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re: SEC Town Growth Rates this decade
Posted on 7/27/18 at 1:03 pm to Gary Busey
Posted on 7/27/18 at 1:03 pm to Gary Busey
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The city of Tuscaloosa itself has had a steady increase since 2010. Just broke 100k last year.
Mostly due to increase in enrollment at UA.
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Posted on 7/27/18 at 1:05 pm to Irons Puppet
Well that and the $1 billion expansion Mercedes. But sure.
Posted on 7/27/18 at 4:36 pm to gohogs141
quote:well that's more interesting than the advert i saw for it on another website. the description didn't do it justice. although i doubt momma will drive baby 8 hours just for that one thing. i'll run it past babymomma. thanks!
Amazeum?
Posted on 7/27/18 at 5:06 pm to Irons Puppet
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My point is you are including a lot of area as Birmingham Metro, but leaving off a lot in the Huntsville metro.
No, I'm really not at all. I'm counting what the US Census counts and Birmingam's metro population is nearly twice that of Huntsville's.
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You would be surprised by how many TN residence commute to Hunstville to work (same distance from Alabaster to BHM).
No, I probably wouldn't be. Because if it were as significant as you say, the US Census Bureau would already be counting these Tennessee counties in the Huntsville metro. That's how they come up with the definitions in the first place is how many folks are commuting into the area for work.
A larger percentage of workers from Walker, Bibb, Clanton, St. Clair, Blount, and obviously Shelby Counties commute into the Birmingham metro for work than any one county in Tennessee commutes into Huntsville.
How do I know this? Because the US Census looks at the data and uses it to define the borders of each metro area.
Posted on 7/27/18 at 5:21 pm to BHMKyle
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Wrong. The Starkville Micropolitan area officially designated by the US Census is simply Oktibbeha County which has a population just underneath 50,000 people.
The "Golden Triangle" you reference has zero official meaning. Even if you read the wikipedia article you link you'll see it states, "The term was created as a marketing strategy in the 1990s
The Golden Triangle does have official meaning and this has been well documented. You're correct, it is a marketing strategy, and it's a municipal regional agreement effort by three cities to create jobs, as well as to sustain and build infrastructure. So even if it's now "technically" not recognized by a census, it is very real, and has existed for a long time.
This post was edited on 7/27/18 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 7/27/18 at 6:53 pm to BHMKyle
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I can tell you that MSU poster Reservoir Dog claimed I was wrong to say that Duke & UNC were in one metro area and NC State was in a different one..... he said they were all in the same metro. He was in fact wrong. I responded
Since when? Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill is in a combined statistical area, and was considered a metropolitan area 15 years ago.
Posted on 7/27/18 at 7:06 pm to BHMKyle
Starkville is a complete shithole
Posted on 7/27/18 at 7:08 pm to SheaForHeisman
Umm
Wrong
Wrong
Posted on 7/27/18 at 7:11 pm to SheaForHeisman
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Starkville is a complete shithole
Posted on 7/27/18 at 7:12 pm to SheaForHeisman
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Starkville is a complete shithole
Better food town than Oxford with just as much to do, so no.
Posted on 7/27/18 at 8:28 pm to BHMKyle
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larger percentage of workers from Walker, Bibb, Clanton, St. Clair, Blount, and obviously Shelby Counties commute into the Birmingham metro for work than any one county in Tennessee commutes into Huntsville.
Right now, not in 10 years. Where is the growth in Birmingham industry ? Take a look at what is coming to Hunstville just this year.
I like Birmingham, but it is getting left in the dust by Huntsville. The future is technology, Huntville has it and Birmingham's claim to fame will be service industries.
Posted on 7/28/18 at 12:02 pm to Reservoir dawg
better food? Completely false eat a dick puppy DAWG
Posted on 7/28/18 at 12:12 pm to lion
Also people who work in Montgomery for various things (healthcare, auto) dont want to live in Montgomery.
Posted on 7/28/18 at 1:50 pm to Irons Puppet
Huntsville can't compare with Birmingham. Population, economy, etc. The second government welfare stops at Redstone; Huntsville will be Gardendale. 
Posted on 7/28/18 at 2:02 pm to Reservoir dawg
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Better food town than Oxford with just as much to do, so no.
I almost always hold my tongue in any discussions about Oxford, MS.
I very recently lived there for a three-year stretch of time.
It was a long ... appointment.
I will never understand the town’s reputation among the locals as some sort of gastronomic hub, except for the fact that it’s in Mississippi, which dramatically reduces the sample size of legit competitors.
I’ll refrain from commenting about the rest of the town’s offerings.
This post was edited on 7/28/18 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 7/28/18 at 2:53 pm to BrandoCo
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Fayetteville does not even have close to 500,000 people. What the heck is this crap? Hell they do not even have over 100,000 people
They must be counting everyone in NW Arkansas. Fayetteville isn't bigger than Little Rock. Hell, I'm not sure if it's bigger than Fort Smith.
Posted on 7/28/18 at 2:54 pm to Maytheporkbewithyou
That’s a good thing. Nobody wants those shite demographics coming in and ruining it for the working class folks
Posted on 7/28/18 at 10:02 pm to OKTGR580
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They get bussed in to decent parts of town such as Perkins Rowe..
LOL
Posted on 7/28/18 at 11:04 pm to Maytheporkbewithyou
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They must be counting everyone in NW Arkansas. Fayetteville isn't bigger than Little Rock. Hell, I'm not sure if it's bigger than Fort Smith.
This thread is surprising in that it demonstrates how many people don't understand what metropolitan areas are, and how census figures are compiled.
I've understood this shite since 9th grade.
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