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I don't know how many places this applies to but it does also apply to places in Cincinnati like Oakley Square and Mariemont. Mt. Lookout Square is barely inside the 5 mile radius.

This is true. But I didn't pick Public Square. The tool did. And I didn't mess with any of the defaults because I didn't want to introduce my own biases. In fairness to the tool though, using Public Square probably actually helps CLE at the 2-mile radius because it captures part of Detroit Shoreway instead of the western part of Hough.

Let's look at the 5-mile ring. Boston climbs to 3rd. Chicago drops to 7th, below DC. Vegas is a big surprise here at 9th. By this measure Milwaukee is bigger than Houston. Cbus now overtakes Cincy. Cleveland moves up from 36th at the 2-mile radius to 25th at the 5-mile. Akron still looks bigger than a lot of bigger cities, including Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh, Kansas City, and Detroit (In fairness, this doesn't count any of the Canadian residents across from Detroit). Dayton is higher than Raleigh, Kansas City, Detroit, and Jacksonville. Toledo is higher than all of those as well, with the exception of Raleigh. EDIT TO ADD: For numbers over 1 million I rounded to the nearest thousand.

The point everyone seems to be making is that geography affects density. Which is absolutely true. And the dominant transportation technology when a city boomed is also important. I think we all get this.

This is certainly true to an extent. But eventually the number of new housing units offsets the smaller household sizes. Look at the growth in Center City Philly this decade as an example.

Yep! That is absolutely true.

Population density is important for a city to thrive. If I was the mayor of Cincinnati I'd post this list up on the wall and say "ok, now how do we move up?" For the 1-mile radius there is obviously a huge drop-off between Baltimore and Houston. It would take a looonnnggg time for Cincy to get 40k in the basin, but 22k is within reach in a few years. I'd make it clear that it is a goal for the city to do everything to make it happen. As for why we care on here? For the same reason we care about the development threads. People are here because they like talking about cities.

Obviously half the circle is in the lake so no one can live there. But it is possible that the land area is more densely populated because of the lake as well. So it is hard to tell what the net effect is and it may differ by city.

Cbus = Statehouse. Cincy = Contemporary Arts Center. Cleveland = Public Square Akron = Bowery and S. Main Austin = 5th and Congress NYC = City Hall (1 and 2 mile radius pop jumps to 177k and 591k if you use center of Midtown) And just for fun, since I went to OU, if you do Athens, OH here are the numbers: 1-mile: 19,190 (Would be 14th on the list) 2-mile: 23,270 (Would be 40th on the list, but still ahead of Youngstown)

This is definitely true.

And here is the two mile radius. Boston moves up from 8th to 4th. Baltimore moves up 2 spots. Very impressive. 150k within 2 miles of center of downtown. New Orleans moves WAY up from 31 to 13. Austin also way up from 24 to 14. Cincy holding steady, up from 20 to 19. 68.5k. Cbus looks a lot better. Moves up from 35 on this list to 22. Akron is very impressive. Up from 34 to 24th. Akron, Toledo, Canton, and Dayton all have more people in the 2-mile radius than St. Louis or Detroit. Wow. Akron and Toledo also beat Louisville, Nashville, Charlotte, Phoenix, and Indy. Double Wow. CLE definitely affected by the location of the lake.

I'm sure that is the case for a lot of these places.

Yes. This ignores state and city boundaries. EDIT TO ADD: @Cincy513 the center point for Cincy is the CAC so the 1-mile radius only includes a very small portion of Covington at the base of the Roebling. So not many Kentuckians in that number.

I used the MCDC CAPS tool to calculate population within a 1-mile radius of the downtown of several cities. In most cases, the tool drops the pin in the middle of downtown. I included the 15 largest MSAs in the US, the 7 largest MSAs in OH, and several other cities that I thought would be interesting for comparison to come up with a list of 40 cities. The usual caveats apply about the existence of lakes, oceans, mountains, and other geographic features that make the radius comparison imperfect. Here are the results. I was surprised to see that Akron and Toledo are higher than Columbus on this list. And all of the Ohio cities rank higher than Nashville except for Youngstown. Charlotte, Austin, and New Orleans are lower than I thought they'd be and Baltimore really holds its own.

Bus ridership is trending down. But those people haven't been switching to private car use as much as they have been using rideshare services. On the other hand, rail transit usage is up in many places. Seattle is the most notable. Another example would be Philly, where the commuter rail system hit an all-time high in ridership a few years ago. Metro North also hit an all-time high in 2017. Minneapolis has seen significant gains in light rail ridership. Denver rail ridership is up. One notable exception is the DC Metro, which has seen declining ridership for years. However, they are also projecting an increase in ridership this year. So maybe the tide has turned there.

Also, Rockville Town Center: https://goo.gl/maps/oFpTfMj2eHeNmwNn6

This definitely sounds like Norton Commons. Here is an overhead view:

Absolutely. Which is why I said it is annoying to see people on this board constantly posting about how we need more parking. My position and yours are the same. Which is that the market will decide, and that the market has been steadily moving away from more parking. Here's a piece from today's NY Times: Sales of parking lots may rise further, research shows. The parking industry is still generally strong nationwide, with revenue up 1 percent annually since 2014, according to a report released in May by the research firm IBISWorld. But the same report forecast a bumpy road ahead, with annual revenue growth shrinking to 0.2 percent through 2024 and a wave of consolidation hitting the industry. The report cited factors for the change, including an increase in traffic congestion, which dissuades drivers; greater interest in car-pooling and cycling, as well as a rise in bike infrastructure like new lanes; and a surge in the use of public transportation and ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/business/parking-lot-death-redevelopment.html

I've never heard anyone say that. Is "restaurant hopping" even a thing? I've never in my life considered going to another restaurant to eat after I just ate a meal. Maybe bar hopping and get an app at each one or something, but you're not going to eat multiple dinners. The vast majority of places in any neighborhood are going to be geared toward residents, not visitors. Residents are there around the clock and spend more money there on the whole. OTR is not a tourist attraction. It's a neighborhood where people live that happens to be very beautiful for visitors and has multiple tourist attractions. The best thing for it would be to build more housing so more people can live there.

I was referring specifically to people posting on this board. Every time there's a new development there are a handful of posters that chime in with the idea that we are on the verge of a parking crisis. My point is that parking will sort itself out if you let the market handle it.

You act like junk shops are bad? Seriously though, Main probably has a better business mix to be a self-contained neighborhood than any other street in the city. New York Groceries is great for residents to have there. There's a bakery, a bank, several lunch spots, multiple coffee shops. And multiple new restaurants have opened there this year. Aladdin's, Locoba, Louvino, Wodka Bar, Boom Box Buns.

I just don't understand the kvetching over not having enough parking. If more parking is necessary then developers will build it. If it's not, they won't. It's pretty simple. It seems like developers are starting to realize that you don't need to build so much parking in OTR and downtown. If it becomes an issue then the pendulum will swing back the other way.

If we're talking American cities and urban density ideal, then my vote is for Rittenhouse Square.

No.

If you removed the folks with African ancestry and just looked at the white population then Hamilton County would stand out. Hamilton County has a large black population which dilutes the German, but the white population is skews very German, even by Midwestern standards.