.
All that said I've lived in both Vancouver and Montreal and the street life and energy in the plateau definitely takes the cake. Vancouver's awesome too and getting better every year, but condo towers simply cannot replicate the triplex vibe.