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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
The threat is that Citgo is about to shut down, along with its entire oil supply chain.
And Citgo was specifically exempted from the sanctions.
If the Venezuelan government wants to completely screw themselves by shutting down Citgo, that is totally their choice. Venezuela has been losing share for years now. The rest of OPEC (of which Venezuela is a member) has plenty of other capability if the U.S. wants it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Houston is the fourth largest city, but sixth largest metro. You mixed the terms. Dallas is significantly larger than Houston by metro and Philly is in between. Houston just has more people within the city limits.
Even if you mix in Fort Worth, it does not overtake Houston.
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@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Houston is the fourth largest city, but sixth largest metro. You mixed the terms. Dallas is significantly larger than Houston by metro and Philly is in between. Houston just has more people within the city limits.
Even if you mix in Fort Worth, it does not overtake Houston.
DFW has always been larger. 7.2m to 6.3m. It's quite big here. That's why it's the Big D.
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I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
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Oh, Houston has moved up to #5 now, though. And Philly has fallen down. Philly was in between DFW and Houston/Woodlands back when we moved down here. The Texaplex cities are definitely growing faster than anyone else high on the list.
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What's truly amazing there is just how enormous Detroit remains. Unlike most of the others, Detroit does not feel like a giant metroplex.
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Storm Harvey: Houston battles 'unprecedented' floods
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
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@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
That piece was specifically crafted to make Chicago look bad. Illinois as a whole is losing people because it is the shittiest state in the Union.
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@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
More that Dallas and Houston just grow like crazy. In general, though, the rust belt cities move people to the sub belt cities.
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@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
Buffalo N.Y. is booming in home sales, and is number 1 for the nation.
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@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
That piece was specifically crafted to make Chicago look bad. Illinois as a whole is losing people because it is the shittiest state in the Union.
I know. I live in Southern Illinois and as soon as we can (our youngest graduating high school in 5 years) we are moving. My plan is to stay in the job I have now. It is a good job. Have a few Linux certs by then, then moving to a different part of the country to be a Linux Systems Administrator.
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
Buffalo N.Y. is booming in home sales, and is number 1 for the nation.
Weird
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
Buffalo N.Y. is booming in home sales, and is number 1 for the nation.
That's pretty weird. Why? I mean I like Buffalo but... huh?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
Buffalo N.Y. is booming in home sales, and is number 1 for the nation.
That's pretty weird. Why? I mean I like Buffalo but... huh?
My thoughts exactly!
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller and @QuixoticJeremy
Weird but true.
Saw it on the news this morning.
I believe you, just very weird.
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
Buffalo N.Y. is booming in home sales, and is number 1 for the nation.
I would've thought somewhere in Colorado would've been. Interesting.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
Buffalo N.Y. is booming in home sales, and is number 1 for the nation.
That's pretty weird. Why? I mean I like Buffalo but... huh?
Chicagoan 1: I like snow.
Chicagoan 2: Ok, that was random...
Chicagoan 1: No, I mean I really like snow. I love snow!
Chicagoan 2: Why not move to Buffalo, NY?
Chicagoan 1: I hope they have lots of new houses because my whole family is moving now. -
@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
Buffalo N.Y. is booming in home sales, and is number 1 for the nation.
I would've thought somewhere in Colorado would've been. Interesting.
I know that Denver definitely was on that list for a while when I moved out there for a while.
