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LA is not the densest metro area in the US. It is New York City by far.

But this comment got me curious, maybe I'm missing something. This article shows that LA is pretty close to NYC in terms of average density. But NYC is still more dense.

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2012/10/americas-truly-denses...

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One issue is that "Los Angeles" in the popular mind is far larger than the literal city. A lot of the actual city, like Downtown and K-town are extremely dense and are quite walkable as well as covered well by public transit. It's just that a lot of the outlying areas and suburbs aren't.

Even that analysis is flawed as they base things on distance from city hall. In LA, that would be in a low population area.

Anyhow, it’s always good to remember that NYC is not just Manhattan.

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