How big is the metro/city/town/whatever in which you live?

[DaFace]

RustShack's Salina thread gives me the impression that a lot of people around here are somewhat against living in a "small town." That got me wondering about what kinds of places people on here live. So the question is, how big (in terms of population size) is the place where you live?

If you don't know, here are some places that could help.

For those who consider yourself to live in a metro area:
List of US Metro Areas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_metropolitan_areas)

For those who live in a "city" or "town":
U.S. Census Population Finder (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=&geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=denver&_cityTown=denver&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=population_0&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=)

[Fire Me Boy!]

Currently KC metro, No. 29, pop. 1,967,405.

Soon to be Myrtle Beach metro, No. 181, pop. 238,493

[Mr. Plow]

Wow. I can't believe we are as small as we are. I thought we had about 10,000 more people living here in Hutch. So by the 2006 #'s, we have roughly 1.5 fast food joints per citizen......yet we have only 4 actual restaurants.

Population 2006 - 41,085.
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[MIAdragon]

Miami pop 2,402,208

[DaKCMan AP]

Grew up in #7 ranked metro area: South Florida, 5.5 million

Now live in the #19 ranked metro area: Tampa Bay, 2.7 million

[DaFace]

Poll added.

Looks like we're just a smidge under the 2.5 million mark here at 2,408,750.

[beach tribe]

I don't know if Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami are one metro area, but it sure seems like it.
I'm from the country, and grew up having to go through rural areas between cities. In south FL it's city from West Palm beach to Miami.

Miami(Dade Co.) 3mil, Ft Lauderdale(Broward Co,) 1.5 (I believe)

[Stewie]

I live in the KC Metro area but on the far west side. It's a mix of a few subdivisions and many homes on acreage. I like the wide open spaces along with the convenience of being close to big city amenities. The city is creeping closer and closer, though. :(

[milkman]

I live in Grover Beach, Ca.

The city is around 12,000.

But like most of coastal californis, ther is little to no separation from city to city.

The area I live in is, which includes San Luis Obispo county and the city of Santa Maria is about 350,000.

[Chest Rockwell]

Currently #83 Colorado Springs, soon to be #8 Dark City metro area.

[kindra68]

depends on what side of the line i'm on
it's either
29,856 or 36,054

[beach tribe]

Miami pop 2,402,208

Your #s don't include the 600,000 Illegals.

[The Franchise]

Vacaville, CA - 92,691

but it's close enough to: #116 - Fairfield/Vallejo (411,680) that I would consider it part of that.



Edit: I grew up in Pierre, SD which is the capitol of South Dakota and only has 14,095 people.

[The Poz]

About 5.5 mil in the Greater Toronto Area. Probably about 2.5 - 3 mil actually in the core.

[eazyb81]

Grew up in KC, now live in Nashville (#39).

[Dartgod]

City: 24,124
Metro: 1,967,405

[Hydrae]

Austin is at ~1.5M

The suburb I live in though is only 20K. Up from 7.5K in 2000.

[The Franchise]

About 5.5 mil in the Greater Toronto Area. Probably about 2.5 - 3 mil actually in the core.


http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n189/pestilenceaf23/BT-canadaamericashat-gallery-2418.jpg

[Bugeater]

Huh, that only has the Omaha metro at 822,549, that doesn't sound right, I thought it was closer to a million. Eh what the hell do I know, I just live here.

[vailpass]

The link for the Metro pops seems to be out of date. The last census count was in 2000, the most recent census estimate (guess) is 2006.
Wonder if there is any more current data?

[DaFace]

The link for the Metro pops seems to be out of date. The last census count was in 2000, the most recent census estimate (guess) is 2006.
Wonder if there is any more current data?

They've got estimates by state out now here (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTGeoSearchByListServlet?ds_name=PEP_2007_EST&_lang=en&_ts=224595163946), but it usually takes them a while to release the full estimate system.

[Frosty]

According to the Census link - 1610.

According to the sign at the edge of town - 1550 friendly people and 1 grouch.

I live three miles out of town, so I don't qualify for the grouch.

[The Poz]

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n189/pestilenceaf23/BT-canadaamericashat-gallery-2418.jpg
STFU

[The Franchise]

STFU

Don't get me wrong. That movie is awesome and one of the reason's I like Canada. I just happen to like the America's hat shirt.

[JohninGpt]

Getting ready to move from Hampton Roads with about 1.65M to the Tulsa area at just under 900K people and roads that were built with automobiles in mind.

[MOhillbilly]

man theres to damn many people around here.

[The Poz]

Don't get me wrong. That movie is awesome and one of the reason's I like Canada. I just happen to like the America's hat shirt.
Oh I didn't take any offense to that. I actually laughed. We're used to that sort of humor. All of the tv shows and movies we watch come from south of the border. Although a good portion of those actors are Canadian, eh.
:toast:

[chasedude]

976 was the last count here in the town I live it... They roll the sidewalks up @ 7pm around here... :sulk:

[The Rick]

Milwaukee metro area here. Pretty similar to the Kansas City metro area. Milwaukee metro area is a little more compact.

[TODD]

i call this place home...Colony Kansas...But currently live in Shawnee Ks

2006 2000 1990
Population 382 397 447

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 Population Estimates, Census 2000, 1990 Census

[chagrin]

Orlando City - 213 and some change
Greater Orlando - 1.9 mil - 27th largest metro area.

That was according to the wiki - census 2006. I know that number has grown a lot since then.

[StcChief]

STL metro 2.6M

[Rain Man]

i call this place home...Colony Kansas...But currently live in Shawnee Ks

2006 2000 1990
Population 382 397 447

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 Population Estimates, Census 2000, 1990 Census

That's not a good trend.

[The Franchise]

i call this place home...Colony Kansas...But currently live in Shawnee Ks

2006 2000 1990
Population 382 397 447

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 Population Estimates, Census 2000, 1990 Census

Any serial killers in your town.....or military testing facilities?

[CosmicPal]

35,745
Castle Rock, CO

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1580690-Castle_Rock_Colorado-Castle_Rock.jpg

[JBucc]

City: Around 50,000
Metro Area: Over 600,000 according to Wikipedia.

[El Jefe]

3,957. I was way off, I thought we were above 10,000, although that was from 2006 and we are one of the top 5 fastest growing towns in Ohio IIRC.

[DaneMcCloud]

35,745
Castle Rock, CO

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1580690-Castle_Rock_Colorado-Castle_Rock.jpg

I dated a chick from Larkspur for a while, which is near Castle Rock. She went to Douglass County High School in the mid-80's.

For some reason, I remember there being a lot of hotties in that area.

[KCKID58]

2769. Damn I feel like a hillbilly....

[BigVE]

Wow. I can't believe we are as small as we are. I thought we had about 10,000 more people living here in Hutch. So by the 2006 #'s, we have roughly 1.5 fast food joints per citizen......yet we have only 4 actual restaurants.

Population 2006 - 41,085.
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Which 4 do you count as actual restaurants??? Number one on our list is the Anchor Inn.

[BWillie]

Oklahoma City Metro Area 1,172,339
Kansas City Metro Area 1,967,405 while growing at a larger rate, higher population, and a newer and better stadium isn't getting an NBA team while those douchebaggers from OKC are.

I hate you Clay Bennett.

[BigVE]

I should have checked a bit closer before I voted in the poll. My village only has about 2000 people in it...most people you ask around here say 3000. 2000 seems about right.

[noa]

I live in Manhattan (not KS), where the population is 1.5 million, but when you add in the other boroughs and surrounding areas...

[Skip Towne]

Oklahoma City Metro Area 1,172,339
Kansas City Metro Area 1,967,405 while growing at a larger rate, higher population, and a newer and better stadium isn't getting an NBA team while those douchebaggers from OKC are.

I hate you Clay Bennett.

Tulsa is less than 100 miles from OKC and has about the same population.

[BigMeatballDave]

I live in a small town of 7000, just outside of Akron. Not a suburb.

[SBK]

#9 on the list, metro Atlanta with over 5.1 million. Grew over 20% since 00 which is the highest in the top 10.

[Rain Man]

My neighborhood in Denver has 5,100 people in 36 city blocks.

[CosmicPal]

I dated a chick from Larkspur for a while, which is near Castle Rock. She went to Douglass County High School in the mid-80's.

For some reason, I remember there being a lot of hotties in that area.

Larkspur is just a couple of mins south of Castle Rock. Very cool little town.
CR is full of hotties. :drool:

[vailpass]

My neighborhood in Denver has 5,100 people in 36 city blocks.

Cheeseman?

[ClevelandBronco]

Cheeseman?

Play nice.

[Rain Man]

Cheeseman?

Actually, pretty close to there. It's a great neighborhood.

It's funny: when I moved to Denver, one of my otherwise enlightened female coworkers warned me not to move near Cheesman Park because "lots of gay men sunbathe nude there". I live about eight blocks from that park and it's my preferred jogging area, and the only naked person I've ever seen there in 12 years was a gorgeous blonde woman who was doing some sort of semi-porn photo shoot at the Colonnade. My wife was with me, and informed me to move along.

[88TG88]

Upwards of 4 mil here in LA.

[Spott]

Grew up in Lee's Summit(KC) and now live in Jacksonville #40 on the list. But I would prefer to live in a small town, preferably in the midwest. The small towns down here are 99% Jerry Springer guests.

[bogey]

Live in LA which is hellabig. I grew up in Crane, Missouri, population 1,003 when I lived there back in the 70's. Now Crane is over 1,400.

[CosmicPal]

It's funny: when I moved to Denver, one of my otherwise enlightened female coworkers warned me not to move near Cheesman Park because "lots of gay men sunbathe nude there".

I was told the same when I moved to Denver. I was also told by a great many people that Cheeseman Park was haunted. Gay and Haunted- can't get any worse than that.

It's supposedly a former Indian burial ground where the developers neglected to move the corpses before building new homes and a park on 'em.

[Frazod]

Chicago metro 9,500,000
Naperville 140,000

[Rain Man]

I was told the same when I moved to Denver. I was also told by a great many people that Cheeseman Park was haunted. Gay and Haunted- can't get any worse than that.

It's supposedly a former Indian burial ground where the developers neglected to move the corpses before building new homes and a park on 'em.

I hadn't heard about the Indian ground, but I know that it was the city's first cemetery, and then they moved most of the bodies when the city developed around it. They couldn't find all of them, though.

[Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan]

I went with the easy answer of 125K+. Although, since I live in an unincorporated city with 13 villages, I'm not sure exactly what the size of my village is. Obviously there's a need out here for a poll taker to determine exact population counts of each of the villages.

I'll put in a good word for you with the village elders.

[stumppy]

Everton, MO. Pop. 218. There is a gas station and post office here. The funeral home was blown over in a storm last fall. If I want to pick up some fast food I have to drive a minimum of 20 miles. After 10:00 PM tack on another 8 miles.

I refer to this place as the armpit of Missouri. And I can't prove it yet but I'm pretty sure that for every day I stay here this town is actually sucking 3 days off of my life.
If it wasn't for the poor health of a relative that lives here this town could have kissed my ass goodbye a long time ago.

[Duck Dog]

Born and raised in OP. Now I live in a farming community of about 1000. The largest metro area is Rochester, MN (pop 100K and home of the Mayo clinic) which is about 25 miles away and Austin, Minnesota (pop 30K plus it's the home of John Madden and SPAM) is about 20 miles away.

I've lived in this community for 10 years and really like it. I will always live in the country even if my worked moved me to the twin cities. I'd still live way outside of the metro.

[ArrowheadHawk]

37,000 Here. The most exciting thing is that they are building a Sam's Club.

[Nzoner]

37,000 Here. The most exciting thing is that they are building a Sam's Club.

Exciting until they begin to suck the life blood from the mom and pop business owners who've spent their entire lives giving back to their communities.

Sorry,I'm a little irritated right now with our cities' ideas of growth.I'll STFU now

[Old Dog]

link says 2,258.....I thought about 1,700
Ya'll can keep those big assed cities though......been there, done that, moved my old ass back to a small town.

[DaneMcCloud]

Upwards of 4 mil here in LA.

LA metro (the entire LA County Basin) has over 20 million legals.