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sbcmetroguy
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16 Jan 2009, 10:19 am

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I lived in Augusta, GA years ago. For lack of better terminology Augusta took the cheesy way out to attain big city status. It originally had a population of around 45,000 or so and was the 2nd largest metropolitan area in Georgia. For a city of around 45,000 it had one heck of an impressive skyline. So how did it go from a city of around 45,000 to a city of about 185,000? It simply merged with Richmond County.


Some other cities have done this as well. I believe Louisville, KY is one city who has merged their city population with the county population to inflate their numbers.

My city (Shreveport, LA) is really bad about annexing newer areas in order to expand the city's population before a Census count, and I hope they never try to annex the parish to further inflate the population. The main reason Shreveport does this, however, is because it has steadily lost population over the past 20-30 years.



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16 Jan 2009, 10:24 am

Wow :o my city is ranked 142.. Amazing atleast my city is in the rankings so, I can't complain..



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16 Jan 2009, 12:39 pm

I am in Houston...we are #4 nationally...maybe that is why there is such a big aspie community here...


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16 Jan 2009, 1:05 pm

poopylungstuffing wrote:
I am in Houston...we are #4 nationally...maybe that is why there is such a big aspie community here...


Texas is home to so many major cities, and Houston is my favorite because of its size. It's only 4 hours south of me and I visit whenever I can. Dallas is only about 3 hours from me, though, so I usually end up there more often.

I'm jealous, because I would love to live in Houston. I really want to live in Chicago, but it's just too damn cold up there for me. :) I can handle the summer heat in Houston... it's like that all over the gulf states, so I'm no stranger to it. I just can't convince my wife to move further south because she wants to move further north to be closer to her dad who lives in Illinois.



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16 Jan 2009, 8:18 pm

I'm from San Jose. Practically no one outside the bay area would think it was in the top 10, but it is. :D I remember the article in the Mercury News when we passed Detroit for the #10 population.