Berkeley has the Same Population Density As Berlin

Berkeley is the 35th densest City in the United States, according to Wikipedia Demographic Chart of US cities, this list did not however did not have Berkeley on it, which I edited in after checking the 2000 Census Bureau Data(it seems the census bureau changes their links, so you may have to navigate the pages). So I would look for other significant data. Also the Wikipedia Berkeley page seemed to have been vandalized, to represent a population density of about half of what it truly is, Which I corrected. According to Wikipedia Berlin just equals our Berkeley Density.

The Census Bureau site is easy enough to search, but they provide the raw data per city, and I cant find any charts that list the densest cities in the US. According the Census Bureau, Berkeley' urban density is about 5 times as big as Alameda County's 1,956.3, And almost twice the density of San Jose 5118sq mi. All density data herein will be marked in pop per sq mi. Oakland's density is only 72% of Berkeley's.

Some Data Sets Suck hard??? On the world City Mayors Site Berkeley would Rank as 65th in the world List of cities if it were simply inserted above Berlin, which has a slightly smaller population density. But the world list of cities is rife with inaccuracies. If San Francisco was placed according to the US Census Data, it would rank as the 6th densest City in the world. And New York would Rank as the second Densest City in the world. On this curious chart Berkeley would have a far greater population density then Oakland, San Jose, Sydney, Toronto, Vancouver, and New York which all rate in the 100's. Berkeley's Density is twice as great as Chicago and Melborne which rate in the 120's.

As for Data Sets that Suck, we can check out the main argument for the Measure G climate action Plan. You can find it on Wikipedia under urban density. What the Timothy B. presents is a widely disputed 1980's study by Newman and Kenworthy’s, which plots only 32 cities world wide. Wikipedia sites such a great argument against this that I will include it,

"Others counter that raising densities results in more expensive real estate, greater road congestion and more air pollution. At a broader level though, there is evidence to indicate a strong correlation between the total energy consumption of a city and its overall urban density, i.e. the lower the density, the more energy consumed.
However, there is an even stronger negative correlation between car use and fuel price, i.e. the higher the price of fuel, the lower the car use."

The great wiki source continues with a second map in which the same data is replotted with sq mi area per person. What you get is regional clusters that show how different cultures build different communities and their consume different amount of auto fuel

So the real question for me is where did we did we find these developers tools posing as climate action planners?? I would prefer a Berkeley with less expensive real estate, better air quality, and less congestion.


And where else do we get real accurate data sets for comparing populations.
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