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To: jrhana who wrote (59056)	4/13/2008 5:56:34 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 542193

I assume you mean population density not total population. I started a comment on that but deleted it. It's total population, not density, which doesn't make sense to me. Maybe for their demographic purposes it works but it doesn't feel right. Total population is in part a function of the area of the jurisdiction. I was thinking of a city like Tucson which continues to incorporate surrounding towns. If you have a large enough footprint, you could have a population over 100,000 with nothing but single family homes in it and still be urban, which defies common sense. Arlington is both a county and a city. Doesn't seem fair given that counties are expected to have multiple cities/towns in them. <g> I don't know of any place in Arlington without sidewalks. Alexandria, next door, has areas without sidewalks. It has a population of greater than 100,000, too so would be considered urban. Seems to me that to be urban you'd need sidewalks. I like that better than total population. I grew up near NYC. Now, that's urban!