Talk:Mesa, Arizona
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[edit] Jarring economic diversity
The demographics section states: "Mesa's residents exhibit jarring economic diversity, with low-income areas constructed somewhat close to high-scale neighborhoods with extravagant custom homes." While I agree with this statement based on general observations alone, Can't the same be said for most valley cities, especially Phoenix? I'd like to find out what particular neighborhood the author of this statement is referring to, if not see a source cited, one that would differentiate Mesa from any other large city/suburb in that respect. Thanks Roadiejay 20:26, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
- As a Mesan myself, I agree with you. I see huge economic disparities within the city. Perhaps we could find a government source for income levels? I know the areas around Mountain View High School are wealthier than the areas around, say, Westwood (with a few notable exceptions of course). We should find government statistics on the average income of families in these schools' boundaries. Pahoran513 00:13, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- I don't believe Mesa's economic diversity is any different than that of, say... Phoenix, which also has many pockets of slum areas intermingled with nice neighborhoods. I think it's more or less characteristic of Arizona in general, and not a phenomenon exclusive to Mesa. So what I was getting at in my original post, is that I don't see why Mesa's "Economic diversity" even deserves a mention in the article. Roadiejay 10:53, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
- Ive read somewhere that the economy of Mesa resembels a post Soviet City.
Take a look at the roads and its policies with new bussineses. 12.164.129.203 21:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:LogoSS-Mesa.gif
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[edit] Should these numbers add up to 100%?
"The racial make-up of the city was 69.30% White, 13.30% Black or African American, 2.2% Native American, 2.00% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 9.3% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races. 52.70% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race."2candle 11:35, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
- The US Census considers Hispanic/Non-Hispanic independently of White/Black/Asian, etc. Therefore, someone can be both White and Hispanic or Black and Hispanic. As a result, the number usually add up to over 100%. However, someone vandalized the article and changed the numbers. I just changed them back to the official US Census estimates. -Nicktalk 16:28, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
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