[Doady]

Las Vegas is another almost entirely post-war city that is denser and more transit-oriented than one mighr expect for such new city.

Calgary population in 1951: 130,000
Las Vegas population in 1950: 48,000

Calgary population in 2011: 1,239,000
Las Vegas population in 2011: 1,951,000

Calgary urban density in 2011: 2,112 per sq km
Las Vegas urban density in 2010: 1,747 per sq km

Calgary high-rises: 365
Las Vegas high-rises: 172

Calgary annual transit boardings: 164 million
Las Vegas annual transit boardings: 67 million

The density and transit ridership of Las Vegas is on a completely different level compared to Nashville, Austin and Charlotte. Las Vegas is much closer to Calgary than any of those other cities.

I wouldn't include Denver simply because it is much older than Calgary. It had a population of 560,000 in 1950, so the pre-war city is much larger compared to Calgary.