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by Flobin
2123 days ago
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You say that as if there are no dense cities in places that have a similar climate as Houston. What about Taipei, for instance? Houston has a July average high temperature of 34,7 degrees C with an average relative humidity of 74,4. The same data for Taipei is 34,3 degrees C with a humidity of 73. Yet Houston has a population density of 1398,76/km2 whereas Taipei 9700/km2, almost 7 times as high. Data from Wikipedia. Actually, perhaps this map says it best: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tkoekp0or12ppjc/Screenshot%202020-... (If anything, building densely can create a lot of shade, which can be quite beneficial.) |
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The population of Taiwan[1] is 23.78 million, and its land area is 35,808 km^2. The population of Texas[2] is 29 million, and its land area is 676,587 km^2.
So Taiwan has nearly (82%) as many people but 1/20th the land.
Also, Taipei is boxed in by large mountains and the ocean, so there are lots of natural barriers discouraging sprawl.
Houston is near the ocean, but aside from that there are no natural barriers. The land around it is super flat in every direction. The closest hill of any size is probably 150 miles away.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas