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Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:02 pm
by moderne
"In 1970, the city's area was 316 square mile in 3 counties, with the final annexation having become effective in JANUARY 1963." George Ehrlich-KCMO An Architectural History
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:12 am
by aknowledgeableperson
moderne wrote:
"In 1970, the city's area was 316 square mile in 3 counties, with the final annexation having become effective in JANUARY 1963." George Ehrlich-KCMO An Architectural History
Not completely accurate according to the annexation history put out by the city. After the 1963 annexation it was at 314.5 sq miles
. No annexations from 1963 to 1985. The remaining annexations since brought in only a little more than 3 sq miles.
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:50 pm
by mean
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 11:38 pm
by KCMax
Better than nine other states! That's awesome!
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 11:38 pm
by KCMax
KCMax wrote:
Better than nine other states! That's awesome!
Oops, duh, there are 53 states.
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:08 pm
by Highlander
KC's relatively uninhabited northland hurts us in this rankings, college degrees per square miles.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/0 ... 96792.html
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:55 pm
by ignatius
Here's the full list (educated population) by metro...
KC metro faired well overall (41/200) and ranked 15th for metros over 1M. KC edged over Atlanta and Chicago and surprisingly Columbus, which is a giant college town not much smaller than KC.
http://www.portfolio.com/graphics/BrainiestBastions.pdf
Bottom of list for metros over 1M...
Riverside, CA; Vegas, Memphis, San Antonio, Tampa
A little surprising that Houston is in bottom 10 of large metros, below Miami.
Outside of college towns, the top Midwest rankings are (in order)...
Minneapolis, Des Moines, KC, Chicago, Omaha, Columbus, St. Louis, Indy
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:02 pm
by ignatius
The Columbus ranking is interesting. There's common thinking that KC needs a well established university to retain/gain highly educated. Ohio State is if I recall the largest (or second largest) university, or it was at one time. Yet KC has slightly higher % (and more raw quantity) with advanced degrees than Columbus.
Though Columbus has slightly higher % with high school dropouts, which is also surprising as I figured our inner city education issues were worse than theirs.
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 4:21 pm
by FangKC
KC is the third most charitable city after Seattle and San Francisco.
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... a=e_du_pub
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:46 pm
by grovester
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:09 am
by KCMax
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:56 pm
by FangKC
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:26 pm
by KCMax
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:48 pm
by chingon
Speaking of rankings, when do the 2010 Census city populations get released? (I'm predicting 490K for KCMO)
KC has the most freeway miles per capita in the nation
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:01 pm
by KCMax
Re: KC has the most freeway miles per capita in the nation
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:18 pm
by DaveKCMO
this list is not from forbes, and thus it cannot be trusted.
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:34 pm
by ignatius
KC metro is top 10 job market?
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... among.html
Hopefully this is true as according to BLS, KC has taken a major hit in last 2 years. Cerner seems to be on a roll though and Sprint has hit bottom and now seems to be getting back together, hopefully meaning more jobs. It says we have more IT and Health jobs openings compared to number of people looking in KC, which means it should draw outsiders. It also singled out KC and Cleveland for higher number of open retail jobs.
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:40 pm
by ignatius
Go WyCo...
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... -11th.html
Surprised to hear JoCo lost employment greater than US avg for large counties.
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:46 pm
by Highlander
Wonder how much of that is attributable to Sprint. Or have they finally stabilized?
Re: Rankings, lists, and such
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:35 am
by KCMax
KC had the 13th greatest income growth in the decade among major metro areas. Surprised to see Baltimore #1. What gives? Interesting that many of the income increases came in cold weather traditional northeast/midwest cities, while the income losers were the Sun Belt cities. Due to credit/housing bubble?
http://www.newgeography.com/content/002 ... burner&utm
