[Leica] American small towns

[mstoesz at wyoming.com (mstoesz)]

Howdy from small city Wyoming;

Albuquerque-- Pop. 448,000  largest city in the state
 Laramie   -- Pop.  26,000   3rd largest city in the state
but 1/2 the size
                             of the largest city - Casper
Wyoming population -- 493,000 people and about the same
number of pronghorn antelope.

New Mexico -- 5 th largest state, 15 people per square mile.
Wyoming    -- 11th largest state, 5.1 people per square
mile. 

Laramie Farmers Market covers the streets for 2 to 2.5
blocks beginning in early July.  Summer begins in July and
ends in August.  Snow and or freeze reported and on record
for Laramie at least once in each month of the year. 
Elevation 7200 feet with lots of excellent trout fishing
nearby.

Come visit

Mike

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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:48:56 -0600 
From: "Phil Swango" <pswango@att.net> 
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Larry Z wrote: 
Most Europeans and Asians assume that the USA is
characterized by the 
few big cities (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, etc.) shown
in the 
movies and in TV. In fact the USA has a very low population
density 
when compared with most countries in Europe and Asia.
Australia 
excepted, of course. About 80% of the US population lives in
cities 
along the coastline and major waterways. Most of the rest of
the 
country is sparsely populated. The actual population density
of the 
entire country is 79 people per sq. mile in comparison to
India's 898 
people per sq. mile, Denmark's 328 per sq. mile, Japan's 867
per sq. 
mile, France's 283 per sq. mile or the UK's 640 per sq.
mile. Even 
Kiribati has 340 people per square mile. 
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Interesting reading Larry. Here in New Mexico it's even
sparser, at about 
15 persons per sq. mi. (Wikipedia). And we are the 5th
largest state in 
area. I live in Albuquerque, the largest city in the state,
but there's an 
open-air weekly farmer's market right across the street from
my home. 

-- 
Phil Swango 
307 Aliso Dr SE 
Albuquerque, NM 87108 
505-262-4085