![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
|||||||
| Register | Search | Today's Posts | Mark Forums Read |
Welcome to City-Data.com forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with 300,000 other registered members. User profiles and some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your free account you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 10,000 posts/day about local topics and you will see fewer ads. Within the last few months our forum was cited in an article in 15 newspaper and in a story on AOL's homepage.| Search our forums (advanced): |
![]() |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|||
|
According to 2006 estimates (since now I am really looking things up
) Coralville and IC together are up around 80k, North Liberty is now around 10k. Add in to that the little towns around both counties, plus the un-incorporated areas (such as, say, all around Lake MacBride) and Washington with another 10k-ish...I was surprised too, but it all adds up! Gazette Online: Iowa Census Data: Search By County, City, Population Size |
|
|
|||
|
|||
|
Washington Co. is ~20K, so take that out, and you're down to 120,000 for Johnson Co. At the 2000 census, Johnson was officially at 111,000. Minus the 77,000, and you're at 34,000, which is plausible. Dubuque County (where I live) had 89,000+ at census time. The city was 57,000, and the rest of the county was 32,000. Many rural Iowa counties have between 20-30,000 people. Its just IC & Coralville that push it up, plus developed areas that are not within city limits. We have many such unincorporated, yet developed, places here.
|
|
|
|||
|
|||
|
Wikipedia has a strange conception of metro areas. The figures for the cities of midstate Illinois are all inflated.
I've been to all the Big Ten university campuses except Minnesota, and can't figure out why people want to live out on the bus line near the cornfield. College town bus systems aren't a thrill or anything. |
|
|
|||
|
|||
|
M Type X...what cornfields? I don't recall big corn fields in IC or Coralville by the mall
I remember that one gas station off Dubuque St right before it stopped at the ped mall area, and they had a few stalks of corn in the parking lot that everyone got a kick out of. That about sums up the "farmness" of IC. And I must say, I don't know about the regular city bus system, but the UI bus system (the Cambus) was phenomenal. I don't know what I would have done for years without it. I can't imagine the city bus system is scary or horrible compared to the Cambus. |
|
|
|||
|
|||
|
Cornfields for Illinois, weeds for most other states in the Upper Midwest. You know what I mean ... wild bush!
Are houses/apartments in downtown Iowa City really all that bad? I suppose if I was a family man, I would consider some of that sprawl out near the western beltway (Avenue of the Saints?) that all looks very new. As a student, something more central and not dependent on bus service is more appealing, both of which were key selling points for the university where I went to undergrad, and where I am now at grad school. If I wanted to 'commute,' I would have kept my job in suburban Akron! ![]() |
|
|
|||
|
|||
|
No, houses in downtown IC are not bad. yes, some of the actual houses might be a little rundown, just from students not taking care of them well (surprise). You wouldn't want a wife and kids in the places. But they aren't unsafe or dangerous. The main problem right around campus is the noise; when you cram 5,000 students into a 3 block radius, it can get a little loud at night
But there are plenty of homes/duplexes and apts that are 5 or more blocks away from campus that are quieter, house more of the grad student type, and would be my preferred place to live instead of say, Johnson St. |
|
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
|
|
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It's free and quick. Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com. |
![]() |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
|