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He/she ignored it because it was a ridculous assertion and he/she knows it.
"Oh well, the numbers are off because we have so many square miles in the city."
DUH, that's what a city IS. A large area. Who the hell cares if the area has annexation or not? My gosh, people slay me.
Some people who have strange mentalities on this issue seem to think "city" means ONLY urban areas, so we should only count growth in urban areas. That is a backward antiquated notion and not even the federal gov't, who is usually behind the times, subscribes to that notion.
You're dodging the question.
FYI. Urban area is a new measurement, that was used in the 2000 census. It's the most accurate calculation of a city's bulk population, regardless of city stats, that can be very misleading. For example Jackonville FL, touts itself as being the largest city in the state, when in fact it's of a much smaller pedigree than other major cities in the state. The land area accounted by the city is 885 sq miles!
Charlotte is indeed a large city, however not as large as the citizens tout it to be. Charlotte's city limits were much more average in 1990 at 131 sq miles. The city was about 395,000 then. Taking in account the original unbloated city boundaries. Charlotte today would be about 525,000. Which is still amazing non the less.
In the past 7 years Charlotte has annexed over 50 sq miles! So judging a city's growth based on annexation can be very misleading. I've heard every silly comment about Charlotte's growth. Even this one "Charlotte's pop will be 990,000 by 2010. That was a couple years ago."
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Someone get on the phone to LA, California and alert them that according to metro.m they are not a big city because they have too many sq miles in their stats! Someone call Chicago and let them know that according to metro.m's assertions they are indeed NOT the third largest city in th US!
My god. You are entitled to your opinion but AS I ALREADY POSTED, every major group incuding the US gov't, Council on Mayors, and university studies disagree with you.
Someone get on the phone to LA, California and alert them that according to metro.m they are not a big city because they have too many sq miles in their stats! Someone call Chicago and let them know that according to metro.m's assertions they are indeed NOT the third largest city in th US!
My god. You are entitled to your opinion but AS I ALREADY POSTED, every major group incuding the US gov't, Council on Mayors, and university studies disagree with you.
You just don't get it do you. Los Angeles has an Urban Area of over 12 million people. At 498 sq miles,the city limit is a conservative land area for such continuously urban area. Charlotte has an urban area of about 800,000, which is tiny in comparison. Do you understand methodology at all?
In reality Charlotte is the 47th most urban area in the United States? That's the reason you see farms and cows only 20 minutes from the city's core.
Getting back to the original argument. City limit population has nothing to do with how urban a place is!
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You keep talking in circles. Verbally spew whatever you want, but the fact remains that the US Census, Council of Mayors, and several university studies disagree with YOU. You don't even understand the very census you are yapping about.
You have lost track of the subject of the thread:
With the housing markets in many cities getting ready to die a painful death, do you guys think even MORE people will be moving here to North Carolina??? NC has gotten a lot of press as a great place to live. Add in people's getting burned in a housing bubble that will pop over the next 18 months. Won't there be an accelerating number of people moving here from Florida and even California once the credit crunch and housing markets really start to deflate???
And the answer is YES, there will be an accelerating number of people, there already is, and will continue to be as this is one of the very few markets that is defying national housing trends.
OP, I would like to apologize for the thread getting off-track with people's diluted views on what is urban and what's not, as if it really matters and answers your orig post.
You keep talking in circles. Verbally spew whatever you want, but the fact remains that the US Census, Council of Mayors, and several university studies disagree with YOU. You don't even understand the very census you are yapping about.
You have lost track of the subject of the thread:
With the housing markets in many cities getting ready to die a painful death, do you guys think even MORE people will be moving here to North Carolina??? NC has gotten a lot of press as a great place to live. Add in people's getting burned in a housing bubble that will pop over the next 18 months. Won't there be an accelerating number of people moving here from Florida and even California once the credit crunch and housing markets really start to deflate???
And the answer is YES, there will be an accelerating number of people, there already is, and will continue to be as this is one of the very few markets that is defying national housing trends.
OP, I would like to apologize for the thread getting off-track with people's diluted views on what is urban and what's not, as if it really matters and answers your orig post.
Typical arrogance. I guess you have to attack me personally when you can't debate with me, based on facts.
Just want to get some opinions. There have been a good deal of people moving here for a while now. With the housing markets in many cities getting ready to die a painful death, do you guys think even MORE people will be moving here to North Carolina??? NC has gotten a lot of press as a great place to live. Add in people's getting burned in a housing bubble that will pop over the next 18 months. Won't there be an accelerating number of people moving here from Florida and even California once the credit crunch and housing markets really start to deflate???
Actually the amount of people moving here has slowed recently because of the poor real estate markets in other areas. People in those areas like Ny, NJ cant sell their homes that easy (some not at all) so that prevents them from coming here. That is the biggest thing slowing down housing in NC. CAnt sell cant buy...
Your facts are wrong, again ask the gov't, mayors, and universities, and there was NO personal attack.
Your ridiculous rants got this thread off course, please stay on topic for the benefit of the OP.
He does have a point. Instead of you just saying "ask the government and professors", maybe you could bring up a link showing quotes, data, and statistics to defend your claims? That's how a debate operates.
No proof means no go.
He could say that there really are aliens in outer space! You can just ask the government, the Universities, and the Pentagon. Doesn't help much.
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You don't even live here, maybe you can get put on probation for trolling other boards.
It's pretty freaking hilarious that you would point that garbage post at me, when metro.m has yet to produce any links either.
Learn to google on your own, I am not your freaking pre-school teacher.
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