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re: Definitive Rankings of the SEC towns
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:14 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:14 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Arkansas has a Chikfila in the Union. Also have a Slim Chickens on campus 
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Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:19 pm to CockInYourEar
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MOST CHICK-FIL-As Counts free standing restaurants
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14. Columbia, MO 0
students have been lobbying to get one for years with no luck. Nearest one is in Jefferson City 30 minutes south. KC has a few too
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:23 pm to Stonehog
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Looking at those rankings objectively, Fayetteville is the best place to live in the SEC.
Serious question, not a flame: How are small businesses in Fayetteville doing? Are there any Mom and Pop places still around?
I see that the town's ratio of Wal-Marts to residents is extremely low - much lower than most other cities: ~25,000 people per Wal-Mart.
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:24 pm to blackrose890
I think you can take some of those city data rankings with a grain of salt. I'm talking mainly about the ones ranking the percentage of German, Lithuanian, Baptist, etc. For example, you could ask a multi generational Americans of German descent what they consider themselves and the same exact background would be considered German by one person and American by another. Same goes for Baptist, Catholic, or any other religion for that matter because many people who haven't been practicing most of their lives still consider themselves whatever they grew up with
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:26 pm to KSGamecock
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MOST CHICK-FIL-As
Counts free standing restaurants
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14. Columbia, MO 0
GD Yankees. You are a disgrace.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:26 pm to Govt Tide
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I think you can take some of those city data rankings with a grain of salt. I'm talking mainly about the ones ranking the percentage of German, Lithuanian, Baptist, etc. For example, you could ask a multi generational Americans of German descent what they consider themselves and the same exact background would be considered German by one person and American by another. Same goes for Baptist, Catholic, or any other religion for that matter because many people who haven't been practicing most of their lives still consider themselves whatever they grew up with
Yes. I should have thrown that in the disclaimer but I thought it was widely understood. The important thing to remember is that some of that is going to balance out...there's no reason to think that people in Columbia, SC are any more likely to falsely identify as Lithuanian than people in Nashville. For the most part much of that is going to be constant so while the raw numbers may not be accurate the comparisons of different cities are still somewhat valid.
Is ~25% of Columbia MO really full blooded German?
No, of course not.
Is ~6% of Tuscaloosa really full blooded German?
Also no.
Both numbers are probably over reported, or maybe under reported but I have no reason to believe that the two cities would falsely report at vastly different rates so the comparison and statement that Columbia is more German than Tuscaloosa is probably still accurate. If that makes sense....
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:28 pm to Henry Jones Jr
We can't force them to a open a chick-fil-a in CoMo
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:33 pm to KSGamecock
MOST GERMAN
RANK/CITY/PERCENT GERMAN
1. Columbia, MO 25.7
2. College Station, TX 18.8
3. Lexington, KY 13.5
Very hard time believing this unless it was yankee migration when they built the Toyota plant. Scotts, Irish, and English would have been the early population. In the early days the black population was 40-50% but they moved to detroit for auto jobs early in the last century.
RANK/CITY/PERCENT GERMAN
1. Columbia, MO 25.7
2. College Station, TX 18.8
3. Lexington, KY 13.5
Very hard time believing this unless it was yankee migration when they built the Toyota plant. Scotts, Irish, and English would have been the early population. In the early days the black population was 40-50% but they moved to detroit for auto jobs early in the last century.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:37 pm to KSGamecock
Se Mo them.numbers are probably doubled
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:44 pm to wstorie44
other than in the mall and on campus, where is the other CHICK-FIL-A in Auburn? i only have ever seen 2
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:44 pm to blackrose890
Cities ranked by highest obesity rate
RANK/CITY/PERCENT OBESE
1. Starkville, MS 32.8
2. Tuscaloosa, AL 32
3. Oxford, MS 30.9
4. Auburn, AL 30.2
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Deep South and Deep Fried
RANK/CITY/PERCENT OBESE
1. Starkville, MS 32.8
2. Tuscaloosa, AL 32
3. Oxford, MS 30.9
4. Auburn, AL 30.2
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Deep South and Deep Fried
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:47 pm to Cheese Grits
The important thing to consider with that is the size and pervasiveness of the German-American population. They are (arguably) the single largest ancestry group in the country and Kentucky sits just on the fringes of regions (the Midwest) where they are in the plurality.
Given their size it wouldn't be unexpected to find a city without a history of Germans to have them make up roughly a tenth of their population.
Here's a breakdown of Lexington's 2010 Census data:
Here's Louisville's:
and here's a somewhat dated map of what I'm talking about:
Someone will inevitably bring up that people identifying as "American" of "United States" are probably of English or Scottish ancestry and that's likely correct...but that doesn't change the German percentage. If the 11% of residents that selected "United States" shifted to identify as "English" that 13% German would still be 13% German.
Also remember that there may be plenty of people in Lexington and anywhere for that matter, that are German with English last names. Anglicization of German surnames was common in the 19th century when large groups were immigrating and further pressures to assimilate were felt in the earlier 20th century. That 13% could have been there the entire time without you knowing it.
Given their size it wouldn't be unexpected to find a city without a history of Germans to have them make up roughly a tenth of their population.
Here's a breakdown of Lexington's 2010 Census data:
Here's Louisville's:
and here's a somewhat dated map of what I'm talking about:
Someone will inevitably bring up that people identifying as "American" of "United States" are probably of English or Scottish ancestry and that's likely correct...but that doesn't change the German percentage. If the 11% of residents that selected "United States" shifted to identify as "English" that 13% German would still be 13% German.
Also remember that there may be plenty of people in Lexington and anywhere for that matter, that are German with English last names. Anglicization of German surnames was common in the 19th century when large groups were immigrating and further pressures to assimilate were felt in the earlier 20th century. That 13% could have been there the entire time without you knowing it.
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:48 pm to bigman334
No german population not chick-fil-a
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:51 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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A better question would be, how many of the student unions on SEC campuses have a Chik-Fil-A?
We have two on campus and one across the street, they love some fried chicken in auburn.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:54 pm to NYCAuburn
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they love some fried chicken in auburn.
You guys got nothing on North Baton Rouge...
:inb4thatsracist:
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:55 pm to wadewilson
Two things:
One, we confirmed what we already know, Fayetteville is by far the best SEC town to live in.
Two, you have zero life, this must've taken forever to compile
ETA: didn't mean to respond to Wade, but since I did
One, we confirmed what we already know, Fayetteville is by far the best SEC town to live in.
Two, you have zero life, this must've taken forever to compile
ETA: didn't mean to respond to Wade, but since I did
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:56 pm to Hubbhogg
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:57 pm to Hubbhogg
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Two, you have zero life, this must've taken forever to compile
Download Wolfram|Alpha.
Plug iPhone into Computer.
Yell at Siri.
Wait an hour.
Post thread.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 6:59 pm to KSGamecock
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Yell at Siri.
be nice
Posted on 4/2/14 at 7:00 pm to KSGamecock
All i know is Pimp spurrier is back Ks lol
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