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Post by gary on Dec 17, 2014 8:07:59 GMT -5
The University of the Pacific is there. Dave Brubeck's alma mater and home of the Brubeck Institute.
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Post by hopefalj on Dec 17, 2014 8:22:48 GMT -5
Stockton also filed Chapter 9 a few years back, I think.
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Post by orchid on Dec 18, 2014 6:07:45 GMT -5
Drumroll please. The last city of the day from the second cert: Tucson (/ˈtuːsɒn/ or occasionally locally /tuːˈsɒn/) is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States,[3] and home to the University of Arizona. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116,[1] while the 2013 estimated population of the entire Tucson metropolitan area was 996,544.[4] The Tucson MSAforms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area, with a total population of 980,263 as of the 2010 Census. Tucson is the second-largest populated city in Arizona behind Phoenix, which both anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The city is [3]located 108 miles (174 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (97 km) north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Tucson is the 33rd largest city and the 52nd largestmetropolitan area in the United States. Roughly 150 Tucson companies are involved in the design and manufacture of optics and optoelectronics systems, earning Tucson the nickname Optics Valley.
Major incorporated suburbs of Tucson include Oro Valley and Marana northwest of the city, Sahuaritasouth of the city, and South Tucson in an enclave south of downtown. Communities in the vicinity of Tucson (some within or overlapping the city limits) include Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills, Flowing Wells, Tanque Verde, Tortolita, and Vail. Towns outside the Tucson metro area include Benson to the southeast, Catalina and Oracle to the north, and Green Valley to the south.
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Post by moopigsdad on Dec 18, 2014 6:19:19 GMT -5
Thank you orchid for the wonderful job you did on city of the day.
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Post by cheesy on Dec 23, 2014 14:43:50 GMT -5
BTW, Tucson is a must-see for anybody who has even a passing interest in aviation. Why, just a few weeks ago I turned the launch key on an intercontinental ballistic missile. Big fan of Tucson.
Also, it's not on my GAL.
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Post by cheesy on Dec 23, 2014 14:44:27 GMT -5
BZ to Orchid. Mission accomplished!
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Post by orchid on Dec 23, 2014 15:21:27 GMT -5
BZ to Orchid. Mission accomplished! Thanks. Had to look up the definition for BZ:)
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Post by finch on Jan 14, 2015 16:57:12 GMT -5
Any thoughts from the collective on Charlottesville, VA, and Manchester, NH?
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Post by redsox1 on Jan 14, 2015 19:57:53 GMT -5
Any thoughts from the collective on Charlottesville, VA, and Manchester, NH? I don't know about Charlottesville but Manchester is suppose to be a good office to work in. A little too cold and snowy for my liking.
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Post by sealaw90 on Jan 15, 2015 13:12:14 GMT -5
The City of Charlottesville is located in west Central Virginia,approximately 100 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. and 70 miles northwest of Richmond, Virginia. Situated within the upper Piedmont Plateau, at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and at the headwaters of the Rivanna River, Charlottesville was established as a town in 1762 by the Virginia General Assembly, and was incorporated as an independent city in 1888. As a result of eight annexations, the most recent of which was effective in 1968, the City now encompasses a land area of 10.4 square miles.
The City is autonomous and entirely independent of any county or any other political subdivision. It does not have the same boundaries with or is not subject to taxation by any county or school district, and is not liable for any county or school district indebtedness. Charlottesville serves as the economic, cultural, and educational center of a multi-county region in Central Virginia. In 1981, the Bureau of the Census recognized the Charlottesville area as a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA). The SMSA includes the City of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, and Nelson. The 2004 Census listed the population of the City around 40,000 and the Charlottesville SMSA population of nearly 200,000.
# of US Presidents Calling Charlottesville Home - 3 Date of Founding - 1762 Form of Government Council-Manager University Students Residing within City (2002) 9,000 Median Age - 28
Unemployment Rate (2007) - 5.9% (5.2% SMA) Total Assessed Property Values (2010) - $5,276,329,600 Taxable Sales (2010) - $820,895,379 Median Family Income (2005) - $45,486 Building Permits (2010) - 1,933 Education (number of City School students – 2010-11) - 3,759 Miles of Streets - 156 Number of Acres Parks & Playgrounds - 987 Number of Libraries - 3 Bond Rating (general obligation bonds) Moody’s - AAA Elevation 400-600 ft above sea level Climate Mean temperature - 56.9 F
Average annual rainfall - 44.34"
Average annual snowfall - 24.20"
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Post by anotherfed on Jan 15, 2015 13:17:31 GMT -5
Sealaw, you forgot to add the zombies per capita statistic...
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Post by sealaw90 on Jan 15, 2015 13:23:02 GMT -5
Manchester is located in south-central New Hampshire along the Merrimack River, 20 miles from the Massachusetts border and 58 miles from Boston. Manchester's nickname is the "Queen City". A state's queen city is the city with the largest population in the state but not the capital city of that state.
Manchester, NH was rated #7 "Best Small City for Doing Business in America" (Inc. Magazine, 2005)(274 cities ranked)
Recent civic successes in Manchester are the Manchester Airport, the Verizon Wireless Arena, the many new restaurants, shops and clubs Downtown, the Fisher Cats ball park, and the adjacent hotel and condominiums. Famous For... ◾Brigadier General John Stark; his accomplishments include a pivotal victory at the Battle of Bennington during the American Revolutionary War and writing the words “Live Free or Die” in 1809 which later became New Hampshire’s state motto. The Stark Homestead, located on Elm Street, is Manchester’s oldest building and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ◾Once home of the world’s largest textile manufacturing complex along the Merrimack River, the revitalized mill buildings are now central to thriving downtown development ◾First credit union in the U.S. – (now St. Mary’s Bank) ◾City Hall Plaza, the tallest building in northern New England ◾The Zimmerman House, the only house in New England designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that is open to the public ◾Birthplace of Grace Metalious, author of Peyton Place ◾Home to DEKA Research and Development, founded by Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway Human Transporter
Population - 107,006 (2000 Census) Largest city in northern New England
Manchester Airport -- non-stop service to over 15 cities in eastern and central US and Canada.
Climate ◾Average daily January temperature: 14.8 degrees F. ◾Average daily July temperature: 70.0 degrees F. ◾McIntyre Ski Area offers snow tubing, and is lighted for night skiing.
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Post by sealaw90 on Jan 15, 2015 13:24:40 GMT -5
Sealaw, you forgot to add the zombies per capita statistic... crap! I'll see if I can find that for both cities, although I think zombies don't ski too well so the per capita rate is pretty low in NH ....
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Post by anotherfed on Jan 15, 2015 13:28:03 GMT -5
Zombies snowboard ... And college towns usually have a high per capita zombie rate, because .... BRAINS.
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Post by sealaw90 on Jan 15, 2015 13:47:58 GMT -5
The folks I know who went to college in NH pretty much fried their brains with bongs, both the Cheech and Chong kind and the Beer Bong kind. I always thought NH had creepy swamp/lake creatures not zombies, but maybe the zombies ate all the lake creatures. You can tell it's been awhile since I've been back to NH. I did stop at the liquor store at the Portsmouth traffic circle off I-95 on the way to Maine about 10 years ago - I was going to a dry town so we had to stock up!!
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Post by Gaidin on Jan 15, 2015 14:05:21 GMT -5
The folks I know who went to college in NH pretty much fried their brains with bongs, both the Cheech and Chong kind and the Beer Bong kind. I always thought NH had creepy swamp/lake creatures not zombies, but maybe the zombies ate all the lake creatures. You can tell it's been awhile since I've been back to NH. I did stop at the liquor store at the Portsmouth traffic circle off I-95 on the way to Maine about 10 years ago - I was going to a dry town so we had to stock up!! funkyodar wishes they had a traffic circle liquor store between Knoxville and the state line going north on I-75.
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Post by sealaw90 on Jan 15, 2015 15:05:44 GMT -5
I thought of that when I was writing this post ! Perhaps this could be a new thread when we have some down time between certs, interviews, hires, etc. - "Dry towns I have stayed in" - hopefully we will all be so busy this year we won't have time to kill on that!
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Post by cheesy on Jan 15, 2015 15:34:26 GMT -5
Charlottesville is not dry, but there are zombies everywhere. Especially Saturday and Sunday mornings. You will no doubt see dozens of them on your way to church.
Also, there's no Cracker Barrel.
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Post by Gaidin on Jan 15, 2015 15:53:18 GMT -5
Also, there's no Cracker Barrel. Wha??? I had no idea anywhere south of Maryland didn't have a Cracker Barrel. A guy I know who coaches college mock trial in California says his kids love coming to the South because they get to eat "Southern" food at Cracker Barrel.
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Post by sealaw90 on Jan 16, 2015 8:56:23 GMT -5
Also, there's no Cracker Barrel. Wha??? I had no idea anywhere south of Maryland didn't have a Cracker Barrel. A guy I know who coaches college mock trial in California says his kids love coming to the South because they get to eat "Southern" food at Cracker Barrel. Don't worry G, there's loads of Cracker Barrels in Virginia, just not in C'ville. I think the closest one is about 20 miles away.
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