Talk:Corpus Christi, Texas

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Residents of both Calallen and Flour Bluff (and occasionally Clarkwood and Annaville) often refer to those places as separate communities, but in every legal sense they are a part of Corpus Christi and have been for some time.

Calallen primarily refers to itself as separate out of a sense of elitism.

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[edit] Origin of the name?

Can someone who knows please add information on why this city is named after a Christian feast? --Angr/comhrá 10:06, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

The article does not fully tell the naming of the city. This is a quote from the City of Corpus Chrisi's official web site:

"In 1519, on the Roman Catholic Feast Day of Corpus Christi, Spanish explorer Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda discovered a lush semi-tropical bay on what is now the southern coast of Texas. The bay, and the city that later sprung up there, took the name of the feast day celebrating the 'Body of Christ.'"

[edit] The Armpit of Texas?

The tourism board really promotes it as that? People actually call it that? I mean= in a non-derogatory way?

The history shows it was a vandalism on the 19th that somehow escaped notice (?!)... --RealMontrealer 04:27, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Sadly, that's Wikipedia for you. Sometimes people just don't see things. (216.26.131.177 05:59, 24 September 2005 (UTC))

Actually it IS commonly called "The Armpit of Texas". Here in Corpus, it's pretty universal. Super high humidity, and the odor of microbial imbalances wafting in from the bay are probably what gave it that name.

People from Corpus, in my experience, rarely call it the armpit of Texas. Superdupergc 19:36, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Also known as 'The Texas Riviera'

[edit] Concerts

This article doesn't mention the American Bank Center or Concrete Street Theater?-Giant89 16:44, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History

Why does this city have no history? All the other cities do. - Teofil Bartlomiej 02:57, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Needs something on the hurricane (one of the deadliest in U.S. history) at a minimum. Something on its role in the Mexican-American war would be good, too.--12.47.123.121 20:12, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

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I second that -- please have some history.

In Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs, he devotes a chapter to his experiences there during the Mexican-American War, just as a hint to the fun info someone can find on Corpus Christi's history:

"Early in September the regiment left New Orleans for Corpus Christi, now in Texas. Ocean steamers were not then common, and the passage was made in sailing vessels. At that time there was not more than three feet of water in the channel at the outlet of Corpus Christi Bay; the debarkation, therefore..."

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[edit] Advertisement

This article reminds me of an advertisment because of the way it lists all the famous people from there and thing to do. It doesn't sound very encyclopedic to me.    Codu    talk    contribs    email   23:08, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Semiarid?

I noticed that the region is described as "Semiarid." What exactly does this mean? Corpus Christi proper receives an average of 30.4 inches of rain per year (see this site) and the description of semi-arid reports it as areas receiving between 10-20 inches of rainfall per year. However, even inland sections of the Corpus Christi area, such as the city of Alice, receive around 30 inches of rainfall per year (Alice area profile). So, what exactly does this "region" entail? I would think that a better fit would be "humid subtropical" for the whole region, not just the city, and other sections of Wikipedia seem to support my assertion Humid subtropical climate

--Sandpiper2007 05:54, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I completely agree with Sandpiper's criticisms. Also, the sentence "Corpus Christi is mostly a warm, tropical town" is horribly inaccurate. Tropical refers to any climate in which no montly mean temperature is lower than 64.4 degrees. Corpus christi is better described as "semi-tropical" or "subtropical" as 4 of its months have a mean lower than 64.4. It is also at 27 degrees latitude; tropics define things between 23.5 N and S (although regions of South Florida which fit the climate criteria are considered tropical). You can't just throw the word "tropical" around because a region is megathermal or has palm trees. --User: Solicyte —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.8.212.254 (talk) 16:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Public Radio

Just Wondering, is there any specific reason that the public radio station isn't on the page?

It's: KEDT-90.3FM "KEDT-FM"

Again, just wondering... Ddreier 23:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Government

the (current? first?) mayor linked to is listed as a segregationalist that died in the 70's. for some reason, this doesn't seem accurate. Superdupergc 19:36, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Needs major work

This article really needs some TLC. There shouldn't be a section called "Futurists" or "Activists" or anything like that. In fact, a listing of notable people from the city really only belongs in a category.. see Dallas, Texas and Category:People from Dallas for example. There should not be a list of "awards" won by the city in the lead. The fact that the city is blanketed in WiFi coverage also does not belong in the lead. There is only one photo. Demoting article (start class). -- drumguy8800 C T 06:56, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Temperature

The ISO unit is Degrees of Celsius (or Kelvin), not Farenheit. The article is clearly in the latter, but it doesn't even mention it. Sloppy copy-paste by someone? Zarkow 124.120.79.33 12:08, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Economy Section

Made some updates to the Economy Section. Colehowardatx 04:41, 17 July 2007 (UTC)