Daly City Is One of the Densest Cities in the Country. Why?

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Daly City is only eight square miles, but it's one of the densest cities in the US. There are a few factors behind this, but one of the most interesting is the design of the houses. But it's not all building hacks in this episode, there's a darker past to some of Daly City's housing too. Additional Reading: How Daly City Became One of the Most Densely Populated Cities in the Country Richard Rothstein on KQED's Forum discussing his book The Color of Law Little Boxes: The Legacy of Henry Doelger by Robert Keil Reported by Amanda Stupi. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Suzie Racho, Brendan Willard, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli and Chris Hoff. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Carly Severn, Lena Blanco, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Don Clyde.

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0:00.0	From K-QED. Daily City runs along San Francisco's southern border. It's a largely residential
0:09.0	place with rows of identical houses stamped across the hills. Every time I see those homes I think of that
0:15.5	Malvina Reynolds song, Little Boxes. Little Boxes on the Hill song, Little Box up ticky tacky little boxes on the
0:26.8	little sign little boxes all the same. A lot of people think of this song as they drive through Daily City. To
0:34.2	outsiders, the city is known for the song for Ceremony Mall, car dealerships,
0:39.4	and fog. fall. But there's so much more to Daily City than that. San Bruno Mountain State Park,
0:49.7	Asian grocery stores like Ranch 99 Market, lots of fantastic Filipino restaurants, and even
0:56.0	paragliding.
0:57.8	This week our question comes from Nick, who discovered a surprising fact.
1:02.4	Daily City is one of the most densely populated cities in the country.
1:07.0	He wanted to know why.
1:09.0	Today we've got the first episode of a two-part series on Daily City and how it reflects
1:16.9	the past and future of American suburbia.
1:20.8	We're starting with the city's density, then moving towards its diversity.
1:25.0	I'm Katrina Schwartz and you're listening to Bay Curius. Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, still family owned, operated, and argued over.
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1:50.3	Producer Amanda Stupai has been looking into next question.
1:57.0	Amanda, first off, what is density?
2:00.0	What are we even talking about?
2:02.0	Well, population density basically refers to how crowded a place is.
2:06.0	So how many people live in a square mile?
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