How big a town are you from?
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hawkdrummer1
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Grand Junction was my first thought (been there several times on biz) but it's nowhere near 130,000
SmokeTownHawk
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Lived there too for a time back in the 80's. Even then it was a fast-growing area. Large amount of transient population in that many are working on their Master's or PhD and then leave when their research grant ended, or were a new hire for an expanding department @ SUI. As it is what is happening around IC is what demographers have been talking about for years; the resettling of the Iowa population to less than a handful of metro areas.
tksirius
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Yeah, probably closer to 60 or 70 thousand. But man, do they love their dirt bikes!
WFO baby! If you go by the city limits then it is 60K. I think GJHawk may be referring to the greater Grand Junction Metropolitan area as a whole. That would be like referring to the Iowa City metropolitan area which includes Coralville and North Liberty. The suburbs out there are just lines on a map usually. You cross the street and, voilà, you are in another municipality.
DMLadyhawk
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Also lived in Philadelphia for a few years as a child and one of the few things I remember is Wanamakers. Standing in line with my little brother waiting to see Santa Claus and him screaming......Another brother used to crawl into the display fixtures so had to be on a little harness.Grew up in Philadelphia until the seventh grade when we moved to DM.....
Over 2 million folks for neighbors at the time.....
Used to ride the trolleys and subway/elevated trains. In the Summer we would wait by the turnstiles for the sound of the subway approaching. When we heard it slow down we would race to the turnstiles and slide under them, not unlike sliding into third base, and run to the train with the security screaming at us.....
When Christmas came around we would go to John Wanamaker's Department Store to ride the monorail around the ceiling.....
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Nonetheless, Iowa is a much better place to live.....
The Big LeHAWKski
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Well-played WinOne...well-played.
Little too old for a dirt bike. Still get out to hike and play golf.
Oops, got an extra zero in there. Grand Junction. Actual town isn't that big, but the valley where Grand Junction is located has that big a population.
Correct. According to Wikipedia the valley had a population of 147083 in 2011. Everyone here just considers the valley as one big community.
M1911A1Hawkeye
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Grew up around Independence and now live in Las Vegas.
1hawkeye1
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In west Philadelphia born and raised. On the playground was where I spent most of my days. Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool. Shooting some b-ball................. Can't believe no one has posted that yet.
For real though:
Grew up in Nashua, IA which at the time had a population of about 1900 and a graduating class of around 75, IIRC. Those were great times as a kid. Leaving the house in the morning with no particular plans in mind and coming home at dark exhausted from all the things we did.
Used to climb the grain elevator late at night in our early teens, then sit up there and enjoy the view. My those were the days.
Live in Clear Lake now which has about 7700 people. I love the town as there is something going on nearly every weekend. I'm just a small town guy. Could never survive in a city. I hate crowds and traffic.
For real though:
Grew up in Nashua, IA which at the time had a population of about 1900 and a graduating class of around 75, IIRC. Those were great times as a kid. Leaving the house in the morning with no particular plans in mind and coming home at dark exhausted from all the things we did.
Used to climb the grain elevator late at night in our early teens, then sit up there and enjoy the view. My those were the days.
Live in Clear Lake now which has about 7700 people. I love the town as there is something going on nearly every weekend. I'm just a small town guy. Could never survive in a city. I hate crowds and traffic.
That sounds about right. I like Grand Junction. Spend the night there about once a year or so. I have property out in Arizona and on some trips we drive out there. Grand Junction is a good day's drive from Prescott.
MelroseHawkins
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Grew up close to Chucktown. Bunch of thugs up there. Always wanted to fight guys from my town, even though our town was much smaller.
MelroseHawkins
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Did you ever sneak into the Nashua Country Club to swim at night with friends?
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I went from working outside and on the road a lot to having a desk job. That was a bigger change than going from driving to work and then not. Thankfully I have an ear piece and a standing desk so I'm not totally nailed down to my desk I can go outside about 50 yards or so now.
carolinahawk
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Nashua class of 1980. Great place to grow up. Live in a small town near Charlotte, NC now.
mopkins
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Born and raised in Marshalltown...25,000 or so people.
Grad class was around 350.
After college I moved to the Twin Cities...3,000,000+ people. I love it. So much variety and so much to do compared to small towns.
From my perspective in the IT field, all white collar jobs are heading where the talent is and where the talent wants to live, which is big cities. Long gone are the days when an employee hooks their trailer to one company and rides them all the way to retirement. Loyalty no longer exists when a company can outsource your job at any point.
My assumption is that over the next 3-5 years the work from home opportunities are going to explode as companies continue looking for ways to cut costs, which could be good for smaller towns. It would allow people to live where they actually want to and raise a family where they want to.
Grad class was around 350.
After college I moved to the Twin Cities...3,000,000+ people. I love it. So much variety and so much to do compared to small towns.
From my perspective in the IT field, all white collar jobs are heading where the talent is and where the talent wants to live, which is big cities. Long gone are the days when an employee hooks their trailer to one company and rides them all the way to retirement. Loyalty no longer exists when a company can outsource your job at any point.
My assumption is that over the next 3-5 years the work from home opportunities are going to explode as companies continue looking for ways to cut costs, which could be good for smaller towns. It would allow people to live where they actually want to and raise a family where they want to.
