When people were not afraid of a little high density.

Density for the top 100 cities from 1910-2000. These are the only ones I've picked and is not to be taken as an actual densest to least dense list of all cities, major or otherwise. It might open your eyes considering how dense some cities used to be. 2000-New York City--26,694 1930-Jersey City-----24,363 1930-Newark--------18,743 1910-Baltimore------18,554 1910-Milwaukee-----18,069 1930-Boston--------17,795 1950-Chicago-------17,450 1950-San Francisco-17,385 1950-Philadelphia---16,286 1920-Wilmington----15,738 1910-Charleston SC-15,482(only info) 1920-Pittsburgh-----14,745 1930-Buffalo--------14,732 1930-Providence----14,212 1920-Cleveland------14,128 1950-St Louis-------14,046 1950-Detroit--------13,249 1950-Washington----13,065 1910-Richmond------12,763 1930-Dayton--------11,104 1910-Rochester-----10,853 1910-Louisville------10,818 1920-Columbus------10,488 1950-Minneapolis----9,696 1910-Albany---------9,283 1920-Tulsa----------9,240 1920-Akron----------9,182 1950-Atlanta--------8,979 1930-Toledo---------8,810 1950-Sacramento----8,140 1950-Nashville-------7,923 2000-Los Angeles----7,873 1950-Indianapolis----7,739 1930-El Paso--------7,587 1910-Cincinnati------7,301 1940-Dallas----------7,259 1910-Memphis-------7,125 1940-San Antonio----7,111 1930-Kansas City----6,822 1950-Jacksonville----6,772 2000-Seattle--------6,722 1950-Tampa---------6,562 1950-Wichita--------6,548 1950-Omaha---------6,170 1930-Oklahoma City--6,098 1960-St Paul--------6,004 1950-Portland-------5,829 1940-Birmingham----5,330 1950-Houston-------5,282 1940-Charlotte------5,228>