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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo
calling wasilla "anchorage's largest bedroom community" is stretching it - for one it's 43 miles away from anchorage (hardly a bedroom community), and for 2, calling it large is laughable. It's like saying I'm the smartest person in my office without saying that I'm the only person in my office.
also just a quick google - according to wikipedia the city of wasilla has 7025 people versus like 6920 for the next largest city (which is equidistant from anchorage). That's an extra 105 people. I took the train to work today and there were probably 100 people in my train-car.
Look at how many people live in your town, or god-forbid, your city. 7025 people is NOTHING. I mean seriously, there were 10,500 athletes staying in the Olympic Village in Beijing! It's a joke!
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Well, it is all about perspective. 7,000 is probably a lot of people for a town in Alaska.
And every city is different... metro Boston kind of ends past Marlborough, after which it seems like there is nothing out there. On the other hand, Metro NYC sprawls for miles and miles... some people even commute into the city from Western PA.