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« on: January 29, 2015, 07:00:36 PM »
I just saw that Mesa has a population of nearly half a million, ahead of more famous cities like Minneapolis, St. Louis, New Orleans, Atlanta and Kansas City. Also, it is growing fast. I know literally nothing about this city. Will it become one of the great cities of America?
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2015, 07:03:02 PM »
Mesa is overshadowed in its own metro area by Phoenix and, to a lesser extent, Scottsdale, so no.  It's like asking whether Fort Worth, Texas will become one of the great American cities when it is overshadowed by Dallas in its own metro.
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2015, 07:04:42 PM »
Will Long Beach, California become one of the great American cities??
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2015, 07:08:44 PM »
Quote from: PR on January 29, 2015, 07:04:42 PM
Will Long Beach, California become one of the great American cities??

Nah, name is too stupid. Long beach?
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« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2015, 08:29:46 PM »
It will be the greatest America has seen. All Americans will want to vote the way it votes, out of recognition of its greatness, so there will be no more Mega coattails, only Mesa coattails.
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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2015, 09:58:22 PM »
No, Mesa is just endless sprawl, and has nothing distinctive.
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« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2015, 11:51:28 PM »
I don't know, what about the Town of Hempstead? 
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« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2015, 11:51:58 AM »
No, Mesa's 500k falls in Phoenix's metro.

New Orleans, central has 500k but New Orleans metro has like 1.5 mill.
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« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2015, 11:53:03 AM »
One of the biggest, perhaps. One of the greatest, certainly not.
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« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2015, 12:29:35 PM »
When Arlington, Texas does...
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2015, 06:36:48 PM »
No, its just a huge suburb. Most of Phoenix is a big suburb too.
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« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2015, 12:14:08 AM »
« Edited: February 02, 2015, 02:30:24 AM by jimrtex »
Quote from: Vox Populi on January 29, 2015, 07:00:36 PM
I just saw that Mesa has a population of nearly half a million, ahead of more famous cities like Minneapolis, St. Louis, New Orleans, Atlanta and Kansas City. Also, it is growing fast. I know literally nothing about this city. Will it become one of the great cities of America?
Large satellite cities (175,000 or more and within 25 road miles of larger neighbor).  Population relative to larger neighbor:

Long Beach 12%
Mesa 30%
Oakland 49%
Arlington 30%
Aurora 54%
Santa Ana 97%
St. Paul 75%
Newark 3.3%
Plano 22%
Henderson 44%
Jersey City 3.0%
St. Petersburg 73%
Chula Vista 19%
Norfolk 55%
Chandler 16%
Durham 57%
Garland 19%
Glendale 16%
Hialeah 56%
Chesapeake 51%
Scottsdale 15%
North Las Vegas 37%
Irving 18%
Fremont 23%
Irvine 81%
San Bernardino 69%
Gilbert 14%
Fontana 65%
Yonkers 2.5%
Moreno Valley 64%
Glendale 5.1%
Huntington Beach 41%
Grand Prairie 15%
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« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2015, 09:06:55 AM »
What city is Irvine a satellite of?
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« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2015, 09:50:30 AM »
Meh, I'm pretty sure long-term, AZ as a whole is going to be a bust unless mass desalinization and importation of water to the area occurs.
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« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2015, 02:05:44 PM »

Anaheim, it seems like, considering Santa Ana is checking in at 97%. Orange County is certainly a hub in it's own right, but I would argue Irvine is the epicenter of that, not Anaheim and certainly not Santa Ana.
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