OT: California's fastest growing cities
by ST on May 3, 2010 5:29 PM PDT
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The California Dept. of Finance just released their annual report on population estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State from period of Jan. 1 2009 - 2010. Some interesting highlights include:
10 Largest Cities
1. Los Angeles 4,094,764 +1.1%
2. San Diego 1,376,173 +1.3%
3. San Jose 1,023,083 +1.6%
4. San Francisco 856,095 +1.1%
5. Fresno 502,303 +1.4%
6. Long Beach 494,709 +0.8%
7. Sacramento 486,189 +1.0%
8. Oakland 430,666 +1.2%
9. Santa Ana 357,754 +0.7%
10. Anaheim 353,643 +1.6%
- Fremont 218,128 +1.1%
Alameda County 1,574,857 +1.1%
Contra Costa County 1,073,055 +1.1%
Santa Clara County 1,880,876 +1.3%
California added 393,000 new residents in 2009, putting the state’s January 1st population total at 38,648,000 according to the latest population report released today by the California Department of Finance.
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I feel like I have no say in this
especially since I live on the East Coast; but does anybody know what the expected revenue of having a stadium in Oakland vs. San Jose?
"Dan Johnson did it"
It's all supposition
but check out newballpark.org for some informed speculation.
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There is a chart there from yesterday or the day before that compares the three Impact Reports, but it should all be taken with a grain of salt, because it’s not really comparing apples to apples.
Maybe I'm being pedantic,
but those aren’t the fastest growing cities, just the largest (and Fremont.)
Even largest is semi-arbitrary,
since it’s partly a function of how finely the area is divided into cities. San Jose covers a large area. If Oakland included an equivalent area in neighboring towns, the population difference between the two would be less dramatic.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
That's a really good point about how
having the population all in a single city rather than divided up into several cities gives San Jose a huge political advantage. I hadn’t thought of that.
Even if the population bases are roughly equal (which I think they are), greater San Jose has only one mayor while greater Oakland has about ten.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
This is one of the reasons i cited...
cities as well as counties. San Jose as a city is much larger than Oakland, but Contra-Costa / Alameda County is almost a million people more than Santa Clara. However, as Jeffro pointed out, with a larger city base association, i think more “local, pro-city” fans will support the team, much like the Sharks.
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by ST on May 5, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
It's been over 20 years....
but I loved living in San Diego. Is there a city in the U.S. with a better year round climate?
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Honolulu?
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by Gaijin_Suketto on May 4, 2010 2:11 AM PDT up reply actions
No it gets too hot in Honolulu...
That and it can be humid and rains too much there. No San Diego has the best climate of any city in the United States I’d wager. Not too hot in the summer, not too cold in the winter, not alot of rain, and it’s very rarely even remotely humid. Overall there is no better climate for a big city in the US.
Actually
Hawaii has never had a 100 degree day, its because its surrounded by water. Which has a great heat capacity and acts as a heat sink. Thats also why it rains so much in Hawaii.
That being said I do love my San Diego weather
And thermochemistry is fun
Someone proposed a "specific heat" nickname for Cliff Pennington recently.
Hasn’t really stuck, though. The nickname came from his initials: Cp. Specific heat.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Isn't this totally subjective?
Personally I prefer Honolulu to San Diego precisely because it does rain more often. And I think either one of them is too hot in the summer.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Which is why you're living in the Seattle area :)
It’s very subjective. Although I think we can all agree that Boston’s weather sucks( and if I don’t hear the stupid “seasons!!” argument ever again in my life it’ll be too soon ).
San Diego doesn’t really get that hot in the summer, generally around mid-80s, with the occasional 90+ week. The worst part about the weather here is the stupid may gray/june gloom.
Yes, I know.
To me, mid 80s is too hot. Whoever it was that said Honolulu is too hot I think may be mistaken because I think Honolulu really isn’t any hotter than SD.
I actually dislike the sun more than I dislike the heat. I can tolerate temperatures in the 90s so long as I’m not in direct sunlight. Most people say heat is better when it’s dry, but dry usually means no clouds, and no clouds means more sun. If it has to be hot, I’d rather it be hot and overcast. Or better yet raining.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Ugh, I hate hot, rainy weather
We get that here in Charleston in the summer. Not only is it unbearably sticky, but when the rain stops, the mosquitos and gnats come out with a vengeance.
That being said, I used to live in Albuquerque, and I’ll take Charleston humidity over the dry heat any day.
Yuck, bugs!
I hate bugs. I have to admit, I’ve never actually lives in a climate that is hot and wet, and I’ve never visited for more than about five days at a time. People tell me that if I actually lived in it I would learn to hate it, and that may be true.
I’ll just stick with cool and wet. That works for me.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I hate bugs too
But they sure do seem to love me. Well, my blood anyway. Hot, rainy weather is probably nice if you’re on vacation on some tropical island with an alcoholic beverage in your hand. But I’m not on vacation, I’m not on an island, and they told me I can’t drink on the job anymore.
West Texas is nice
118 in the summer, 0 degrees in the winter, constant wind, draught interspersed with lightning storms and the occasional tornado.
by redtopcowboy on May 5, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
too humid.
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I’m pretty sure the answer to the poll is sacramento. Cahill should definitely give up less HRs in AAA.
by chri5 on May 4, 2010 11:49 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
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