Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

How far are you from a city of 100,000 people or more?

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge Donate to DU
 
mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 03:53 PM
Original message
How far are you from a city of 100,000 people or more?
Thought this would put a twist on the "where are you located" question. I'm keeping the question general, as some might not want to give much of a hint where they are. I'm about 25-30 miles away (from both Allentown and Philly.)
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 03:55 PM
Response to Original message
1. i'm in one
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 03:57 PM
Response to Reply #1
4. Yes, that's one of the answers of course
I've always been a suburban person. Live in s fairly small place close to a big city.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
midlife_mo_Jo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 05:12 PM
Response to Reply #1
41. I live in one
that's really a suburb of one of the largest cities in the country.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:42 PM
Response to Reply #1
57. so am I.nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 03:56 PM
Response to Original message
2. No miles. I live in a city of 250,000 people.
BTW... I used to live in the same area you do. Eastern PA is a nice area.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 03:56 PM
Response to Original message
3. I live in one.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 03:57 PM
Response to Original message
5. An hour from Peoria, an hour from Aurora, both of which
have around 100,000 people.

Why do you ask?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 03:58 PM
Response to Reply #5
6. I'm getting a feel for how rural DUers are
:hi:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:02 PM
Response to Reply #6
13. I'd like to be more rural. I intend to return to a rural area in a year or two.
This area is becoming suburban, and I DO NOT want to live in a suburb.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 03:59 PM
Response to Original message
7. I live in Minneapolis, MN
it is well over 100,000 people.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:01 PM
Response to Reply #7
10. Dooood
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7098875&mesg_id=7098904
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:56 PM
Response to Reply #10
35. So, like, what town are these 3 blocks in?
Hello fellow Minnesotan.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 05:18 PM
Response to Reply #35
43. Edina
:hi:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:00 PM
Response to Original message
8. Three blocks from
Minneapolis.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:01 PM
Response to Original message
9. I'm in one.
Austin, TX
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:02 PM
Response to Reply #9
12. Hi, GOPisEvil!
You live in one of the more liberal parts of the state at least.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:05 PM
Response to Reply #12
14. This is true!
However, Dallas County is completely blue and inner Houston is quite blue as well. Also, the Rio Grande Valley and El Paso consistently vote Democratic (those that vote). Sorry for the rant, but there are lots of us down here. Austin, though, is a bit more hippie liberal.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:07 PM
Response to Reply #14
15. Good to know
Out of curiosity, what are the most conservative parts? In PA, the blue areas are so big that Democrats can win elections.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:10 PM
Response to Reply #15
19. The big city suburbs are VERY conservative.
Plus so is West Texas and the Panhandle. East Texas is a mixture.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:09 PM
Response to Reply #9
17. How was the exam?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:39 PM
Response to Reply #17
26. Passed!
Don't know the score, but passing is passing!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:02 PM
Response to Original message
11. I'm in one and I'm about 1 1/2 hours from Atlanta (a really big city.) n/t
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 04:02 PM by CottonBear
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:08 PM
Response to Original message
16. I'm in one. n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:10 PM
Response to Original message
18. in one
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:12 PM
Response to Original message
20. I'm in one.
Not only is NYC one of the largest cities, but Staten Island, all by itself, is a large city with over half a million people (I think).
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Phentex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:30 PM
Response to Original message
21. Not. Far. Enough.

:crazy:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:30 PM
Response to Original message
22. 120 miles
Driving Distance: 120 miles
Driving Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes

http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/directions/dirGetMileageInput.jsp?cmty=0

I only go there to loot, burn, and pillage.

:hi:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:33 PM
Response to Reply #22
23. "I only go there to loot, burn, and pillage."
LOL!

So when is your next vacation in Washington, D.C.? :P
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:54 PM
Response to Reply #23
34. Took daughter there
in her senior year a few years back. Same thing really, we just kept all the pillaging PG-13.

:P
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:35 PM
Response to Reply #22
24. LOL
:hi:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:37 PM
Response to Original message
25. about 45 miles from downtown Chicago. nt.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
backwoodsbob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:47 PM
Response to Reply #25
28. minimum
120 miles from the closest city that MIGHT hit 100,000

my town here...split between Virginia and West Virginia...MAY hit 20,000 including the outskirts that arent officially part of the town.And I live 5 miles outside of that.

I live a half mile up a mountain on my personal dirt road.We have a population of...lets see..me,the wife,the kid..the wifes nephew and his wife in the house below us...and lets see.....LOTS of wildlife
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:54 PM
Response to Reply #28
33. I was born in Lexington VA. nt.
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 04:54 PM by IndianaJones
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:44 PM
Response to Original message
27. 55 miles
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:49 PM
Response to Original message
29. I'm about 80 miles south of Pittsburgh...
Morgantown WV's "metro area" tecnically has 100k, but that's if you include the student pop (28k), plus the population of the adjascent counties.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:50 PM
Response to Original message
30. I live about 10 miles from the largest 'town' in the USA!
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 04:51 PM by Breeze54
I used to live http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framingham,_Massachusetts">there. That was where my 2nd apt. (age 19) was located.
It has a permanent traffic jam now, all day and night, it seems. And much higher crime now. :(
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:50 PM
Response to Original message
31. About 10 miles from Northeast Philly
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:51 PM
Response to Original message
32. Live in one.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Colorado Progressive Donating Member (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:58 PM
Response to Original message
36. 17 miles.
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 05:01 PM by Colorado Progressive
But since that city is Colorado Springs, it is FAR too close.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:59 PM
Response to Original message
37. I live in the world's largest suburb - some 10 mil.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 04:59 PM
Response to Original message
38. 170+ miles to El Paso, 180 to Lubbock, 277 to ALBQ, NM only 142 to Las Cruces on 2 lane road n/t
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 05:05 PM by AZDemDist6
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 05:09 PM
Response to Original message
39. 20 minutes from San Jose
If that. Most people don't realize that San Jose is one of the largest cities in California in terms of population - close to a million people.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 05:10 PM
Response to Original message
40. 21 miles.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Genevieve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 05:12 PM
Response to Original message
42. I live in New York City. nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 12:49 AM
Response to Reply #42
79. Welcome to DU, fellow NYCer!
:toast:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 05:26 PM
Response to Original message
44. 0 miles. I live in one.
Portland, to be exact.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 05:48 PM
Response to Original message
45. 30 miles from Pittsburgh.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:02 PM
Response to Reply #45
61. Me too! give or take...
:hi:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 05:56 PM
Response to Original message
46. In one
Manchester, NH
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 06:04 PM
Response to Original message
47. 110 miles from Pgh.
:hi:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
likesmountains 52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 06:21 PM
Response to Original message
48. 200 miles from anything that big...
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Thirtieschild Donating Member (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 07:13 PM
Response to Original message
49. 150 miles to El Paso, 200 miles to Tucson, 240 miles to Albuquerque
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
QMPMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 07:49 PM
Response to Original message
50. No miles. I live in the downtown metro area of about 1,000,000
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 07:50 PM by QMPMom
people, by the time you count the burbs that are about, no lie, 5 feet outside the city limits and leach off us.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 07:55 PM
Response to Original message
51. Less than 5 miles
Less than 10 miles from a city of about 500K
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
cordelia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 07:56 PM
Response to Original message
52. I'm in one. n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 07:57 PM
Response to Original message
53. Pretty much in the middle of one.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 07:59 PM
Response to Original message
54. 72 miles nw of nyc
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 07:59 PM
Response to Original message
55. 3.7 miles from downtown chicago.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:21 PM
Response to Original message
56. 2 blocks
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:45 PM
Response to Original message
58. 10 miles west of downtown Chicago.
Small town charm, city access.

:D
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:46 PM
Response to Original message
59. About 0.0 miles (Irving, Texas)
Pop. 119,000. Not to mention the behemoth to the southeast!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:48 PM
Response to Original message
60. Me. nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:05 PM
Response to Original message
62. 20-25 miles
from Visalia, CA
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
unsavedtrash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:14 PM
Response to Original message
63. 57 miles to Birmingham n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:17 PM
Response to Original message
64. I'm in one
NY,NY - definitely more than 100,000 people
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:19 PM
Response to Original message
65. 237 miles...
...Spokane, WA. is the closest large city. I'm over 100 miles from the nearest interstate highway.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:26 PM
Response to Original message
66. about 25 miles from Washington, DC...
Also about 50 miles from Baltimore. Yeah. I am smack in the middle of suburbia central....
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
OregonBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:44 PM
Response to Original message
67. 105 miles from Portlnad, OR. Town of 250. Love it.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 10:01 PM
Response to Original message
68. South San Francisco, closest city of 100,000+ is Daly City (really) nt
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 10:04 PM by CreekDog
less than a block away.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Mugu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 10:02 PM
Response to Original message
69. About 60 miles from Chicago. nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 10:23 PM
Response to Original message
70. I'm in the epicenter of one
I loves my city living.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
RushIsRot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 10:29 PM
Response to Original message
71. I'm about 70 miles south of Springfield, MO.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
otherlander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 10:46 PM
Response to Original message
72. An hour by train
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 10:47 PM
Response to Original message
73. 117 miles
and I LIKE it!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 11:59 PM
Response to Original message
74. About 2 1/2 hours away.
Minneapolis and St. Paul are the nearest cities to me with at least a 100,000 or more people.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 12:01 AM
Response to Original message
75. I live in one
Actually, I've never lived anywhere *but* in a place of 100K or more.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 12:16 AM
Response to Original message
76. I'm in Chicago
...
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 12:18 AM
Response to Original message
77. about seven miles....
I live in a densely populated area of Cuyahoga County, Ohio...

The area around me for about three miles in an arc has about two hundred thousand...
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 12:46 AM
Response to Original message
78. Around 50 miles
I'm currently living in Huntsville, TX, which is probably around 50 miles or so from Houston, which definitely meets the 100,000+ people standard. Maybe a little closer than fifty miles, maybe a little further- Houston and all its suburbs kind of blend together for me, and I'm not quite sure where one city ends and the other begins.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
coffee_strong Donating Member (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 06:54 AM
Response to Original message
80. about 70
miles, and I like it that way.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 07:37 AM
Response to Original message
81. I'm in one.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon May 13th 2024, 10:36 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC