Vegas 28th largest US City?

[Rubber Duck]

This just seems to underline how rural the US really is. Vegas has a population well under half a million. Compare this with Europe and it is quite obvious that Urban living is not really a massive feature of US living.

[idnowner]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

This just seems to underline how rural the US really is. Vegas has a population well under half a million. Compare this with Europe and it is quite obvious that Urban living is not really a massive feature of US living.

Are you talking about the Vegas in Nevăda?

[markits]

How do you type in "Nevăda" in US, idnowner?
You made me the new owner of Nevăda.net very happy

[Drewbert]

Practically every city in Europe is at least 10 times older the Las Vegas.

Las Vegas population growth is booming. A shame they won't have the fresh water to support it.

[Rubber Duck]

It would seem that the largest Urban concentrations in Europe are actually to be found in Russia. That would seemly make those Russian properties enourmously valuable. Not only does it mean that individual domain names have a higher natural market, but also large conurbations tend to attract large amount of capital investment. It would seem that Russia is in line for a massive amount of inward investement.

http://www.citymayors.com/features/euro_cities1.html

Originally Posted by Drewbert

Practically every city in Europe is at least 10 times older the Las Vegas.

Las Vegas population growth is booming. A shame they won't have the fresh water to support it.

Come on. Development with almost total disregard for the environment is deeply rooted in the culture!

[rkae]

I don't know about that link.

from the link: Athens: 772,000
from wikipedia: "A bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis with an urban population of 3.3 million and total population of about 3.8 million"

am I missing something?

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by rkae

I don't know about that link.

from the link: Athens: 772,000
from wikipedia: "A bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis with an urban population of 3.3 million and total population of about 3.8 million"

am I missing something?

Some of the UK cities are actually given as being quite small. The problem is what you actually count. There are often big discrepancies between the official city and the greater conurbation. Manchester is a key example.

[yanni]

This table provides population figures for cities with legally defined boundaries, with recognised urban status and with its own local government. The figures do not take into account suburban settlements or other heavily populated areas outside city boundaries.

'S why.

[burnsinternet]

Vegas is well over a million. Just like Atlanta and LA show small populations, the metro areas are large.

[tee1]

talk about growth, I dont think they all stay, they probably get thirsty and go back home. :p

"Clark County is one of the fastest-growing areas in the country, with more than 5,000 people moving here each month.

.....it provides regional services for more than 1.9 million residents and 43 million tourists a year"

http://www.co.clark.nv.us/Public_com...ark_county.htm

[Bruins]

LV is our Sin City and it's importance is waaaay higher than #28.

We live in the land of the moral preachers who bang little boys in the back of the church.

[bwhhisc]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

This just seems to underline how rural the US really is. Vegas has a population well under half a million. Compare this with Europe and it is quite obvious that Urban living is not really a massive feature of US living.

Clark Country (Las Vegas) has 1.5 million permanent population.
The 500,000 are those that just live in the city.

Vegas gets approx 1,000,000 visitors a WEEK in peak season, 40 million visitors annually!
Pretty impressive numbers, a good many of those are international convention groups.
They have spectacular facilites for huge exhibitions and shows.

Originally Posted by Bruins

We live in the land of the moral preachers who bang little boys in the back of the church.

SciFi-aka GoIdn-aka Bruins- That is an unnecessary comment based on a small number of dispicable incidents.

[Rubber Duck]

Sounds like Hell! Wild horses wouldn't drag me there.

The point I was trying to make, however, still seems pretty valid and rather crucial in the the roll-out of Fibre Optic Internet, is that the US is generally far less urbanised generally than Europe, or much of the Far East.

[jacksonm]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

Sounds like Hell! Wild horses wouldn't drag me there.

The point I was trying to make, however, still seems pretty valid and rather crucial in the the roll-out of Fibre Optic Internet, is that the US is generally far less urbanised generally than Europe, or much of the Far East.

35% of the US population (about 108 million) lives in the top 20 largest metro areas, the smallest area of the top 20 being Baltimore at 2.65 million.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...opolitan_areas

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[thefabfive]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

The point I was trying to make, however, still seems pretty valid and rather crucial in the the roll-out of Fibre Optic Internet, is that the US is generally far less urbanised generally than Europe, or much of the Far East.

Fibre optics?! Never heard of such a thing out here in rural America. Yes, our in-ter-net still runs on vacuum tubes and cranks.

Get a clue.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by thefabfive

Fibre optics?! Never heard of such a thing out here in rural America. Yes, our in-ter-net still runs on vacuum tubes and cranks.

Get a clue.

So I have heard but seriously this is a subject of debate in the UK, and it looks as though those that live in the Cities are going to get Ultra Fast Broadband a lot quicker than those in sticks. It is going to be a hell of a lot more cost effective doing the former than the latter.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7115850.stm

[Bruins]

Basically every major dioceses in the US is accused by the government in perpetuating a non-stop child abuse for at least 40 years.
LA diocese just settled for $770+ million to pay the child victims. The US tally at the moment is $5.7B and counting. B is for Billion.
"small number of dispicable incidents" ???
You gotta be kidding.

[jacksonm]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

So I have heard but seriously this is a subject of debate in the UK, and it looks as though those that live in the Cities are going to get Ultra Fast Broadband a lot quicker than those in sticks. It is going to be a hell of a lot more cost effective doing the former than the latter.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7115850.stm

WiMAX will change all of this within the next several years. Copper and fiber operators are going to give up doing fixed last-mile connections (which is their major cost), in favor of WiMax.

The Russians are already rolling out WiMAX across broad swaths of the country, Finns have deployed it across the archipelagos, etc... It's coming.

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[tee1]

Originally Posted by jacksonm

WiMAX will change all of this within the next several years. Copper and fiber operators are going to give up doing fixed last-mile connections (which is their major cost), in favor of WiMax.
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I wish they would have found WiMax before they started digging in my front yard.
they are digging/re-digging to run last-mile connections for dsl at least thats what they told me. they may just be playing with the machinery.

tee1

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by jacksonm

WiMAX will change all of this within the next several years. Copper and fiber operators are going to give up doing fixed last-mile connections (which is their major cost), in favor of WiMax.

The Russians are already rolling out WiMAX across broad swaths of the country, Finns have deployed it across the archipelagos, etc... It's coming.

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But isn't Wimax just another urban solution?