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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
mike, the incocnsistencies in how different cities define their "downtowns" vary so dramtically that there is no such thing as getting "ballpark figures".
this endeavor is meaningless and it will always be meanignless unless someone comes up with a way to consistently define and determine what exactly is "downtown" for all of the major cities around the country, and indeed around the world.
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I had typed something very similar, but lost it when the forum was acting up, today.
That's exactly the case. These comparisons are apples to oranges unless there's some consistency. The ONLY decent thread that ever accurately compared inner-city/downtown populations was the one that showed the population and density of each city's inner 25 square miles. Anything else is just ridiculous.