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Old Aug 15, 2012 | 2:17 pm
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Originally Posted by djp98374
http://www.livableplaces.org/design/...sitycomparison

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/relea...s/cb12-50.html

They are defining their area as what is defined as a metro area or MSA. The NYC-Newark MSA is twice the size in square miles as the LA/Long Beach MSA
Valid point, and as I said before, you can slice the statistics any way you want.

On a related note, the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA at 11,842 square miles is dwarfed by the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA at 33,954 square feet. As of the 2010 census, the populations of each were 22,085,649 and 17,877,006, respectively. The density of the NYC CSA is significantly higher than the SoCal CSA, but the Greater Los Angeles region dwarfs the NY one in pure land mass.
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