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According to that site towncharts.com, my main metropolitan home area has a population density of 2600/sq.mi. This is about as high as I can stand.
My boonies home is at 240/sq.mi. This is about right, as the unincorporated town of 3000 is squeezed into a few miles of private land along the highway, which is surrounded by a national forest.
I looked up some other numbers for a feel of how other people live.
Manhattan: 71,434
San Francisco: 17,680
San Diego: 4,125
Los Angeles: 8,241
Long Beach: 9,313
Silver Spring 9,605
That last city in Maryland, just 6 miles from Washington DC, is where my best friend lives. I did not realize it is more crowded than Long Beach, CA, another town I visited often. His neighborhood is nicely wooded, and his backyard is visited by deer quite often. One would not realize the density is so high.
The part of Silver Spring that butts right up against DC is incredibly dense. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't more like 15K. But outside the beltway are a lot of older neighborhoods that are much less dense. I suspect that brings the numbers down to the reported number.
As far as the deer, we're overrun with the critters. Especially in MD, which isn't very hunter friendly. Every year or so you hear of some idiot getting arrested for trying to shoot one in Rock Creek Park (downtown DC), often with a handgun.
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