• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Not in the UK, but I’m guessing, like real estate anywhere, high population + limited availability?

    There are 9 million people living in London. 607 square miles, which means, on average, 14,827 people per square mile.

    Compared to, say, San Francisco with 808,000 people in 47 square miles, 17,191 people per square mile.

    Globally though, numbers like this aren’t even in the top 25:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population_density

    My “city” is embarrassed. 635,000 people in 145 square miles. 4,379 people per square mile. We’re absolutely porous by comparison.

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      3 months ago

      Reading that I had to check my area, and it’s a whopping 1518 people in 205.11 square miles or about 7 people per square mile. You got us beat by a long shot.

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      This is one of the areas that London expanded into, it was in Essex until to 60s. It’s not desirable.