Did you know?... CS stats (Denver, Pueblo: home, military, shop)

[treedonkey]

Here are a few interesting facts I dug up about CS lately:

As of 2000, CS (pop 369,815 (est. 2005)) was ranked the 48th largest city in the US. Right behind Minneapolis, MN. And is the second largest city in CO (behind Denver)

The population has grown 28% in the past 10 years.

Some cities that are just a little larger (within 30k pop.) than CS are: Honolulu, Miami and Oakland

It's about 1000 ft higher in elevation than Denver

It has over 400 protestant churches, but only 20 Catholic ones.

It has over 12000 acres of parks and playgrounds (156 city and county parks)

Its residents are over 80% white

It's (arguably) most well known as home to the US Air Force Academy, US Olympic Training Center and for its staggering views of Pikes Peak.

Area's #1 attraction: Garden of the Gods (1.7 mill visitors per year)

Some of its famous natives and residents are:
* Bert Andrews journalist
* Kelly Bishop actress
* Spring Byington actress
* Lon Chaney actor
* Marjorie Daw actress
* Marceline Day actress
* Rich “Goose” Gossage, Hall of Fame baseball player
* Helen Hunt Jackson writer and poet
* Chase Masterson actress
* Sherry Stringfield actress

CS in considered an 'Apline Desert' with an average annual precipitation of 17.4 inches.

The city occupies 183 square miles of land.

The area has five hospitals with a total of 1040 beds.

Its major industries are: Tourism, Military, Space Technology, Computers & Electronics, Printing & Publishing, Manufacturing

And the list goes on. All in all, it's not such a 'small town' after all, is it?

[ryanek9freak]

Who said it was a small town? I'm still in awe of just how big this place is.

[McGowdog]

Originally Posted by treedonkey

Here are a few interesting facts I dug up about CS lately:

As of 2000, CS (pop 369,815 (est. 2005)) was ranked the 48th largest city in the US. Right behind Minneapolis, MN.When I think of Minneapolis, I think twin-cities and a city that has a metro area even bigger than Denver. Funny how misleading stats can be. Oh, and along those lines, CS is just a tad bigger than Wichita and much smaller than Albuquerque and El Paso Texas.

And is the second largest city in CO (behind Denver)Used to be Pueblo until sometime in about the 50s or 60s I think. Either way, it happened before my time.

The population has grown 28% in the past 10 years.

Some cities that are just a little larger (within 30k pop.) than CS are: Honolulu, Miami and Oakland There again, don't even compare the metro area of these cities to all of El Paso County. Look at other stats and you'll see what I mean. Miami has arguably the 4th meanest skyline in the US of A now and is growing at a ferocious pace; way more impressive than Denvers'. Here, let this pic here and here do the talkin'.

It's about 1000 ft higher in elevation than Denver

It has over 400 protestant churches, but only 20 Catholic ones.

It has over 12000 acres of parks and playgrounds (156 city and county parks)

Its residents are over 80% white You know, I'm over 80% white, if you don't count my freckles. But you don't here ME braggin' about it. My dashing good looks and humility, now that' another story!

It's (arguably) most well known as home to the US Air Force Academy, US Olympic Training Center and for its staggering views of Pikes Peak.

Area's #1 attraction: Garden of the Gods (1.7 mill visitors per year)

Some of its famous natives and residents are:
* Bert Andrews journalist
* Kelly Bishop actress
* Spring Byington actress
* Lon Chaney actor
* Marjorie Daw actress
* Marceline Day actress
* Rich “Goose” Gossage, Hall of Fame baseball player
* Helen Hunt Jackson writer and poet
* Chase Masterson actress
* Sherry Stringfield actress

CS in considered an 'Apline Desert' with an average annual precipitation of 17.4 inches.

The city occupies 183 square miles of land.

The area has five hospitals with a total of 1040 beds.

Its major industries are: Tourism, Military, Space Technology, Computers & Electronics, Printing & Publishing, Manufacturing

And the list goes on. All in all, it's not such a 'small town' after all, is it?

Interesting stuff. I'll try to comment in deep purple above. I'm glad it's there and it has the best little airport.

[treedonkey]

"Funny how misleading stats can be."

Agreed. Take all of the above facts with a grain of salt. Like for example: even though CS is technically only about 30k smaller than Oakland in population, it is not part of a metro area of over 6 million people, and feels much less urban.

[McGowdog]

All I'm saying with the city stats is that they don't tell the whole picture. When you combine all the suburbs within a metro area and look at those stats, it seems to make more sense.

Springs has been growing pretty good, but have you been to El Paso or Albuquerque lately? Man, they are big. We didn't go over to Oakland because we ... just didn't want to go. To me, San Francisco all the way down to San Jose seems like one big metro area. You can thow Oakland and Berkley in there too.

They say LA is about 13 million and New York is like 17 million, but NY actually covers more land mass than LA. I thought LA had the sprawl. I know Atlanta greater Metro area is about 4.5 million, but they say the core city is smaller than Denver. I just don't get it.