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Post by lordroel on Jul 2, 2016 9:40:28 GMT
Bloody hell! I knew there was a lot of development in the desert areas of the SW interior but didn't realise Phoenix was that high up the ranking. Would have thought if there was any up there it would be Los Vagus. Phoenix is actually huge in terms of its metropolitan area. Las Vegas is up there; it was for a time (and may still be) the largest city founded in the 20th century, as Chicago was the largest founded in the 19th century. It is fun to see that the State of Montezuma almost swallows up the states of Arizona and New Mexico. |
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Post by stevep on Jul 2, 2016 13:06:10 GMT
Bloody hell! I knew there was a lot of development in the desert areas of the SW interior but didn't realise Phoenix was that high up the ranking. Would have thought if there was any up there it would be Los Vagus. Phoenix is actually huge in terms of its metropolitan area. Las Vegas is up there; it was for a time (and may still be) the largest city founded in the 20th century, as Chicago was the largest founded in the 19th century. Interesting. I think it depends on what you define as city. According to the US definition of urban areas and using the 2010 census Phoenix is only 12th on the list. Although that's still higher than I would have thought. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas. Mind you its still 11 places higher than Vegas which is only 23rd. |
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Post by spanishspy on Jul 2, 2016 19:26:16 GMT
Phoenix is actually huge in terms of its metropolitan area. Las Vegas is up there; it was for a time (and may still be) the largest city founded in the 20th century, as Chicago was the largest founded in the 19th century. It is fun to see that the State of Montezuma almost swallows up the states of Arizona and New Mexico. It makes sense, given their low populations. |
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