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How is Chicago isolated? Not only is it a metro area approaching 10 million people, but it is completely surrounded by all types of small to mid to large cities. It lies within one of the most dense parts of the country.
By that standard, there really is only two cities that are not isolated.. That said, no way in hell is Chicago isolated.
C'mon man, you know that once you leave Chicagoland, you are basically in the middle of nowhere.
C'mon man, you know that once you leave Chicagoland, you are basically in the middle of nowhere.
Peoria, Springfield, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Dubuque, Madison, Quad Cities, Indianapolis, Kalamazoo, St Louis, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Des Moines.... I could go on and on.
Yes it is! A LOT of Dallas south of the Trinity is poverty stricken. From Pleasant Grove to South Oak Cliff. The drives on the freeways North and South of the Trinity River can be an example. It even stretches to the South Dallas County suburbs like Duncanville and Lancaster. DeSoto and Cedar Hill do better than those two.
A few hundred miles isn't exactly close. These are tiny places far far away. It proves nothing.
Cities of 100,000 to a 1,000,000. What are your expectations? There are only a few places in the country that are more densely populated as a region. Put Texas over Chicago and this region and you will find that the Chicago region grossly exceeds that state.Actually is comparable with California. If you are comparing it to the northeast, then yes you are right. There isn't a place within this country that is more dense than the northeast and it isn't even close. You have to compare the region against the rest of the US to really see it for what it is.
Cities of 100,000 to a 1,000,000. What are your expectations? There are only a few places in the country that are more densely populated as a region. Put Texas over Chicago and this region and you will find that the Chicago region grossly exceeds that state.Actually is comparable with California. If you are comparing it to the northeast, then yes you are right. There isn't a place within this country that is more dense than the northeast and it isn't even close. You have to compare the region against the rest of the US to really see it for what it is.
Yes it is! A LOT of Dallas south of the Trinity is poverty stricken. From Pleasant Grove to South Oak Cliff. The drives on the freeways North and South of the Trinity River can be an example. It even stretches to the South Dallas County suburbs like Duncanville and Lancaster. DeSoto and Cedar Hill do better than those two.
Yeah but he said everything. I'll give you SOC and PG. But not everything. Also, the majority of Lancaster and Duncanville are not poverty stricken areas. C'mon now.
No place in the country has even 1/3rd of the amount of people in the same land area. I'm mainly speaking on the perspective of the 'rest' of the country.
Yeah but he said everything. I'll give you SOC and PG. But not everything. Also, the majority of Lancaster and Duncanville are not poverty stricken areas. C'mon now.
You might as well say everything. I live in SOC, this area is poverty stricken. That's why I am trying to leave this area. Some parts of SOC is nice. South Dallas is the worst! Lancaster has some poverty stricken areas. Lancaster is very rural and dilapidated in some parts. Duncanville is nice. The area I visit the most is mainly a older white neighborhood.
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