GDP challenge! Name a town within 100 miles of you that has a population like Wasilla!

[XemaSab]

I'm defining comparable as between 6 and 10 thousand.

I'll start:

Shasta Lake City, California

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shasta_Lake,_California

Corning, California

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corning,_California

Willows, California

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willows,_California

Yreka, California

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yreka,_California

:popcorn:

[scheming daemons]

1. Canonsburg, PA

[crispini]

2. Paris, Texas. nt

[Ioo]

3. Harpers Ferry WV

[Danger Mouse]

4. ...the town i currently live in...

[clydefrand]

5. Buchanan, VA just 30 miles away

[Kittycat]

6. I live in one of the smallest suburbs - an exurb actually, of Chicago.

Our population is around 40K. We're so far out that it's a 110min commute by train (inc. 15 by car).

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. In Northwest Arkansas it's easy

as that size is considered "Large"

Hmm....

I think these might fall into that range:

Berryville AR

Eureka Springs AR

Yellville AR

Most towns around where I live are much smaller. My home county has a total population of around 6000.

[democrat2thecore]

51. Eureka Springs has about four times the brainpower as a Wasilla - a lot of good liberal people there

At least, that was my impression when I was there. I ran into some of the most fascinating and well-educated people who had relocated to that neat little town.

On edit: Am I right? I'm curious if my perception was close to reality.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

57. Like most of northwest Arkansas, Eureka Springs

is a strange combination of very progressive, enlightened folks living side by side with conservative nutcase loonies. There's a Sufi Center in Eureka, for example--but also the Passion Play and followers of Anita Bryant. I work at a non-profit health education foundation whose members tend to be very forward thinking, yet there are KKK and Neo-Nazi chapters around the same area. Same thing with Newton County, my home--very great progressive groups, environmentalists, solar power, organic farms--and the worst kind of prejudice, violence, etc.

A strange yet exhilarating place to live.

[Liberal Gramma]

8. Cle Elum, Washington

[cliffordu]

9. Sequim, Wa.

And of course there's Chimacum

[PM7nj]

10. Not many... most are bigger.

I'm in New Jersey. Either your town has 30 people or 30,000. There are few in between.

[PM7nj]

13. Thought of a few...

Runnemede, NJ
Barrington, NJ
Haddon Heights, NJ
Audubon, NJ

[Cha]

11. The town I live in..

why? :)

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

12. Bethany CT

Killingworth CT
Deep River CT
Essex, CT

Shoot, this is CT - every town is within 100 miles of me

[NutmegYankee]

28. Ain't that the truth n/t

[RichardRay]

14. In Wyoming it would be easier...

to list the ones that aren't like Wasilla....

Or just draw a circle around the southeast corner of the state and say "anyplace except down there".

Of course, up here in Teton County you'd have to multiply Wasilla time minus 1 to get the politics right.

[Arm Chair Politician]

15. Wasilla, Eagle River, Palmer, Big Lake, and Girdwood Alaska n/t

[Beausoleil]

40. Good one!

I've had the pleasure (as such) of visiting every one.

:thumbsup:

[depakid]

16. LOL I know all of those towns.

1-5 corridor.

Here's a few more up north:

Silverton, Oregon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverton,_Oregon

Battle Ground, Washington

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Ground,_Washington

[Beaverhausen]

17. the end zone of Mile High Stadium - oh wait that's bigger

[Spider Jerusalem]

18. Here are a few:

Doraville, Georgia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraville,_Georgia

Stone Mountain, Georgia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mountain,_Georgia

Woodstock, Georgia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock,_Georgia

(And on edit, Fulton County, GA has three hundred thousand more people than the entire state of Alaska; I suppose that means the chairman of the Board of Commissioners must be qualified to be Vice-President.)

[Overseas]

19. I thought you meant one with a lot of meth labs. //nt

[BumRushDaShow]

20. I have seen at least 5 different population estimates listed for that podunk town. n/t

[XemaSab]

32. Me too

:P

[Agent William]

21. Ephrata, Washington.

Population 6,800.

[justgamma]

22. Maquoketa, Iowa. n/t

[Starry Messenger]

23. In the Bay Area a town that small means rich.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherton,_California

Also little hamlets like bolinas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolinas
and crockett. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crockett,_California

I was going to say Dixon, but that actually has a larger pop. than I thought it would.

Winters is a smaller neighbor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winters,_California


MPK

[dana_b]

29. Ross - another ultra rich small town

[Starry Messenger]

39. Yeah, I had a hard time finding any median income small towns.

Or poor ones.

MPK

[dana_b]

30. dupe

[WinkyDink]

24. My birthplace, my early childhood hometown, and my main hometown.

[justgamma]

25. Maquoketa, Iowa. n/t

[JimGinPA]

26. Blue Ball, PA

Really.

[Condem]

27. Any fuckin where in Iowa!

[AlCzervik]

31. Wilton Californa

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001108/

[XemaSab]

46. .

:shrug:

[IndianaJones]

33. Lowell, IN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Indiana

[Agent William]

34. Ephrata, Washington.

Population: 6,500

[Undercurrent]

35. .

My town has a population of 911

The next town has a population of 1674

The big town is 20 miles from me, Port Townsend, and has a population of 9134

[AnnieBW]

36. Jessup, MD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessup,_Maryland

And I really had to look hard to find a place that was under 10,000 residents.

[JBear]

37. Selma, NC

But I bet Robbins is more like Wasilla.

:bounce:

[Bad Thoughts]

38. Montague, MA (pop 8,000)

[csziggy]

41. Quincy, Florida

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy,_Florida

[Beausoleil]

42. I can think of three

Fredricksburg, Tx

Boerne, Tx

Gonzales, Tx

[amandabeech]

43. From where I grew up: Ludington, Michigan.

Fremont, Michigan.

Spring Lake, Michigan.

My town has a pop of less than 2,000.

Ludington has an ice rink and a hockey team, too!

I wouldn't want any of their mayors to be vp in six years.

[amandabeech]

44. Dupe. sorry.

[csziggy]

45. Quincy, Florida

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy,_Florida

[blondeatlast]

47. Coolidge, AZ, where I did some growing up. nt

[ElsewheresDaughter]

48. Mayberry NC (population 5260)

[mcctatas]

49. Ripon WI

actually, probably a lot of them...

[Hepburn]

50. Yucca Valley, CA...

...I think!

[cali]

52. Montpelier, Vermont, my state capital, smallest state capital w/ a pop of 8,000

[vanderBeth]

53. My neighborhood

[ContinentalOp]

54. There are over 100 cities in CA bigger than that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_California_(by_population)

Kudos for being able to find CA cities that are smaller! My tiny unincorporated neighborhood in LA county has a population of around 5000!

[XemaSab]

56. I'm up in the sticks

There aren't a lot of options for smaller towns up here.

And FWIW, Redding is ten times the size of Wasilla. :popcorn:

[ctw1]

55. Potential VPs coming out the ass in NC...100 in NC with population > 5000

Remember, about 4,500 in Wasilla when she was mayor. We have a lot of potential VPs in NC. I wonder how may are going to run for governer???

How many cities have a larger population than Alaska??? Looks like our Queen city is larger.

My favorite from NC... Bessemer City - 5,119... have no idea where it is w/o getting on google maps.

I hope everyone saw the Daily Show from last night... Carl Rove on the importance of numbers in your city... LOL

Charlotte - 630,478
Raleigh - 356,321- capital
Greensboro - 255,000
Winston-Salem - 222,655
Durham - 209,009
Fayetteville - 168,033
Cary - 112,414
High Point - 100,838
Wilmington - 100,342
Greenville - 75,482
Asheville - 72,789
Jacksonville - 69,688
Gastonia - 68,541
Concord - 56,241
Rocky Mount - 55,519
Chapel Hill - 51,478
Burlington - 44,935
Wilson - 44,518
Goldsboro - 39,063
Hickory - 37,251
Kannapolis - 36,928
Laurinburg - 34,227
Salisbury - 26,463
Monroe - 26,225
Huntersville - 25,470
Kinston - 23,720
Statesville - 23,320
Sanford - 23,243
New Bern - 23,131
Havelock - 22,442
Matthews - 22,230
Asheboro - 21,673
Lumberton - 21,088
Thomasville - 20,516
Apex - 20,406
Lexington - 19,953
Shelby - 19,480
Mooresville - 18,895
Kernersville - 18,588
Lenoir - 18,129
Garner - 18,089
Morehead City - 17,707
Morganton - 17,361
Elizabeth City - 17,188
Roanoke Rapids - 16,957
Carrboro - 16,785
Henderson - 16,095
Eden - 15,879
Clemmons - 15,852
Albemarle - 15,680
Mint Hill - 15,589
Reidsville - 14,526
Boone - 13,464
Cornelius - 13,452
Wake Forest - 12,814
Graham - 12,828
Indian Trail - 12,720
Newton - 12,560
Hope Mills - 11,773
Smithfield - 11,510
Tarboro - 11,158
Southern Pines - 10,981
Hendersonville - 10,572
Kings Mountain - 10,271
Lincolnton - 9,949
Pinehurst - 9,707
Holly Springs - 9,659
Washington - 9,639
Mount Holly - 9,646
Dunn - 9,293
Waynesville - 9,236
Belmont - 8,971
Roxboro - 8,705
Clinton - 8,600
Mount Airy - 8,487
Oxford - 8,338
Spring Lake - 8,098
Clayton - 7,967
Fuquay-Varina - 7,934
Atlantic Beach - 7,707
Forest City - 7,554
Black Mountain - 7,511
Mebane - 7,274
Davidson - 7,141
Summerfield - 7,015
Siler City - 6,966
Brevard - 6,789
Elon - 6,743
Weddington - 6,696
Trinity - 6,687
Conover - 6,659
Oak Island - 6,592
Hamlet - 6,018
Knightdale - 5,960
Selma - 5,936
Hillsborough - 5,464
Cherryville - 5,361
Morrisville - 5,208
Whiteville - 5,148
Bessemer City - 5,119

[GreenInNC]

58. Bessimer City

BC is over in my neck of the woods, about 15 miles west of Charlotte, in Gaston Co.

I live in Mint Hill, 3rd largest town in Mecklenburg.

[ctw1]

64. Opened google maps and found it...

I'm in Winston-Salem, and have never head of it before. My favorie, because it still has close to 1000 more people than Wasilla when she became governer.

[Stephist]

59. Nebraska City, Nebraska

NT

[DainBramaged]

60. My town (3992) Butler NJ (7420) 7 miles away and they are eyeblinks on the highway

[kwyjibo]

61. Fredericksburg, TX

They have peaches and German restaurants

[Lilith Velkor]

62. Burtonsville, MD

[VoodooGuru]

63. Versailles, Kentucky

Pop. 7500. They make bourbon, raise horses, and print books there. :)

[baldguy]

65. In WNY there are a lot

Newstead, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newstead,_New_York

Boston, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_New_York

Collins, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins,_New_York

Concord, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord,_New_York

Eden, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden,_New_York

Wainfleet, Ontario
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wainfleet,_Ontario

Cambria, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambria,_New_York

Newfane, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfane_(town),_New_York

Niagara, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara,_New_York

Pendleton, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendleton,_New_York

Porter, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter,_New_York

Royalton, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalton,_New_York

South Lockport, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lockport,_New_York

Wilson, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson,_New_York


and there are about twice as many that are smaller still.

[stillcool]

66. I live in a rinky-dink little town..

that doesn't have it's own zip code, but we still have more than 10,000 people.