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		newbie12 on Aug 29, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Raising of Chicago Actually most U.S. cities are in a huge rebound...from better policing and the memory of the 1960s riots is fading. Houston is our new Chicago.

aestra on Aug 30, 2013 [–]

Totally different. "Cities" like Houston grow outward like the suburbs. Houston has almost 3 times the land of Chicago. Population density of Houston 3,623/sq mi, Chicago 11,864.4/sq mi. One is a city, the other a glorified suburb.

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