Miapolis for $22 billion
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Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
At the turn of the 20th century there were 46 million rural residents and 30.2 million urban residents in this country. Since then we have added 13.5 million rural residents and 219 million urban residents. After at least four census's the rural residents actually decreased. In the 1930's the urban population only increased 5.5 million over a ten year period as there was no reason to immigrate or to move from the country. While I appreciate that you are entitled to an emotional reaction, you are talking about quarter of a billion urban residents and less than 60 million rural residents. Without an unprecedented plague, these people are not all going to have a half acre of land per family to live on.
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April 26th, 2015 at 1:47:24 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | My point is, some people actually prefer to live stacked like sardines on top of each other. I did it for a year in Calif and it drove me nuts, people constantly coming and going. Look at TBBT, neighbors are a factor, as they are in a lot of sitcoms. I'm just used to living alone. I dislike hotels for the same reason. Before Binions closed the hotel, I would get a room on the first floor in the old part. Both times I was the only guest on the whole floor and loved it. Real small room, who cares, it's Vegas. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
April 26th, 2015 at 2:20:43 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/UAUC_RefMap/ua/ua69697_pittsburgh_pa/DC10UA69697.pdf Pittsburgh urban maps I don't know if you've ever seen some of those urban/rural maps put out by the census bureau. It supports their claim that 80% of the country lives on 3.5% of the land. |
April 26th, 2015 at 2:43:45 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Go to N MI, not across the bridge, just halfway up the state. You can go miles on the side roads and never see a house in some places. No industry, no jobs. I think Dow Chemical in Midland employes about everybody within a hundred miles. I used to know a guy who lived up north and and drove 140 miles one way everyday just to work in Detroit at Ford. He did it for 20 years. He left at 4:30am to be there by 7. Insanity. Also, 80% of the planet lives north of the equator. That kind of shocked me. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
April 26th, 2015 at 8:44:38 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
That is not totally shocking. 67% of the land (73% of the land if you exclude Antartica) is north of the equator Michigan is about average in use of the land. The states with very small percentage of urban land have a huge percentage of their population living there. % Area is urban | State | % of Population is urban 100.00 District of Columbia 100.00 39.70 New Jersey 94.68 38.75 Rhode Island 90.73 38.29 Massachusetts 91.97 37.72 Connecticut 87.99 20.88 Delaware 83.30 20.65 Maryland 87.20 13.81 Florida 91.16 10.82 Ohio 77.92 10.52 Pennsylvania 78.66 9.48 North Carolina 66.09 8.68 New York 87.87 8.34 Georgia 75.07 7.92 South Carolina 66.33 7.19 New Hampshire 60.30 7.11 Illinois 88.49 7.05 Indiana 72.44 7.05 Tennessee 66.39 6.75 Virginia 75.45 6.41 Michigan 74.57 6.12 Hawaii 91.93 5.28 California 94.95 4.56 Louisiana 73.19 4.36 Alabama 59.04 3.57 Washington 84.05 3.57 Kentucky 58.38 3.47 Wisconsin 70.15 3.35 Texas 84.70 2.99 Missouri 70.44 2.66 West Virginia 48.72 2.36 Mississippi 49.35 2.14 Minnesota 73.27 2.11 Arkansas 56.16 1.92 Arizona 89.81 1.90 Oklahoma 66.24 1.71 Iowa 64.02 1.69 Vermont 38.90 1.47 Colorado 86.15 1.19 Kansas 74.20 1.17 Maine 38.66 1.15 Oregon 81.03 1.11 Utah 90.58 0.70 Nevada 94.20 0.68 New Mexico 77.43 0.68 Nebraska 73.13 0.60 Idaho 70.58 0.30 South Dakota 56.65 0.27 North Dakota 59.90 0.20 Wyoming 64.76 0.20 Montana 55.89 0.05 Alaska 66.02 |