Comments on: Mapgeek: Most populated U.S. cities http://do-or-do-not.com/content/mapgeek-most-populated-us-cities Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jon http://do-or-do-not.com/content/mapgeek-most-populated-us-cities/comment-page-1#comment-102 Jon Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:17:09 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=119#comment-102 <p>Indianapolis needs an MLB or NHL team!</p> Indianapolis needs an MLB or NHL team!

]]> By: Allen http://do-or-do-not.com/content/mapgeek-most-populated-us-cities/comment-page-1#comment-101 Allen Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:56:30 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=119#comment-101 <p>Kinda what I thought on those cities, though I didn't have any evidence to back that up and didn't feel like doing any research. I knew Atlanta suffered from a horrible case of sprawl--the couple of times I've been there I've been simply amazed by how spread-out everything is--but I didn't realize Boston and San Francisco were that small. I think I tend to conceptualize major metro areas in the "media market" sense rather than purely on population, which is why I thought they'd be bigger.</p> Kinda what I thought on those cities, though I didn’t have any evidence to back that up and didn’t feel like doing any research. I knew Atlanta suffered from a horrible case of sprawl–the couple of times I’ve been there I’ve been simply amazed by how spread-out everything is–but I didn’t realize Boston and San Francisco were that small. I think I tend to conceptualize major metro areas in the “media market” sense rather than purely on population, which is why I thought they’d be bigger.

]]> By: ben http://do-or-do-not.com/content/mapgeek-most-populated-us-cities/comment-page-1#comment-100 ben Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:35:13 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=119#comment-100 <p>Boston, Atlanta, and San Francisco all have very low resident populations. All have much higher day time populations as commuters make their way in - Boston's population doubles between 9-5 M-F.</p> <p>Boston and San Francisco proper are rather small, which doesn't help. And in Boston's case, people will ofter count "named neighborhoods" ( such as Allston, Jamaica Plain, etc. ) independently of Boston, which is just wrong.</p> <p>Atlanta's freed from the list because of a nasty case of urban sprawl in the last two decades. Phoenix has had the same cancerous expansion, but they kept the new territories in the zip codes that matter.</p> Boston, Atlanta, and San Francisco all have very low resident populations. All have much higher day time populations as commuters make their way in – Boston’s population doubles between 9-5 M-F.

Boston and San Francisco proper are rather small, which doesn’t help. And in Boston’s case, people will ofter count “named neighborhoods” ( such as Allston, Jamaica Plain, etc. ) independently of Boston, which is just wrong.

Atlanta’s freed from the list because of a nasty case of urban sprawl in the last two decades. Phoenix has had the same cancerous expansion, but they kept the new territories in the zip codes that matter.

]]> By: Jay http://do-or-do-not.com/content/mapgeek-most-populated-us-cities/comment-page-1#comment-99 Jay Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:19:42 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=119#comment-99 <p>What I found even more amazing is that Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida (#14 in the nation) while Miani is in the twenties not too many spots ahead of Tampa and St. Petersburg.</p> What I found even more amazing is that Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida (#14 in the nation) while Miani is in the twenties not too many spots ahead of Tampa and St. Petersburg.

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