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		fierarul on Feb 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The End of Economic Growth? Unintended Consequence... The USA has a surface of 9.834.000 km². California is ranked #17 within the US based on population density and has only 97 people / km². The Bay Area seems to have 18,000 km² which at 7.1 million people makes is quite dense already.

zootam on Feb 2, 2020 [–]

All of long island has 7.5 million people, at 5,617 people per square mile.

The bay area average is 868 people/sq mile.

No, the bay area is not dense at all.

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