Talk:Quad Cities
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Note that many people incorrectly presume the Quad Cities as fictional due to the Wild Dog comic book series, it has even shown up on maps of fictional cities (e.g. Mayfair RPG Atlas).
with 300 something thousand residents and a location on a major interstate highway just beyond chicago, those would have to be some pretty stupid people. Davenport isn't New York by a long stretch, but you've got to be fairly uneducated to think it fictional.
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[edit] Distance?
- Located just 2 1/2 hours west of downtown Chicago
Apart from sounding like a promotional brochure, this doesn't really give any idea of distance, since I have no idea how fast the roads are. Could someone please include mileages? Loganberry (Talk) 03:25, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Nearby cities considered part of Q.C.
I live in Bennett, just a few miles away from New Liberty. I don't know where the author got this from, but New Liberty does not consider itself part of the Quad Cities by any strech of the imagination--just a town that's somewhat close. You really have to drive through a lot of cornfield and a couple tiny towns (one of which isn't officially a town anymore) even to get to northwest Davenport. The QC is definitely the closest metro region, but saying New Liberty is part of them isn't quite accurate.
Good thing this article doesn't try to claim that Bennett is part of the QC (though saying New Liberty is isn't that far away from being able to say Bennett is...), although I would find the idea quite hilarious. :)
[edit] Clarifications about the Q.C.
The Quad Cities spans two states: Illinois and Iowa. Although some would argue, it consists of Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline, and Rock Island. The former being in Iowa and the latter in Illinois. Other cities like to say they are in the QC as well: East Moline, Milan, Silvis. The Quad Cities area lies on the Mississippi (on a section of the river that runs east to west) about an hour and a half away from Iowa City (when traveling via I-80). Having been a resident for a couple of decades, I must say that it is pretty boring here. Exspecto 02:35, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] The Four
It is incorrect to say that the four cities are Davenport, Rock Island, Moline, and Bettendorf. When the term Quad-Cities began to replace Tri-Cities, it was for the benefit of East Moline. If you are going to name four, the fourth should be East Moline, not Bettendorf.
However, I would argue that it is more correct not to identify the four at all, because what "Quad-Citians" consider the Quad-Cities is much more than any combination of those four cities.
[edit] I-74 Bridge Photo
I seen that the image of the I-74 bridge that had been on this article had been removed from the article because it was an unsourced image. So I added an image of the I-74 bridge that I took myself. The image I added is licensed under both the GFDL and the Creative Commons license.
JesseG 05:03, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] No demographics section
What is the population of greater QC area? we have the peoria area at 300K+. Just curious.George 04:37, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Population
Along with demographics, approx. population would be nice, even though it would involve a little estimating.
[edit] Highways
I went here to try to find out why why so many highways are needed for a 4 mile X 8 mile area. [1] That's interesting. As you zoom out, the pattern looks like a blip along 80.
[edit] Template
I created a template for Quad Cities articles I've only posted it on this one so far. Irate velociraptor 08:23, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Umm, good work, IV. Might it be possible to a) shrink the size of the heading bar? On my browser it's wider than I-88, and b) select a slightly less florescent shade of color for the background? Many thanks.HuskyHuskie 02:22, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've narrowed the title bar and toned the color down. Irate velociraptor 04:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- How about adding "area attractions and landmarks" and universities to the template? Looks great so far. [[Briguy52748 14:24, 27 March 2007 (UTC)]]
- I've put the colleges in, I like the area attractions idea but I'm at my max for rows. Irate velociraptor 20:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
