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Jackson, Tennessee
City population: between 65,000 and 70,000
County population: a little less than 100,000
Nearest metropolitan areas: Memphis (1.3 million population, slightly over 1 hour away), Nashville (2.1 million population, about 1 hour 45 minutes away)
Interstates served if any: I-40
Other major highways: US 45, US 412
Busiest 6 lane (not an Interstate): US 45 BYP
Busiest 4 lane (not an Interstate): US 45 BYP
Busiest 2 lane: Campbell St.
Biggest employer: probably Jackson Madison County General Hospital
the closest city to me is Fort Collins CO.
it's around 150k in population, maybe more when csu is in session. county seat of Larimer county.
served by i-25 (about 4 miles to the east, actually), us 287, sh 1,14 and 392.
home to CSU, anheuser-busch, water-pik, otterbox and a few others i can't recall off the top of my head.
nearby recreation includes horsetooth reservoir, poudre canyon and a decent park and trail system.
Aurora, CO
City population: 388,723 (52nd largest in the U.S., 3rd largest in Colorado)
County population: Arapahoe - 572,003, Adams - 519,572, Douglas - 357,978 (Aurora is in all three)
Nearest metropolitan areas: Boulder - 330,758 (about 45 minutes away), Colorado Springs - 755,105 (about an hour away), Fort Collins - 359,066 (about an hour away if road construction weren't a thing), Greeley - 328,981 (about an hour away)
Interstates served if any: I-70, I-225
Other major highways: US36, US40, US287, E-470
Busiest 6 lane (not an Interstate): Probably either CO83 (Parker Road) or CO30 (Havana Street)
Busiest 4 lane (not an Interstate): No idea. Maybe Alameda Blvd.?
Busiest 2 lane: Definitely no earthly idea.
Biggest employer: Space Force!
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Fresno, California
- People come here usually for the following reasons:
1. Yosemite National Park
2. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
3. Something agricultural related
Interestingly somehow Fresno is the 34th largest city in the county at approximately 542,000 residents. Fresno doesn't feel like a city of over half a million people and I wonder how many residents are even aware that it is.
The road network in Fresno is surprisingly robust with four freeways (five if you want to count part of South Golden State Boulevard); CA 99, CA 41, CA 168 and CA 180. Fresno is the largest city in the country without an Interstate but CA 99 will remind how quickly that is really just semantics. US 99 is the big legacy highway in Fresno, unfortunately most of it will be razed to make way for the HSR.
Previous thread on the topic (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=27873)
Trying to get our password or question info! :D
Quote from: Rothman on August 20, 2021, 12:27:12 PM
Trying to get our password or question info! :D
Jokes on them, I don't remember it.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 20, 2021, 12:24:30 PM
Interestingly somehow Fresno is the 34th largest city in the county at approximately 542,000 residents.
Wow, Fresno County must have some HUGE cities in it!
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Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2021, 12:38:24 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 20, 2021, 12:24:30 PM
Interestingly somehow Fresno is the 34th largest city in the county at approximately 542,000 residents.
Wow, Fresno County must have some HUGE cities in it!
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I literally can walk across the street and out of the city limit onto swath of farm land stretching east to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Most people live north of downtown, I hardly ever see any of them. I've lived in a lot of cities and this is the one that feels the least it's actual population size.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 20, 2021, 12:24:30 PM
Fresno is the 34th largest city in the county at approximately 542,000 residents.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2021, 12:38:24 PM
Wow, Fresno County must have some HUGE cities in it!
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Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2021, 12:44:45 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 20, 2021, 12:24:30 PM
Fresno is the 34th largest city in the county at approximately 542,000 residents.
Quote from: kphoger on August 20, 2021, 12:38:24 PM
Wow, Fresno County must have some HUGE cities in it!
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Damn typos. Serves me right for trying to multitask at the dealership during ignition coil recall.
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Jackson, MS (the bigger Jackson):
Population: 154,000
County pop (Hinds): 227,000
Closest other metro: Hattiesburg (85 miles away)
Interstates: 20, 55, 220
US highways: 49, 51 (though mysteriously unsigned in Jackson city limits), 80
State highways: 18, 25 (many more in suburban areas)
Largest employer: University of Mississippi Medical Center
I will do both my current residence and my hometown
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Munster, IN
City population: 23,894 (2020 Census)
County population: Lake - 498,700 (2020 Census)
Nearest metropolitan areas: Chicago - 9,618,502 (2020 Census)
Interstates served if any: I-80/94 has 0.4 miles in Munster
Other major highways: US 6 is concurrent with I-80/94 in Munster
Former highways: Previous alignments of US 6 and US 41 ran through Munster. IN 141 was a highway from Munster to Dyer that was decommissioned
Busiest 6 lane (not an Interstate): N/A
Busiest 4 lane (not an Interstate): Calumet Ave
Busiest 2 lane: Either Columbia Ave or Hohman Ave
Biggest employer: Community Hospital
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Bremen, IN
City population: 4,696 (2020 Census)
County population: Marshall - 46,095 (2020 Census)
Nearest metropolitan areas: South Bend - 324,501 (2020 Census)
Interstates served if any: None [Nearest interstate is I-80/90, 22 miles away]
Other major highways: IN 106 and IN 331
Former highways: What is now IN 106 is a former alignment of US 6
Busiest 6 lane (not an Interstate): N/A
Busiest 4 lane (not an Interstate): N/A
Busiest 2 lane: Plymouth St.
Biggest employer: Bremen Public Schools
I have a cousin that used to live in Munster. She moved back to the Illinois side of the border after she got married (she's from Chicago).
Needham MA:
City population: 31,248
County population: 706,775
Nearest metropolitan areas: Boston
Interstates served if any: I-95
Other major highways: MA 135
Busiest 6 lane (not an Interstate): N/A
Busiest 4 lane (not an Interstate): Part of Highland Avenue
Busiest 2 lane: Great Plain Avenue maybe I dunno
Biggest employer: IDK Coca Cola has a plant here
Overland Park, Kansas. It's the second-largest city in the state, but it isn't a control city on any road (unless Metcalf Avenue counts, and by the way, this sign actually got replaced with an updated version of the same sign: https://goo.gl/maps/GkecgrdCGEUrfHHN7). Overland Park, Kansas is also roughly twice as densely populated as neighboring Kansas City, Missouri.
Quote from: golden eagle on August 20, 2021, 09:22:12 PM
I have a cousin that used to live in Munster. She moved back to the Illinois side of the border after she got married (she's from Chicago).
She must be a big fan of high taxes.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 20, 2021, 12:24:30 PM
Fresno, California
- People come here usually for the following reasons:
1. Yosemite National Park
2. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
3. Something agricultural related
Interestingly somehow Fresno is the 34th largest city in the county at approximately 542,000 residents. Fresno doesn't feel like a city of over half a million people and I wonder how many residents are even aware that it is.
The road network in Fresno is surprisingly robust with four freeways (five if you want to count part of South Golden State Boulevard); CA 99, CA 41, CA 168 and CA 180. Fresno is the largest city in the country without an Interstate but CA 99 will remind how quickly that is really just semantics. US 99 is the big legacy highway in Fresno, unfortunately most of it will be razed to make way for the HSR.
Yes Its interesting that Fresno is bigger than Sacramento as California's largest city within the Central Valley. Its like saying San Jose is the Bay Area's largest city over San Francisco and most people would be shocked by that even though San Jose overtook San Francisco for Northern California's largest city 30 years ago.
Fairfield, California population 115,000 as of the current estimates.
- People are here usually for the following reasons
1. Work at Travis Air Force Base
2. Serves as one of the commuter cities in Solano County, CA for both Bay Area, Wine Country and Sacramento (CA-12, I-680 and I-80) are in the city plus Capital Corridor train
3. Is known for the Jelly Belly Factory
4. Has a Budweiser plant
5. Is on the Southwestern edge of the Sacramento delta with Suisun City.
Saginaw, Michigan
City population: I've seen where the 2020 census has it at around 44,000 but I have only seen that number once. It's between 40,000-50,000 somewhere probably closer to 45,000. Saginaw's peak population was 98,265 in 1960. The biggest loss over a 10 year period was in the 1970's when Saginaw lost about 14,000 people.
County population: About 190,000
Nearest metropolitan areas: Saginaw-Midland-Bay City
Interstates served if any: I-75
Other major highways: US-23 (multiplexed with I-75), M-13, M-46, M-84, M-58
Busiest 6 lane (not an Interstate): There isn't one
Busiest 4 lane (not an Interstate): M-84 (26,408 VPD)
Busiest 2 lane: Probably Mackinaw, Weiss or the 2 lane stretch of Michigan
Biggest employer: Nexteer Automotive (formerly Delphi and GM's Saginaw Steering Gear Plant)
* My hometown:
Vaughan, Ontario
City population: 306 000
Regional Municipality (of York) population: 1.1 million
Within metropolitan area of: Toronto (pop 2.7 million, metro pop. 6.4 million)
Freeways served if any: Highway 400, Highway 427, Highway 407 ETR
Busiest 6 lane (not a freeway): Highway 7 (York Regional Road 7)
Busiest 4 lane (not an freeway): Rutherford Road (York Region Road 73) **This is an anecdotal observation
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* My (in a few days) "college town":
Kingston, Ontario
City population: 123 000
County population: [Not applicable; single-tier municipality - meaning it has no county government above the municipal one, I guess like Virginia's independent cities]
Nearest Metropolitan areas: Ottawa, 1.5 hours away (pop. 900k, metro pop 1.4 mil), Toronto, 3 hours away (pop 2.7 million, metro pop. 6.4 million), Montreal, 3 hours away (pop. 1.7 mil, metro pop. 4.3 mil)
Freeways served if any: Highway 401
Busiest 4 lane (not an freeway): Princess Street (Kingston Road 2) **This is an anecdotal observation
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I will do hometown and college town(s)
Fort Wayne, IN
City population: 265,752
County population: 379,299 (Allen)
Nearest 1 million metropolitan area: Indianapolis (2.075 million population, under 2 hours away)
Interstates served if any: I-69, I-469
Other major highways: US-24, US-30
Busiest 6 lane (not an Interstate): Either IN-930 near the mall or IN-3/US-27 near the interstate
Busiest 4 lane (not an Interstate): US-30
Busiest 2 lane: Hillegas Rd.
Biggest employers: Parkview Health, GM
Lafayette/West Lafayette, IN
City population: Lafayette (72,581) West Lafayette (48,551), Purdue (over 40k enrolled)
County population: 195,732 (Tippecanoe)
Nearest 1 million metropolitan areas: Indianapolis (2.075 million population, 1 hour away), Chicago (9.459 million population, metro under 1.5 hours away)
Interstates served if any: I-65
Other major highways: US-52, US-231, IN-25
Busiest 6 lane (not an Interstate): South St. near I-65 (only non-interstate 6 lane)
Busiest 4 lane (not an Interstate): Sagamore Pky
Busiest 2 lane: State St. near Chauncey Hill
Biggest employers: Purdue University, Subaru