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Originally Posted by timothyncrystal
http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/CO-EST2007-01.html
Well, I hate to break it to you, but you need to look at the NOLA figures again. New Orleans is not as big as it use to be, Orleans parish as of July 07 was 239,124, and the metro dropped too; take a look at the link above. The rest moved to Livingston. The rest of the people in this thread (Mobile), please do not make anymore accusations about Louisiana and Alabama, because it starts complications with others looking at how we, as a city, act, even though most are not living in Mobile. However, my intention was to post how the city and metro has grown. Oh, and Bucket I heard the ad, it did not say anything about Boeing being a bunch of sore losers, where did you get that from?
Last, some fellow took some awesome pics of Mobile, check out this link.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=148081
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Timothy, I am sorry if you were, at all, upset about the comparisons, I really don't think that was any one's intentions. SSP, as you know is a forum, where dialog can be created, and everyone can express their opinion about developments and cities. I personally believe comparing cities is a great way to share in that dialog, and to see where cities have been, where they are going, how they can improve, and where they stack regionally. I have taken a great interest in Mobile developments, which is why I have been recently sharing in this dialog. If my comparison of Mobile to other cities offends you, because the numbers just don't add up in Mobile's favor, then I apologize. My comparing Mobile to other cities, isn't to knock the city, or poke fun at it, its simply to provide a perspective. I am positive you weren't upset when Forbes compared Mobile to other cities in the US, and decided it had the fastest growing economy.
As for New Orleans, I did not feel it was necessary to report that the New Orleans metro had lost about 150,000 people, because historically, it has been a city of 1.2 million, and I made the assumption people new that. As for how comparing cities gives a bad rep for mobilians, baffles me. If anything, one would assume Mobilians "dream big", especially if they had read the "trump" thread.
I really think Port of Bama summed everything up in the best possible way. The Deep South is growing so fast, period, that it is hard to pinpoint a specific metro along the gulf coast. You cant simply call it all of New Orleans, or Mobile, or Pensacola, and I agree completely with Port of Bama.
About the tanker ad, again Tim, you were being highly critical. Of course they did not use the lingo I did, about calling Boeing "sore losers." I can not remember specifically the words they used, but that phrased summed it up. But I can tell you I do remember them, in a very professional way, knocking Boeing for challenging the Air Forces decision. I hope that clears it up for you.
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