For some years, proponents of Portland's land rationing ("smart growth") program have claimed significant success in developing a "different
kind of urban area," and having largely avoided urban sprawl. In fact, Portland sprawls like most other urban areas. The profiles linked from this
page show that few of the 32 urbanized areas (outside of Portland) in the United States with more than 1,000,000 population in 1990 had a population profile indicating
materially more sprawl than Portland (Kansas City, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Atlanta and Riverside-San Bernardino are the most obvious).
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DENSITY PROFILES COMPARED TO PORTLAND |
Portland Density Profile: Most Similar to Texas Cities, Columbus (010429)
Portland Density: Similarity to Other Areas (010429)
Portland Compared to Urban Areas with High Density Cores (010418)
US Urban Areas: Percentage of Land Area by Population Density (010418)
US Urbanized Areas: Density Profiles (010415)
Atlanta & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Baltimore & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Boston & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Chicago & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Cincinnati & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Cleveland & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Columbus & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Dallas-Fort Worth & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Denver Generally More Dense than Portland (010418)
Detroit & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Fort Lauderdale: Generally Higher Densities than Portland (010418)
Houston & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Kansas City & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Los Angeles: Overall & Corridor Densities Much Higher than Smart Growth Portland (010410)
Miami & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Milwaukee & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Minneapolis-St. Paul & Portland: Similar Core Densities (010418)
New Orleans & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
New York & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Suburban Orange County: 15 Times as Much High Density as Portland (010418)
Philadelphia & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Portland Sprawls Like Phoenix (010418)
Pittsburgh: Higher Core Density than Portland (010418)
Riverside-San Bernardino & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Sacramento Generally More Dense than Portland (010418)
San Antonio & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
San Diego & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
San Francisco & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
San Jose & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Seattle & Portland: Similar Core Densities (010418)
St. Louis & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Tampa-St. Petersburg & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
Washington & Portland Density Profiles (010418)
