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I could imagine a USA of the future that is home to, say, a billion people, but the vast bulk of these people live in tightly-packed Japan-style urban archipelagos characterized by an extremely high quality of life, and leaving far more undeveloped land to nature than the USA of 2010.

Matthew Yglesias » GDP Maximizing Policies 2010

The image of the two entertainers standing side-by-side in a black box theater, within mere feet of no more than 200 tightly-packed comedy devotees, was as unlikely as the two men are different.

Ross Luippold: Diddy Makes His Live Comedy Debut Ross Luippold 2011

The muscular 6-10 power forward, who has had the early stages of his NBA career marred by inconsistent play and marijuana use, singled out a particular fan in the tightly-packed area beneath one of the baskets.

Michael Beasley Push: Timberwolves Players Shoves Fan During Exhibition Game (VIDEO) 2011

Metro seemed to have cleared all sidewalks right around the Q Street entrance to Dupont Circle station, but I was disappointed to find the sidewalks where Q crosses the Connecticut Avenue underpass to be a tightly-packed sheet of ice.

Bridge sidewalks need to be a plowing priority David Alpert 2011

From the plane, there's a panoramic view of tightly-packed fields as far as the eye can see, patch-worked with countless rows of Picpoul Blanc, Chardonnay and Merlot grapes hanging heavily on their vines.

Richard Powell: PHOTOS: A Holiday Spent Amongst The Wineries Of Languedoc Richard Powell 2011

There's a downside to the tightly-packed East: The ninth place Carolina Hurricanes are five points behind, meaning the Rangers could miss the playoffs with a bad run.

The Rangers' Report Card Kevin Clark 2011

My understanding of his perspective is that Seattle's old neighborhoods, including neighborhoods of tightly-packed small bungalows such as Wallingford, are actually already dense relative to the way most people live in this country.

Redefining Self-Sufficiency « PubliCola 2010

In my experience, the latter are rather more prone to popping open unexpectedly, especially in a tightly-packed bag.

Planning The Perfect Travel Washbag | Lifehacker Australia 2009

What's even amazing is how tightly-packed everything is: this feels like an epic, especially with everything that takes place, but lo and behold, this isn't even the length of a novelette.

REVIEW: Interfictions 2: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing edited by Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak 2009

From the plane, there's a panoramic view of tightly-packed fields as far as the eye can see, patch-worked with countless rows of Picpoul Blanc, Chardonnay and Merlot grapes hanging heavily on their vines.

Richard Powell: PHOTOS: A Holiday Spent Amongst The Wineries Of Languedoc Richard Powell 2011