[untog]

> that's what turned NYC from neighborhoods and communities into a hellish wasteland

As someone living in NYC: hahah, what?

[jtmcmc]

NYC has been extremely dense before practically anyone on this forum was alive.

[oftenwrong]

Manhattan's density and population peaked around 1910.

http://marroninstitute.nyu.edu/uploads/content/Manhattan_Den...

[mavelikara]

+1

Here is the actual data: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/nyc-population/...