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Old Posted Feb 20, 2007, 10:37 PM
Agzilla1999 Agzilla1999 is offline
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Having been born and raised in San Antonio for many years I will admit that there has been the perception of it being a big poor city...and in many cases there is relevant data to prove such. However, times are changing...just as they have for many other cities across America. All you have to do is look at all of the economic development happening to the city (Toyota...Increased Military Development...Tourism...Biotechnology...Oil & Gas...Communications) and you will soon realize why San Antonio will become a true economic force for the nation. With a burgeoning student population and opening of future campuses like Texas A&M @ SA the "perception" of it being a big poor city will continue to fade...that is unless of course people continue to want to view it as such...in which case there is NO data that I or any one else could or should do to prove otherwise. SA has much to be proud of...especially with a relatively low cost of living. I did a little research...since everyone's into numbers and what not and below is a list of what I found from the US Census bureau website:

I took five NFL cities that are bigger and smaller then SA's MSA to figure out how it compared against their economies.....

25. Denver, CO: Population Labor Force -- 1,776,385
Median income -- 54,896
Poverty percent (all people) -- 9.9%
Mean travel time to work -- 25.7 mins
Middle Class (b/w 35k & 99K) -- 446,808

29. Kansas City, KS: Population labor force -- 1,475,780
Median income -- 50,486
Poverty percent (all people) -- 10.4%
Mean travel time to work -- 22.4 mins
Middle Class -- 370,272

30. San Francisco, CA: Population labor force -- 3,225,651
Median income -- 65,382
Poverty percent (all people) -- 9.9%
Mean travel time to work -- 28.3 mins
Middle Class -- 661,004

33. Cincinnati, OH: Population labor force -- 1,568,616
Median income -- 48,144
Poverty percent (all people) -- 11.6%
Mean travel time to work -- 23.3 mins
Middle Class -- 382,571

37. Indianpolis, IN: Population labor force -- 1,213,475
Median income -- 49,888
Poverty percent (all people) -- 10.5%
Mean travel time to work -- 23.8 mins
Middle Class -- 316,181

38. San Antonio, TX: Population labor force -- 1,382,572
Median income -- 43,263
Poverty percent (all people) -- 16.2%
Mean travel time to work -- 24.9 mins
Middle Class -- 292,163

43. Charlotte, NC: Population labor force -- 1,136,742
Median income -- 47,104
Poverty percent (all people) -- 11.9%
Mean travel time to work -- 25.3 mins
Middle Class -- 265,150

45. New Orleans, LA: Population labor force -- 1,003,055
Median income -- 39,879
Poverty percent (all people) -- 17.8%
Mean travel time to work -- 26.5 mins
Middle Class -- 197,734

53. Buffalo, NY: Population labor force -- 888,734
Median income -- 42,315
Poverty percent (all people) -- 12.7%
Mean travel time to work -- 20.3 mins
Middle Class -- 213,725

59. Jacksonville, FL: Population labor force -- 943, 249
Median income -- 47,323
Poverty percent (all people) -- 10.8%
Mean travel time to work -- 25.5 mins
Middle Class -- 239,521

154. Green Bay, WI: Population labor force -- 226,155
Median income -- 47,809
Poverty percent (all people) -- 9.5%
Mean travel time to work -- 19.1 mins
Middle Class -- 60,989

While the above doesn't prove or disprove anything...it at least shows that SA is inline with many other cities with NFL teams.

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet...s=190056554421

http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/midd...soverview.html

http://wireless.fcc.gov/wlnp/documents/top100.pdf
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