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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sun Nov 11 02:12:14 2007, in response to Re: SI residents on MTA Fare Hike, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Sun Nov 11 01:54:06 2007. Staten Island's population is at 477,000 and is the only borough that STILL has the potential to grow further, neverminding the fact that it's already the fastest growing county of NY State.Congratulations, I live in the Town of Hempstead next to Queens and we have 750K residents, IIRC, we're roughly the same size. Your point again? Given the vast majority of the island has been built over, and what's left constitutes industrial property, LaTourette Park, Fresh Kills, and swamps, I'd like to see how Staten Island is going to add more people? The only way that can happen is via densification of existing properties, and given that the island is zoned for low density and the relatively young age of the housing stock, especially on the South Shore, I don't see the population exceeding 500K anytime soon. The buses and expanded SIR service are more so reactive to the growth that was induced by the last big transport project on the Island, the Verazzano-Narrows Bridge. |
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