Hometown Size

Demiurge · Post by **Demiurge** » 2003-10-09 07:02pm

Zaia wrote:
Demiurge wrote:
Zaia wrote:*stifled laugh* My hometown proper has about 300 people in it.
I don't think I've even been in a town that small.
Well, we have a couple neighbourhoods, a few stop signs, a church, a dry cleaners with some as-of-yet unidentifiable Asian alphabet on it, railroad tracks, and a small quarry. The closest post office (which belongs to another town) is a 15-20 minute drive. That's it. Oh, but we also have lovely wooded hills, a few streams, and three waterfalls. It's quite lovely.

I'm not really a city girl. In case that wasn't clear.

Do you have electricity yet?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-09 07:03pm

Yeah, but they all have to take turns on the bicycle.

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2003-10-09 07:03pm

My hometown has approximately 500,000 in the greater area (250,000 in the city limits). The city I'm currently living in (Santiago, Chile) has about 5.5 million.

P.S. I'm waiting for someone from Hong Kong, Tokyo, or Mexico City to chime in.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-10-09 07:03pm

Hamilton, Ohio. 61,000 some odd at last check. It's grown since we moved in '81.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-10-09 07:05pm

Demiurge wrote:
Zaia wrote:<blah blah hometown blah>
Do you have electricity yet?

*folds arms*

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-10-09 07:11pm

Zaia wrote:
Demiurge wrote:
Zaia wrote:<blah blah hometown blah>
Do you have electricity yet?
*folds arms*

I'll take that as a no.

By the by...

116,510 people.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-10-09 07:15pm

Captain_Cyran wrote:
Zaia wrote:*folds arms*
I'll take that as a no.

By the by...

116,510 people.

Yeah, I generate the power for my computer myself with a crank and a lot of sweat.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-10-09 07:17pm

Zaia wrote:Yeah, I generate the power for my computer myself with a crank and a lot of sweat.

Wow, you really need to modernize.

Get a chimp to do it. They're the wave of the future.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-10-09 07:17pm

Zaia wrote:
Captain_Cyran wrote:
Zaia wrote:*folds arms*
I'll take that as a no.

By the by...

116,510 people.
Yeah, I generate the power for my computer myself with a crank and a lot of sweat.

You mean you don't do as city folk do and just have three gerbils and a wheel

?

Demiurge · Post by **Demiurge** » 2003-10-09 07:21pm

I'm sure the power of small-town wholesomeness would suffice.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-10-09 07:29pm

I have lived my entire life in Santa Clara, CA, which had a population of 98,726 in 1996, according to the US Census. I believe we've since broken 100k, but it doesn't really matter, since (as I'm sure TPJ can attest) city boundaries around here are effectively nonexistant; you don't much think when travelling from city to city, since everything is continuous.
Really I consider my "home town" to be the San Jose Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (as termed by the US Census), which includes the cities of San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, and others. This area has a population of 1,682,585 (ref. 2000 Census).

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-10-09 07:54pm

Deptford, NJ: Population 26,763 as of the 2000 census, up 10% from 1990. It's sorta misleading to go from the population of the township, though, because the municipalities all sorta run together (I'm sure the other suburbanites here would recognize the phenomonon).

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-10-09 08:23pm

Loreauville is a small town with 1000 to maybe 1200. I have no affinity to it I live atleast ten miles out of town, I just go to school there. I go into New Iberia which is 70,000+ to do any business.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-10-09 08:26pm

I don't really have a hometown, technically speaking. The area where I lived is labeled as being part of Marietta, GA, but it isn't really. It's a suburb that falls under the jurisdiction of Cobb County.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2003-10-09 08:26pm

Where's the over 5 million option? Or do you want me only to count the boro or neighborhood (kind of hard since I'm fromin between flatlands, midwood, and flatbush) I'm from?

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-10-09 09:18pm

Well...I think my mom has you all beat for Hometown size.

120-150 people. She didn't have indoor plumbing.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-10-09 09:18pm

I live in Preston, England. Population 129,600 according to a mid-2001 census. It actually seems alot smaller though living here.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-09 09:36pm

~600,000

~ver

Sidious · Post by **Sidious** » 2003-10-09 10:07pm

Portland, Oregon

Around 538,000.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-10-09 10:36pm

Boca Raton. Incorporated + Unincorporated is around 70,000 people. Even with all these people in such a small area, they STILL make it feel damn open, grrrrr....

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-10-09 10:38pm

Demiurge wrote:I'm sure the power of small-town wholesomeness would suffice.

Who said we were wholesome?

Demiurge · Post by **Demiurge** » 2003-10-09 10:42pm

Zaia wrote:
Who said we were wholesome?

Bah. There's nothing more wholesome than sitting around all day making candles and quilts.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-10-09 10:52pm

A few thousand short of a million in 2000, and I'm pretty sure we've broken the 1 million mark since then.

On the topic of small towns I was driving around near the coast and saw one that said "Popul: 47"

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-10-09 10:57pm

Demiurge wrote:
Zaia wrote:
Who said we were wholesome?
Bah. There's nothing more wholesome than sitting around all day making candles and quilts.

Quilts to light on fire in the local barn...and candles to light said fires. With more quilts to fan the fire.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-10-09 11:02pm

I was born in Best.

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