What is the BEST Density for Cities?
Check out Tom Scott here: https://nebula.tv/tomscott?ref=citybe... Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautifu... Some cities are incredibly dense, filled with towering skyscrapers. Others are spread out, filled with single family homes. Which is better? Is there a best density? Spoiler: it has something to do with transportation. Resources mentioned in this video A Pattern Language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Patte... Transit-Supportive Density in Greater Boston: https://www.tbf.org/-/media/indicator... Transit-Supportive Densities and Land Uses: https://www.psrc.org/sites/default/fi... Urban Densities and Transit: A Multi-dimensional Perspective: https://escholarship.org/content/qt3m... Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights.

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