Hispanic 500: Top Cities & States

Another list for everyone's enjoyment. The new Hispanic 500 for 2006 is out. Its basically the Fortune 500 for Hispanic run business. http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/research/500/ The top 10 are: 1. The Related Group (Construction) Miami, FL 2. Brightstar (Wholesale) Miami, FL 3. Burt Automotive Network (Automotive) Centennial, CO 4. Molina Healthcare (Service) Long Beach, CA 5. MasTec (Construction) Coral Gables, FL 6. International Bancshares Corp (Finance) Laredo, TX 7. Prestige Builders (Construction) Miami Lakes, FL 8. Ancira Enterprises (Automotive) San Antonio, TX 9. General Real Estate Corp (Construction) Miami, FL 10. Elder Automotive Group (Automotive) Troy, MI Top States: Florida - 121 California - 105 Texas - 71 New Mexico -25 Virginia - 20 New Jersey - 19 Illinois - 19 New York -17 Michigan - 14 Georgia - 12 Top Cities (not counting metros) -of the cities I searched, there could be more, feel free to look: Miami, FL - 75 Albuquerque, NM - 19 Houston, TX - 16 Coral Gables, FL - 13 Chicago, IL - 10 San Antonio, TX - 10 Los Angeles, CA - 9 Dallas, TX - 8 Orlando, FL - 6>

2008 Election

Wyatt Chesney! http://www.chesney2008.tz4.com http://www.chesney2008.blogspot.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyatt_Chesney http://www.reformparty.org/phpbb>

Best City USA... American Dream

Best city in USA is Chicago! City all language and coauntry of the World. Chicago has 3 mln. polish people! This is Poland City (i say:P). easy... around the World... >

2008 Poll II

Wyatt Chesney: http://www.chesney2008.tz4.com http://www.chesney2008.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/wyattchesney http://www.reformparty.org/phpbb>

Houston: A New River City

This is the new Houston Buffalo Bayou. Courtesy of travelguy_73 from HAIF. More: Link to the rest The Bayou Plan: Buffalo Bayou>

Sustainable Living

http://www.sustainlane.com/article/895/ Top Ten Cities Portland San Fran Seattle Philadelphia Chicago Oakland New York Boston Denver Minneapolis Welcome to SustainLaneÂ's 2006 US City Rankings—a nationwide study that measures the 50 largest cities in America on essential quality-of-life and economic factors that affect your personal sustainability. Who is the City Rankings study for? ItÂ's for everybody. No matter where you live or what you do, we think youÂ'll find something valuable in this study. What have we learned? WeÂ've learned that there are inspiring citizen groups, city governments, and mayors around the country promoting innovative solutions that are improving peopleÂ's lives. Why rank cities? Few things matter to our overall well-being as insistently as the place where we live. Whether we realize it or not, weÂ're affected daily by our cityÂ's economy, water quality, and traffic congestion. Understanding how these factors impact our lives can play a key role in our personal health, financial success, and overall happiness. Similarly, despite the move toward globalized markets, local economies depend on local citizens. Our daily actions, such as where we shop and how we get to work, have lasting repercussions. These choices affect our citiesÂ' wealth, the air we breathe, and the quality of community we experience every day. What makes a city sustainable? Hallmarks of sustainable cities include a commitment to public health, an emphasis on creating a strong local economy, and citizens and city officials working together to make positive, thoughtful choices for the long-term benefit of the city and its residents. Where did the info come from? SustainLane talked with officials at 37 of the cities in the study and brought together more than 1,700 data points. Our goal has been to gather information—much of it paid for by our tax dollars—and make it accessible, so that youÂ'll have the information you need to make sustainable choices and get involved in making your city an even better place to live. Read our methodology to learn more. How vital is your city? Use SustainLaneÂ's study to find out! As cities grow, they inevitably face challenges brought about by swelling population, economic transformation, and environmental pressures. The top cities in this study have taken all these factors into consideration as theyÂ've planned for the future—and their citizens will reap the benefits. What can you do? By knowing where your city excels and where it could stand improvement, you get a clearer picture of your cityÂ's health—and a sense of what actions you can take to improve it.>

The top visitor destinations for this past Memorial Day Weekend

Chicago's Millennium Park, Loop area, is the top destination for travel between May 27-29, bumping Las Vegas, which held the No. 1 spot from 2003 to 2005. Beach destinations, which fell out of vogue last year because of unusually cold May weather, returned to popularity, accounting for 15 spots on the top 50 list. Warm-weather spots take up almost half of all of the top 50 destinations. Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head, S.C., which fell off of last year's list, are on it this year. The top five destinations for travel, in order, are: Chicago's Millennium Park, Loop area; Las Vegas' strip vicinity; Chicago's North Michigan Avenue area; New York's Upper Midtown/Central Park South area; and New York's Midtown West. Priceline.com's survey is based on more than 30,000 hotel-room booking requests made by priceline.com customers for the weekend>

LA's Ocean Front Walk

IN 1973 LA BUILT A 22 MILE BIKE PATH THAT STRETCHES FROM THE PACIFIC PALISADES TO ALMOST PALOS VERDES. I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT A LOT AND HAVE REALIZED THAT IT IS GROUND ZERO FOR A LOT OF MODERN DAY YOUTH CULTURE. IT IS WHERE SKATEBOARDING WAS INVENTED AS WE KNOW IT TODAY WITH THE Z-BOYS OF EARLY 80S GRITTY VENICE AND SANTA MONICA'S DOGTOWN. IT IS WHERE PUNK WAS FUSED WITH SKATING AND SURFING CULTURE WHICH NOW DEFINES THE AESTHETIC OF ALL "EXTREME SPORTS" FROM MOUNTAIN BIKING, TO SNOWBOARDING TO SURFING TO MOTOCROSS BIKES TO SO MUCH MORE. PUNK WAS BORN IN NY, BUT LET'S FACE IT THAT WAS A LAME SCENE WITH BLONDIE AND TALKIGN HEADS AND PATTI SMITH. IT WAS THE LA SCENE THAT DEFINED AND DID THE MOST TO HELP CULTIVATE THE AMERICAN UNDERGROUND ROCK SCENE. IT WAS WHERE ROLLER SKATING IN THE 70S BECAME TRENDY AND WHERE ROLLERBLADING TOOK OVER 10-15 YEARS LATER....AND TODAY IN TV AND PRINT ADS, IMAGES OF THE "STRAND" ARE USED TO CONVEY AN IMAGERY OF WONDERFUL COOL LIFE. I AM REMINDED OF THE RECENT SPRITE COMMERCIAL WHERE IT SHOWS ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE SKATING IN THE SUN DRINKING SPIRTE WITH "SEEING STARS" PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND. SO IT SEEMS LIKE LA'S OCEAN FRONT WALK IS WHERE AMERICAN YOUTH CULTURE IS CREATED AND SPREADS ALL OVER THE NATION AND WORLD.>

Atlanta wants in on SC's and Tennessee's water sources

Since the Atlanta area has been feuding with Alabama and Florida, it now wants to tap SC's and Tenn.'s water sources. To which I say, "Find your own damn water." Seriously, if there's a way to work it out WITHOUT rendering us high and dry, that's fine. If not, I don't know what to tell yall metro Atlantans.>

$3.49 for regular gas in my suburban Maryland neighborhood

Down the street from my house at BP regular is $3.29 and at Citgo regular is $3.31. I live 5 minutes outside of Northwest DC. What are we going to do?>

Mexican army enter the United States of America

Mexican Army Convoys Head for U.S. to Deliver Aid to Hurricane Katrina Victims Published: Sep 7, 2005 MEXICO CITY (AP) - An army aid convoy headed toward the U.S. border on Wednesday was due to become the first Mexican military unit to operate on U.S. soil since 1846. It carried water treatment plants, mobile kitchens and supplies to feed the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Large Mexican flags were proudly taped to many of the 35 olive-green Mexican Army trucks and tractor trailers as they rumbled northward out of Mexico City Tuesday morning. The office of President Vicente Fox said the convoy was due to cross into Laredo, Texas, early Thursday. Radio talk shows and newspapers buzzed with excitement at this turning of the tables for Mexico, which has long been on the receiving end of U.S. disaster relief, and which lost half its territory to the United States in the 1846-48 Mexican American War. "This is the first time that the United States has accepted a military mission from Mexico" for such work, said Javier Ibarrola, a newspaper columnist who writes about military affairs in Mexico. "This is something that's never happened before." The convoy had "a very high symbolic content," said Javier Oliva, a political scientist at Mexico's National Autonomous University. "This is a very sensitive subject, for historic and political reasons." The trucks, carrying 195 unarmed soldiers, officers and specialists, are to proceed to Houston, Texas where they will apparently be used to produce water and hot meals for people evacuated from the New Orleans area. The convoy included two mobile kitchens that can feed 7,000 people each per day, three flatbed trucks carrying mobile water treatment plants, and 15 trailers of bottled water, blankets and applesauce. It also includes military engineers, doctors and nurses. Mexico has sent disaster relief aid missions to other Latin American nations, but not to the United States. In their last formal military incursion in 1846, Mexican troops marched just north of the Rio Grande into Texas, which had then recently joined the United States. From Mexico's point of view, the troops did not enter the United States even then: at the time, Mexico did not recognize the Rio Grande as the U.S. border. The two countries quickly became mired in the Mexican-American War, which led to the loss of half of Mexico's territory in 1848. Mexico sent a squadron of pilots to the United States in the 1940s, but they served outside the United States - in the Philippines - in World War II. Experts said the only other military incursion by Mexicans came in 1916, when revolutionary leader Pancho Villa led a group of irregular fighters in a brief raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in what is considered the last battle against foreign forces on U.S. soil. "But this aid mission is a military unit temporarily stationed in the U.S. That's very different from Pancho Villa did in Columbus," said Roderic Ai Camp, a professor at Claremont-McKenna College in California who has studied the Mexican Army. The convoy was controversial for some Mexican senators, who said President Vicente Fox should have sought Senate approval for sending the troops. But the government was already planning another 12-vehicle aid convoy for this week it has sent a Mexican navy ship heading toward the Mississippi coast with rescue vehicles and helicopters. The ship Papaloapan left the Gulf coast port of Tampico on Monday and is scheduled to dock Wednesday afternoon in the Mississippi River at a spot about 30 miles south of Biloxi, Mississippi. "Military commands on both sides of the border have always been very sensitive about this kind of thing ... as we saw with the (U.S.) Marines when they came to Mexico to perform a funeral," said Oliva. He referred to a July 2004 incident in which Mexican troops interrupted the funeral of a Mexican-born Marine killed in Iraq. They had objected to the non-working, ceremonial rifles carried by two Marines who traveled from the United States for the ceremony. Mexico later apologized but said it has an obligation to enforce a ban on foreign troops carrying weapons in its territory. Ruben Aguilar, spokesman for President Vicente Fox, described the convoy in simpler terms: "This is just an act of solidarity between two peoples who are brothers." >

Something I never understood

Why do some cities go by East and West but some cities go by Southwest and Northwest? For instance, in L.A. it'd be "101 E. 1st St." but in Washington, D.C. it's "1600 N.W. Pennsylvania Ave." What's that about?>

Your favorite skyscraper of ALL TIME.

Mine would probably be the Two International Finance Centre i would put a picture in but i dunno how... im only 13 but i luv this site!!! any ways whats your favorite skyscraper in any country,anywhere.o ya and if someone already made a post like this oh well>

How dangerous is your neighborhood?

this forum is really a bitch. I try to make it a poll...no dice. I try to make it a thread...end up waiting 5 minutes then hitting "submit" a few dozen times. Mods please delete.>

The most vibrant areas of Atlanta, Charlotte, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Tampa, Orland

Other than disneyworld when i was 3 or 4 haven't been to any of these places. at least haven't visited. well stayed in charlotte for a day but dont remember and didnt explore. so what are the nightlife areas? I picked all these cuz they r prominent sunbelt cities. I'm in Orange County now but that's not a city and I know about LA. I've read about Buckhead in Atlanta.>

Who's More STUPID...Louisianians or Californians??

So we are told that New Orleans should not exist b/c we get hit by hurricanes every 40 odd years, Why on Earth was this place settled?!?...and, then, we have California that gets hit by wildfires EVERY year. This year it has started earlier than normal and we already have people fleeing like madmen, tonight. Wow....now, why on Earth should New Orleans exist and why on Earth should we live here? Well, I have the same question for the 30+ million that live in California. Shouldn't California be closed down and abandoned due to these wildfires and, of course, the Earthquakes that could strike at any time? I think I already know the answer....I happily live in New Orleans and have plans to go nowhere. Now, if I was in California?!?........................>

Which US cities are divided into distinct parts?

Two American cities stand out in their development in dividing into distinct parts. These cities run the gamut from extremely urban to true suburbia within city limits and incredibly almost a "rural fringe" (vastly disappearing). In addition, these cities have topographies that create zones that are distinctive. They are, of course: • New York: Five boroughs, only two of which (Brooklyn, Queens) have a land boundry. Created in an unusual way through the establishment of Greater New York at the end of the 19th century, NYC became an amalgamation of the original NYC (Manhattan) and 4 neighboring counties. One of these, Brooklyn, was a great city in its own right and still retains its distinctive city-like atmsophere today. Issolated Staten Island is a place apart. Queens not only is set apart like each of the boroughs are, but many of its communities are more like villages or suburbs of their own. Such examples can be found in other boroughs as well. And ultimately today, there is the difference between Manhattan itself and the other four boroughs. Los Angeles: Where NYC used an act of the state legislature to create a greater self, LA used availability of water to fuel its expansion; it was able to swallow the San Fernando Valley in one swoop. No US city has the physical divide that the Santa Monica Mountains creates in LA. The Valley was and is a world removed from "LA Proper" and the differences created the secession movement of the 90's in the valley. Smaller in scale, LA reached southward with a narrow strip to aquire the harbor areas like San Pedro, adjacent to Long Beach. LA, more so than other cities, developed as a series of separate towns that spread together and join. Thus areas like Encino in the valley, Brentwood in the hills, Venice on the coast, and Hollywood in the heart of town have always had their own identies. I doubt that any other cities in the US can compare with NYC and LA in the diversity of these environments, but are there others that share some of New York's and Los Angeles's characteristics? Which cities have either the geogrpahic/topographic differences and/or the city-to-suburbia-within-city-limits characterists of New York and LA? What are the distinct areas of those cities and is the distinction geographic/topographical or is it based on the continum of urban-to-rural?>

U.S. Projects Rundown

Alright, the US forum seems to be really fragmented and I thought it would be interesting to get a complete major project rundown for the entire United States. So, post every 400 ft+ tall building u/c or proposed for your city or any other extremely significant projects that you think people would be interested in seeing. ONLY POST EACH CITY ONCE, GO THROUGH THE THREAD TO SEE IF YOUR CITY HAS BEEN REPRESENTED!!! I'm really interested in knowing how many tall buildings are proposed or u/c in the United States right now. If I had to guess I would have absolutely no clue.>

Top ten college towns?

Name your top ten college cities in the US. I'm talking about the towns themselves, not the universities.>

Should cities have the National Guard patrol their streets?

I bring this subject up because today a Milwaukee alderman has called on Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to ask for and allow National Guard military police do patrols in Milwaukee during the summer months. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Quote:> WEDNESDAY, March 14, 2007, 11:11 a.m. By Greg J. Borowski Donovan says city needs National Guard A Milwaukee alderman today called for state National Guard military police officers to be deployed in the city this summer to help quell "an increase in violence and disorder" that has already begun. Ald. Bob Donovan, chairman of the Common Council's Public Safety Committee, sent a letter this morning to Mayor Tom Barrett that calls on the mayor to request 50 to 75 military police officers from the state. The letter also says Barrett should take other steps to get more police officers on the streets, including asking the state to do highway patrols in the city. This would, presumably, free up Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputies to help patrol city streets. In the letter, Donovan criticizes Barrett "for your most unflattering penchant for taking credit for other people's hard work. From surveillance cameras to cops in schools and everything in between relating to public safety, both you and I know not one of these ideas has originated from your office." Nevertheless, Donovan asks Barrett to support eight other initiatives, including creating 10 positions to speed the background checks of police recruits; adding a fourth police recruit class this year; seeking more state aid to pay for police; and adopting a Chicago program that puts desk-duty officers on the street one day a week. Donovan also calls for allowing officers from other departments to transfer to the Milwaukee department, without having to go through the full training of new recruits; and for a moratorium on promoting police officers to higher positions. Those promotions leave openings among street-level officers, Donovan says. He is to discuss the proposal at a news conference this afternoon. >Should cities rely on the National Guard if their police force can't do a good enough job keeping the streets safe? Or should cities allow themselves to become New Orleans after the hurricane if violence can't be controlled?>

Do you think florida is the best state to visit in the United States?

make sure you take in mind Disney world, bush gardens, Miami, Florida Keys, NASA. etc... So what do you think>

We're not what we will be.

Based on current plans, projections, and buildings under construction, can you give us a picture of what your city will be like in 5 to 10 years? Why even if we know it well might we be surprised to see it if we returned for a visit, say, seven years from now?>

Louisville twins with Leeds United Kingdom

Metro Newsroom Mayor Explores Economic Development Opportunities in England Monday Mar. 20, 2006 Will Sign Sister Cities Agreement with Leeds Mayor Jerry Abramson leaves tomorrow on a five-day trip to Great Britain where he will sign an official agreement making Leeds, England LouisvilleÂ's eighth Sister City and tout Louisville as a place for economic expansion and investment. Abramson will spend his first day in London, meeting with top executives of Antisoma, a biotechnology company specializing in the development of groundbreaking anti-cancer drugs. The city has been actively courting Antisoma to expand its base in the United States and entertained Antisoma executives at the 2005 Kentucky Derby. In 2005, Antisoma purchased a Louisville bio-tech company, Aptamera. Aptamera was founded by Dr. Donald Miller, executive director of the University of LouisvilleÂ's James Graham Brown Cancer Center. Dr. Miller was recruited to Louisville through the Bucks for Brains program. Â"This trip is a chance to promote our hometown on an international stage,Â" Abramson said. Â"It is also an opportunity for us to forge new relationships with companies that can bring new jobs to Louisville and to our region.Â" While in London, Abramson will also meet with Paul Pilkauskas, director of the European Representative Office of the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. Pilkauskas will join the mayorÂ's delegation for the duration of the visit. Abramson will then travel to Leeds where he will meet with political, university and business leaders who can be instrumental in forging business and education partnerships between the two cities. A trade mission to England last year, led by former Governor Martha Layne Collins, chairman of the Kentucky World Trade Center, opened the door for at least one Louisville company to launch new European operations in Leeds. On Friday, Abramson will address 150 civic leaders at a ceremony to formalize the Sister Cities agreement with the Lord Mayor of Leeds. Officials from both cities have spent the last two years exploring opportunities for exchanges in the areas of education, tourism, economic development, arts and culture. Law faculty, students and nurses have participated in education exchanges between the University of Louisville and institutions in Leeds for several decades. Â"I am delighted that Louisville and Leeds will finally formalize our long-standing friendship by becoming Sister Cities,Â" Abramson said. Â"I look forward to expanded opportunities for exchanges and economic development.Â" Leeds is similar in size and population to Louisville, is a river city and is experiencing economic growth and rapid downtown commercial and residential development. Leeds is also home to the Royal Armouries Museum, a Â"sisterÂ" institution of LouisvilleÂ's Frazier Historical Arms Museum. Shirley Willihnganz, provost of the University of Louisville; Dr. Dan Ash, executive director of Metroversity and vice president for external affairs for Jefferson Community Technical College; Pat Todd, executive director of student assignment for Jefferson County Public Schools; and Laura Frazier, board member of the Frazier Historical Arms Museum will accompany Abramson on the trip. Representatives of the Louisville Convention and VisitorÂ's Bureau and Greater Louisville Inc., the metro chamber of commerce will also travel with the mayor for strategic meetings. Sister Cities of Louisville, which is paying for the mayorÂ's trip, is a non-profit organization that has created opportunities for international exchanges and economic development between Louisville and its other Sister Cities for almost 50 years. LouisvilleÂ's seven other Sister Cities are Montpellier, France; Quito, Ecuador; Tamale, Ghana; Mainz, Germany; Perm Russia; LaPlata, Argentina; and Jiujiang, China. Abramson will return to Louisville on Sunday, March 26, 2006. Welcome from Leeds! >

is Miami, New york city, los angeles world class cities?

This is to show you we have plenty of ignorants out there: i was getting some groceries when i hear this chinese girl asking is miami, new york, and los angeles consider as "world class cities"? i couldn't answer the question because she wasn't speaking to me but man i thought that was a very funny question. this is by far the most ridiculous question i have heard in my entire life. and i really want to see what you people think of this question. IS MIAMI, NEW YORK CITY, LOS ANGELES CONSIDER "WORLD CLASS CITIES" NO THEY ARE JUST CONSIDER GARBAGE CITIES. LOL!!!!!!!! >

do you guys think people in south america consider MIAMI more important than NEW YORK

i visited buenos aires back in 2004 and i told people i was from miami and people just started asking me so many things of the city, also they said i was so lucky to live there all kinds of questions. they were so friendly with me and a lot people over there mention miami so much that i was just wondering if miami is more important for them than new york city is for us. i guess miami is the capital of latin america.>

What Makes YOU Loyal to SSC?

What keeps you coming back to SSC time and time again? Why do you plug it in to the address bar every time you fire up the web browser? Why do you risk scanning your new favourite thread despite your boss needing the report within the hour? What makes YOU loyal to SSC?>

How does your city light up at night?

Does your city light up the skyscrapers...vegas style? post some pictures. If not, would it benefit your city to light the skyline up.>

Global City GDP Rankings 2005 and by 2020

Quote:> Originally Posted by myplayground_1900 > Global City GDP Rankings by 2020 Richest cities and urban areas in 2005 Rank City/Urban area Country GDP in US$bn 1 Tokyo Japan 1191 2 New York USA 1133 3 Los Angeles USA 639 4 Chicago USA 460 5 Paris France 460 6 London UK 452 7 Osaka/Kobe Japan 341 8 Mexico City Mexico 315 9 Philadelphia USA 312 10 Washington DC USA 299 11 Boston USA 290 12 Dallas/Fort Worth USA 268 13 Buenos Aires Argentina 245 14 Hong Kong China 244 15 San Francisco/Oakland USA 242 16 Atlanta USA 236 17 Houston USA 235 18 Miami USA 231 19 Sao Paulo Brazil 225 20 Seoul South Korea 218 21 Toronto Canada 209 22 Detroit USA 203 23 Madrid Spain 188 24 Seattle USA 186 25 Moscow Russia 181 26 Sydney Australia 172 27 Phoenix USA 156 28 Minneapolis USA 155 29 San Diego USA 153 30 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 141 31 Barcelona Spain 140 32 Shanghai China 139 33 Melbourne Australia 135 34 Istanbul Turkey 133 35 Denver USA 130 36 Singapore Singapore 129 37 Mumbai India 126 38 Rome Italy 123 39 Montreal Canada 120 40 Milan Italy 115 41 Baltimore USA 110 42 Metro Manila Philippines 108 43 St Louis USA 101 44 Beijing China 99 45 Cairo Egypt 98 46 Jakarta Indonesia 98 47 Tampa/St Petersburg USA 97 48 Pusan South Korea 95 49 Kolkata India 94 50 Vienna Austria 93 51 Delhi India 93 52 Tel Aviv-Jaffa Israel 92 53 Santiago Chile 91 54 Cleveland USA 90 55 Bangkok Thailand 89 56 Tehran Iran 88 57 Portland USA 87 58 Bogotá Colombia 86 59 St Petersburg Russia 85 60 Guangzhou China 84 61 Pittsburgh USA 80 62 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 80 63 Lisbon Portugal 79 64 Vancouver Canada 79 65 Johannesburg South Africa 79 66 Monterrey Mexico 78 67 Stockholm Sweden 76 68 Cape Town South Africa 75 69 Berlin Germany 75 70 Athens Greece 73 71 Birmingham UK 72 72 Fukuoka Japan 72 73 Manchester UK 69 74 Lima Peru 67 75 Belo Horizonte Brazil 65 76 Guadalajara Mexico 60 77 Hamburg Germany 58 78 Turin Italy 58 79 Lyon France 56 80 Jiddah Saudi Arabia 55 81 Karachi Pakistan 55 82 Dhaka Bangladesh 52 83 Munich Germany 50 84 Dublin Ireland 49 85 Leeds UK 48 86 Warsaw Poland 48 87 Tianjin China 45 88 Bangalore India 45 89 Porto Alegre Brazil 44 90 Helsinki Finland 43 91 Naples Italy 43 92 Budapest India 43 93 Zurich Switzerland 42 94 Ankara Turkey 42 95 Amsterdam Netherlands 42 96 Auckland New Zealand 41 97 Copenhagen Denmark 41 98 Recife Brazil 41 99 Rotterdam Netherlands 40 100 Brussels Belgium 39 101 East Rand South Africa 39 102 Brasilia Brazil 38 103 Salvador El Salvador 38 104 Wuhan China 38 105 Chennai India 38 106 Ho Chi Min City Vietnam 38 107 Hyderabad India 38 108 Fortaleza Brazil 37 109 Prague Czech Republic 36 110 Chongqing China 35 111 Algiers Algeria 35 112 Medellin Colombia 34 113 Taegu South Korea 34 114 Curitiba Brazil 33 115 Ahmadabad India 32 116 Oslo Norway 31 117 Izmir Turkey 31 118 Lagos Nigeria 30 119 Pune India 30 120 Alexandria Egypt 30 121 Cologne Germany 29 122 Lahore Pakistan 28 123 Caracas Venezuela 28 124 Hanoi Vietnam 28 125 Shenyang China 27 126 Puebla Mexico 27 127 Lille France 27 128 Bandung Indonesia 26 129 Casablanca Morocco 24 130 Khartoum Sudan 23 131 Surat India 22 132 Baghdad Iraq 22 133 Chengdu China 21 134 Xian China 19 135 Kanpur India 17 136 Yangon Burma 16 137 Chittagong Bangladesh 16 138 Changchun China 15 139 Jaipur India 15 140 Lucknow India 14 141 Luanda Angola 12 142 Abidjan Ivory Coast 11 143 Pyongyang North Korea 10 144 Faisalabad Pakistan 10 145 Kinshasha Congo 10 146 Krakow Poland 10 147 Kabul Afghanistan 9 148 Nairobi Kenya 8 149 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 7 150 Kano Nigeria 7 151 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 5 Rank City/Urban area Country Est GDP in 2020 in US$bn Est annual growth 2005-2020 1 Tokyo Japan 1602 2.0% 2 New York USA 1561 2.2% 3 Los Angeles USA 886 2.2% 4 London UK 708 3.0% 5 Chicago USA 645 2.3% 6 Paris France 611 1.9% 7 Mexico City Mexico 608 4.5% 8 Philadelphia USA 440 2.3% 9 Osaka/Kobe Japan 430 1.6% 10 Washington DC USA 426 2.4% 11 Buenos Aires Argentina 416 3.6% 12 Boston USA 413 2.4% 13 Sao Paulo Brazil 411 4.1% 14 Hong Kong China 407 3.5% 15 Dallas/Fort Worth USA 384 2.4% 16 Shanghai China 360 6.5% 17 Seoul South Korea 349 3.2% 18 Atlanta USA 347 2.6% 19 San Francisco/Oakland USA 346 2.4% 20 Houston USA 339 2.5% 21 Miami USA 331 2.4% 22 Toronto Canada 327 3.0% 23 Moscow Russia 325 4.0% 24 Mumbai India 300 6.0% 25 Madrid Spain 299 3.2% 26 Detroit USA 287 2.3% 27 Istanbul Turkey 287 5.2% 28 Seattle USA 269 2.5% 29 Beijing China 259 6.6% 30 Metro Manila Philippines 257 5.9% 31 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 256 4.1% 32 Sydney Australia 256 2.7% 33 Jakarta Indonesia 253 6.5% 34 Delhi India 229 6.2% 35 Phoenix USA 228 2.5% 36 Guangzhou China 227 6.9% 37 Minneapolis USA 224 2.5% 38 Kolkata India 224 5.9% 39 San Diego USA 220 2.4% 40 Singapore Singapore 218 3.6% 41 Cairo Egypt 212 5.3% 42 Barcelona Spain 201 2.4% 43 Melbourne Australia 200 2.6% 44 Denver USA 190 2.6% 45 Rome Italy 187 2.9% 46 Bangkok Thailand 180 4.8% 47 Montreal Canada180 180 2.8% 48 Milan Italy 174 2.8% 49 Tehran Iran 172 4.5% 50 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 167 5.0% 51 Pusan South Korea 165 3.8% 52 Bogotá Colombia 163 4.3% 53 Santiago Chile 160 3.8% 54 Monterrey Mexico 157 4.8% 55 Baltimore USA 157 2.4% 56 Tel Aviv-Jaffa Israel 153 3.5% 57 St Petersburg Russia 151 3.9% 58 St Louis USA 146 2.5% 59 Tampa/St Petersburg USA 142 2.5% 60 Johannesburg South Africa 131 3.4% 61 Lisbon Portugal 130 3.3% 62 Cleveland USA 129 2.4% 63 Belo Horizonte Brazil 129 4.6% 64 Portland USA 128 2.6% 65 Vienna Austria 127 2.1% 66 Karachi Pakistan 127 5.8% 67 Dhaka Bangladesh 126 6.1% 68 Lima Peru 123 4.2% 69 Vancouver Canada 121 2.9% 70 Cape Town South Africa 121 3.3% 71 Stockholm Sweden 121 3.2% 72 Guadalajara Mexico 119 4.6% 73 Pittsburgh USA 115 2.4% 74 Tianjin China 112 6.3% 75 Jiddah Saudi Arabia 111 4.8% 76 Bangalore India 110 6.2% 77 Dublin Ireland 99 4.8% 78 Ho Chi Min City Vietnam 98 6.5% 79 Birmingham UK 96 2.0% 80 Wuhan China 96 6.4% 81 Fukuoka Japan 96 2.0% 82 Manchester UK 96 2.2% 83 Hyderabad India 92 6.1% 84 Chennai India 91 6.0% 85 Athens Greece 91 1.5% 86 Berlin Germany 88 1.1% 87 Ankara Turkey 87 5.0% 88 Chongqing China 87 6.3% 89 Lyon France 85 2.8% 90 Turin Italy 84 2.5% 91 Porto Alegre Brazil 82 4.3% 92 Brasilia Brazil 82 5.1% 93 Warsaw Poland 80 3.5% 94 Ahmadabad India 78 6.2% 95 Hamburg Germany 78 2.0% 96 Recife Brazil 77 4.4% 97 Pune India 76 6.3% 98 Lagos Nigeria 76 6.2% 99 Salvador Salvador 75 4.6% 100 Munich Germany 73 2.6% 101 Fortaleza Brazil 73 4.6% 102 Algiers Algeria 73 5.0% 103 Hanoi Vietnam 73 6.6% 104 Bandung Indonesia 69 6.7% 105 Naples Italy 69 3.2% 106 Curitiba Brazil 68 4.9% 107 Shenyang China 68 6.3% 108 Leeds UK 67 2.2% 109 Lahore Pakistan 67 5.9% 110 Alexandria Egypt 66 5.4% 111 East Rand South Africa 65 3.5% 112 Medellin Colombia 65 4.4% 113 Helsinki Finland 65 2.7% 114 Izmir Turkey 62 4.9% 115 Auckland New Zealand 61 2.6% 116 Zurich Switzerland 61 2.4% 117 Amsterdam Netherlands 60 2.5% 118 Prague Czech Republic 58 3.2% 119 Surat India 57 6.5% 120 Rotterdam Netherlands 57 2.4% 121 Copenhagen Denmark 56 2.1% 122 Brussels Belgium 55 2.2% 123 Chengdu China 51 6.3% 124 Khartoum Sudan 51 5.6% 125 Caracas Venezuela 50 3.9% 126 Budapest Hungary 49 0.9% 127 Puebla Mexico 48 4.0% 128 Xian China 48 6.4% 129 Casablanca Morocco 47 4.5% 130 Taegu South Korea 45 1.9% 131 Oslo Norway 44 2.2% 132 Changchun China 42 6.9% 133 Kanpur India 41 6.3% 134 Cologne Germany 40 2.0% 135 Baghdad Iraq 39 4.0% 136 Chittagong Bangladesh 39 6.3% 137 Jaipur India 38 6.4% 138 Lille France 37 2.1% 139 Lucknow India 35 6.3% 140 Yangon Burma 33 4.8% 141 Luanda Angola 29 6.0% 142 Kinshasha Congo 25 6.4% 143 Faisalabad Pakistan 24 6.0% 144 Abidjan Ivory Coast 22 4.9% 145 Kabul Afghanistan 22 6.1% 146 Nairobi Kenya 20 6.3% 147 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 18 6.2% 148 Kano Nigeria 14 5.4% 149 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 13 6.0% 150 Krakow Poland 13 1.9% 151 Pyongyang North Korea 13 1.5% http://www.citymayors.com/statistics...ties-2020.html> >Taken off of the skybar. Apparently city GDP for American cities is based on their MSA's( Metropolitan Statistical Area) and not CSA's (Combined Statistical Area)>

Kudos to "U" on West Coast/Interior West board

Kudos to the western board for some of the most oustanding threads showing major universities. Check out these three threads if you haven't seen them already (all are wonderful....from ground and from air): • University of Washington • University of California System • California State University Sysem>

Hurricane Rita now Cat. 5: is Texas next?

Hurricane Rita is now a category five storm, and still has until Saturday to strengthen. Can we assume that Texas is in for an even worse fate than areas affected by Katrina? I hope for the sake of humanity that a miracle happens between now and Saturday, because it is not looking good for Texas.>

Katrina could prompt new black "great migration"

Katrina could prompt new black "great migration" Mon Sep 5, 2005 3:15 PM ET Printer Friendly | Email Article | Reprints | RSS (Page 1 of 2) By Adam Tanner HOUSTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - If refugees end up building new lives away from New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina may prompt the largest U.S. black resettlement since the 20th century's Great Migration lured southern blacks to the North in a search for jobs and better lives. Interviews with refugees in Houston, which is expecting many thousands of evacuees to remain, suggest that thousands of blacks who lost everything and had no insurance will end up living in Texas or other U.S. states. Officials say it will take many months and maybe even years before the birthplace of jazz is rebuilt. "We advise people that this city has been destroyed," New Orleans Deputy Police Chief Warren Riley told reporters on Monday. "We are simply asking people not to come back to this city right now." Many evacuees like Percy Molere, 26, who worked in a hotel in New Orleans' famed French quarter, say they cannot keep their lives on hold for very long. "If it took a month, I'd go back, but a year, I don't want to wait that long," said Molere. "Hopefully we're going to stay in Houston just to stay out of New Orleans" for the time being. Experts caution that it is too soon to clearly predict the long-term impact of the devastation of New Orleans, a city of less than half a million people more than two-thirds of whom are black. But one scenario would be massive resettlement elsewhere. "You've got 300,000, 400,000 people, many of them low income without a lot of means, who are not going to have the ability to wait out a year or two or three years for the region to rebuild," said Barack Obama, the only black member of the U.S. Senate. "They are going to have to find immediate work, immediate housing, immediately get their kids into school and that probably will change the demographics of the region," he told Reuters on Monday during a visit to Houston, the largest single gathering point for the refugees. Because of the legacy of slavery, southern states including Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina have historically been home to the greatest concentration of U.S. blacks. In 1900, 85 percent of U.S. blacks lived in the South and as early as 1830, more than 58 percent of Louisiana's population was black. Between 1940 and 1970 economic changes prompted 5 million blacks to quit the south for cities across the North including Chicago, Detroit and New York, marking one of the nation's largest internal migrations. Continued ... "It could have potentially that kind of effect," said Obama, whose father immigrated from Kenya. MIGRATION TRENDS New Orleans did not always follow the trend. Historically, far fewer residents have moved from New Orleans than from most American cities, despite its high poverty and crime rates. Nicholas Lemann, author of "The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How it Changed America," was wary of predicting that Katrina would prompt major resettlement. "It is kind of early to tell," he said. But he said as officials elsewhere accommodate large numbers of blacks, they should avoid putting them in confined areas as Chicago did in the past, which created new urban woes. "They should think carefully on how to avoid the sort of ghetto phenomenon," he said. Part of the migration trend will be set by what federal, state and local agencies do to help refugees rebuild their lives. "What I do think should be focused on now is what is the Congress is going to do when they get back," former President Bill Clinton said in Houston on Monday. "How are we going to find jobs for these people, where are they really going to live, do they need some cash right away?" "They feel lost." http://today.reuters.com/investing/f...mber=0&summit=>

Katrina could prompt new black "great migration"

Katrina could prompt new black "great migration" Mon Sep 5, 2005 3:15 PM ET Printer Friendly | Email Article | Reprints | RSS (Page 1 of 2) By Adam Tanner HOUSTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - If refugees end up building new lives away from New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina may prompt the largest U.S. black resettlement since the 20th century's Great Migration lured southern blacks to the North in a search for jobs and better lives. Interviews with refugees in Houston, which is expecting many thousands of evacuees to remain, suggest that thousands of blacks who lost everything and had no insurance will end up living in Texas or other U.S. states. Officials say it will take many months and maybe even years before the birthplace of jazz is rebuilt. "We advise people that this city has been destroyed," New Orleans Deputy Police Chief Warren Riley told reporters on Monday. "We are simply asking people not to come back to this city right now." Many evacuees like Percy Molere, 26, who worked in a hotel in New Orleans' famed French quarter, say they cannot keep their lives on hold for very long. "If it took a month, I'd go back, but a year, I don't want to wait that long," said Molere. "Hopefully we're going to stay in Houston just to stay out of New Orleans" for the time being. Experts caution that it is too soon to clearly predict the long-term impact of the devastation of New Orleans, a city of less than half a million people more than two-thirds of whom are black. But one scenario would be massive resettlement elsewhere. "You've got 300,000, 400,000 people, many of them low income without a lot of means, who are not going to have the ability to wait out a year or two or three years for the region to rebuild," said Barack Obama, the only black member of the U.S. Senate. "They are going to have to find immediate work, immediate housing, immediately get their kids into school and that probably will change the demographics of the region," he told Reuters on Monday during a visit to Houston, the largest single gathering point for the refugees. Because of the legacy of slavery, southern states including Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina have historically been home to the greatest concentration of U.S. blacks. In 1900, 85 percent of U.S. blacks lived in the South and as early as 1830, more than 58 percent of Louisiana's population was black. Between 1940 and 1970 economic changes prompted 5 million blacks to quit the south for cities across the North including Chicago, Detroit and New York, marking one of the nation's largest internal migrations. Continued ... "It could have potentially that kind of effect," said Obama, whose father immigrated from Kenya. MIGRATION TRENDS New Orleans did not always follow the trend. Historically, far fewer residents have moved from New Orleans than from most American cities, despite its high poverty and crime rates. Nicholas Lemann, author of "The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How it Changed America," was wary of predicting that Katrina would prompt major resettlement. "It is kind of early to tell," he said. But he said as officials elsewhere accommodate large numbers of blacks, they should avoid putting them in confined areas as Chicago did in the past, which created new urban woes. "They should think carefully on how to avoid the sort of ghetto phenomenon," he said. Part of the migration trend will be set by what federal, state and local agencies do to help refugees rebuild their lives. "What I do think should be focused on now is what is the Congress is going to do when they get back," former President Bill Clinton said in Houston on Monday. "How are we going to find jobs for these people, where are they really going to live, do they need some cash right away?" "They feel lost." http://today.reuters.com/investing/f...mber=0&summit=>

Metro Area Median Home Prices Ranked 2005

Median Home Prices by MSA ranked. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Single-home price growth over the 12 months ending June 30 was the strongest in history, according to the National Association of Realtors. Link: http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/li...rice.html#table The list in the link above includes duplications of Metro Areas and Metro Divisions, in particular with New York City and Los Angeles. The list below includes only traditional MSAs with over 500,000 residents based on 2004 U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Twelve MSAs over 500,000 were not included and no explanation was given. Perhaps this is due to latest data not available. Those MSAs over 500,000 not included (listed in order of population size) are: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC Fresno, CA Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Bakersfield, CA Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY McAllen-Edinburgh-Pharr, TX Stockton, CA Scranton-Wilkes Barre, PA Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Augusta, GA The remainder of MSAs over 500,000 are ranked below by median home price. * Please note that median home price differs from average home price as the median price means that half the homes are worth more and half the homes are worth less, whereas average includes the value of all homes divided by number of homes. Rank; MSA; Median Price 6-30-05 1. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $726,900 2. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA $605,600 3. Honolulu, HI $577,800 4. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT $487,300 5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA $474,800 6. New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA $452,700 7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $429,200 8. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH $418,500 9. Sacramento-Arden Arcade-Roseville, CA $377,400 10. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $371,600 11. Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL $367,800 12. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $367,600 13. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $310,300 14. Las Vegas-Paradise, NV $300,00 15. Worcester, MA $292,300 16. Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA $291,600 17. New Haven-Milford, CT $283,800 18. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $266,800 19. Baltimore-Towson, MD $264,700 20. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI $263,600 21. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $257,700 22. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $249,100 23. Denver-Aurora, CO $248,400 24. Portland-South Portland, ME $247,200 25. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $243,400 26. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA $238,000 27. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $237,700 28. Orlando, FL $232,200 29. Tucson, AZ $228,500 30. Madison, WI $220,100 31. Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $216,800 32. Colorado Springs, CO $214,200 33. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $211,000 34. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $204,000 35. Richmond, VA $198,400 36. Springfield, MA $197,900 37. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 204,000 38. Charleston-North Charleston, SC $193,600 39. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $192,000 40. Raleigh-Cary, NC $185,200 41. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $176,100 42. Albuquerque, NM $171,700 43. Salt Lake City, UT $169,900 44. Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI $169,200 45. Austin-Round Rock, TX $166,800 46. Jacksonville, FL $166,600 47. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA $166,500 48. Boise City-Nampa, ID $161,800 49. Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN $159,700 50. Kansas City, MO-KS $157,100 51. Birmingham-Hoover, AL $156,100 52. Columbus, OH $155,900 53. New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA $152,600 54. Memphis, TN-MS-AR $150,100 55. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $149,100 56. Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN $148,500 57. Greensboro-High Point, NC $148,000 58. Des Moines, IA $145,100 59. Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH $144,700 60. Knoxville, TN $143,400 61. Greenville, SC $143,200 62. Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX $142,500 63. St. Louis, MO-IL $141,900 64. Grand Rapids, MI $139,000 65. Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $137,300 66. Louisville, KY-IN $136,800 67. Baton Rouge, LA $135,400 68. San Antonio, TX $134,000 69. Columbia, SC $133,700 70. Jackson, MS $124,600 71. Indianapolis, IN $124,600 72. Akron, OH $119,800 73. Dayton, OH $119,400 74. Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR $118,900 75. Toledo, OH $118,600 76. Pittsburgh, PA $118,500 77. Tulsa, OK $117,400 78. Oklahoma City, OK $115,700 79. Rochester, NY $110,700 80. El Paso, TX $108,900 81. Syracuse, NY $108,700 82. Wichita, KS $106,300 83. Buffalo-Niagra Falls, NY $97,500 84. Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $82,900>

cities whose metros are 10x bigger

These are all cities whose metros have around ten times as many people as the cities themselves. It shows much American cities are sprawling fast and how suburbs are swallowing up their core cities. city name/ city pop/ metro pop (approximate figures) Atlanta/ 420,000 / 4,900,000 Boston/ 580,000 / 5,600,000 San Francisco/ 750,000 / 7,200,000 Minneapolis/ 370,000 / 3,300,000 Orlando / 200,000 / 1,900,000 Miami / 380,000 / 5,300,000 Salt Lake City / 170,000 / 1,500,000 Baltimore / 650,000 / 7,800,000 I just estimated the populations, if you have more accurate figures then post them.>