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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
south philly packs in its rowhouses at a similar scale:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9257.../data=!3m1!1e3
and with narrower streets than the liverpool example to boot.
but yes, generally speaking, SFHs packed that tightly toggether are a pretty extreme outlie in most of the US. |
So, in terms of urban math... my quick guesstimate is that you want, at minimum, an average of 1 household per 1,500 square feet of lot space to get a decent density. Many of these examples are more, but are in neighborhoods with lower density lots as well. So for example... for Minneapolis, it'd be 3 units per standard lot. For Chicago, that would be about 2 units per standard lot. And in Philly, 1 unit per row house lot (though many lots are smaller than 1500sqft). This is really rough estimate obviously, but what do you all think?