Quote:
Originally Posted by JManc
Atlanta is uniformly less dense compared to Boston and while both metros encompass a similar sized footprint, most of Boston is concentrated in smaller denser areas thus freeing up far more greenspace in the overall metro. It's hard to tell where Boston ends and Brookline, Watertown, Chelsea or Cambridge begin. Then it's green areas (with some low density development) until the next old dense town; Framingham, Natick, Lowell, etc. It's a total wicked pissah.
|
Atlanta city proper has 351 km² and 498,000 inh. (2020). When we add to Boston neighbouring suburbs to make 348 km², we have 1,486,000 inside. Three times denser. It's obvious Boston is way urban than Atlanta on its core.
However, if we put together the 27 municipalities just outside Boston ring road (an arch starting at Hull going up to Salem-Beverly), we have 678,000 people scattered over 855 km² for a 792 inh./km² density. That's very low.
By the way, I found this Sandy Springs street view a bit New England-ish
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9797...7i16384!8i8192