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Originally Posted by portapetey
I recognize that many other cities have large geographies with a large population scattered loosely throughout. But I'm talking about HRM, and HRM has a tiny urban core relative to its enormous landmass.
The urban population centre - according to the definition laid out by Statistics Canada, and essentially anything that can reasonably be called "city" - has 300,000 people.
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-re...1&geocode=0348
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-re...ustom=&TABID=2
Not sure why people are so resistant to this simple fact. I blame amalgamation - in the early 90s, people seemed to know that Halifax was a "metro" area of 250 - 300,000. With amalgamation and the sudden swell of 100,000 people, we lost our minds. ;-)
The point is simply that it's a small city, even smaller than people seem to think it is, and dreams of a downtown filled with 60-story buildings any time in the near future are unrealistic. |
Isn't this all a matter of semantics? You might make a better point by stating what area you are referring to as the urban core and metro area.
All the information posted seems to indicate that there are about 390,000 people in an area of about 2500 square kilometers of the 5500 square kilometers of the county of Halifax. The remaining 20,000 - 25,000 people are in the other 3000 square kilometers. Are you disputing this point?