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PigBoy

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  1. Sorry, I didn't get any Newark shots. And we didn't get to the Ironbound either. :-( My sister and I only got the very brief mini-tour of Newark as we walked with our cousin from Newark Penn Station to her apartment by the R-N campus. We'd spent a short day in New York (I do have pictures of that :-)), but she had to get back home for something and there was not really any time for pictures. Maybe next time we can get a tour. My cousin seems to really like being in Newark. I haven't heard much from her about the R-N campus in particular, but since there haven't been any complaints I guess she must like it well enough. The little bit of Newark I've seen doesn't seem as awful as the stereotypes would have you believe. It's not in great shape, but it seems all right to me.
  2. This site is like crack to me as well, but I'm glad I was otherwise occupied today and avoided any withdrawal suffering! By the way, does the upgrade include more crack than before, less, or the same amount? The new look is good, except for the white on gray text that moonloop mentioned.
  3. mrnyc, I was in Newark a bit today with my cousin ("she", not "he", BTW :wink:), and I mentioned that I'd seen your pictures of the Ironbound, and her comment on the place was "bangin' food." So I guess you were spot on with the eating comment!
  4. PigBoy replied to a post in a topic in City Discussion
    Great thread idea! I look forward to seeing more of these steps.
  5. PigBoy replied to a post in a topic in City Discussion
    Should I? All I know how to find is the 2000 census number, which is 23%. But I can look for more recent stuff.
  6. Yeah, Boston's skyline is not the most attractive. But it looks nice at night, when you see the lights instead of the buildings. :wink:
  7. Cool, thanks for showing. I've seen that building on the outside many times, but have never been inside.
  8. 55% General American English 35% Yankee 10% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern It's soda, dammit! "Pop" is the probably single worst thing about Ohio. (On this board, Monte and I may be alone in this conviction.) I think "pop" is the only thing giving some of you guys the 5% Midwestern score. I wonder what else you have to say in order to speak Midwestern.
  9. The skyline pictures are from just across the Charles River along Memorial Drive in Cambridge, in front of MIT. I rather like the foggy version better, too. It's an interesting effect and was pretty cool to see in person as well.
  10. Only a few from the past several days. On a foggy evening, the Prudential Center gets lost in the clouds. A little earlier, I took a few pictures around Harvard Square in Cambridge. The accursed camera shake strikes! And the finale panoramas! The first at Harvard Square. Click on it for the full size. Skyline in the fog. Again, click on it. Attempted a couple of days later, for a non-fog version.
  11. PigBoy replied to a post in a topic in City Discussion
    Maybe in metropolitan areas we should operate like New England, where counties are meaningless. Within metros, especially where there is significant population in more than one county, I think county government can get in the way.
  12. PigBoy replied to a post in a topic in Urbanbar
    Do not malign the Key, for the Key sees all and will strike you down.
  13. Nice! Newark pictures seem to be a rarity. I don't know Newark well, but my cousin goes to school at Rutgers-Newark. Where is this hood in relation to that? (Of course, Newark is so tiny that nothing could be very far away.)
  14. Fantastic! Please tell me where you get that first shot from (a classic ColDayMan view). I tried to find it once, and the only spots I could see would have been in people's back yards.
  15. Yeah, too bad it's not very clear. Nice find, though!
  16. PigBoy replied to a post in a topic in Urbanbar
    That is the coolest! The ultimate geek shirt.
  17. PigBoy replied to a post in a topic in City Discussion
    Here's the population density (people per square mile) for everyone's zip code so far. C-Dawg Njaim: 1303 A 2 da K: 1884 ColDayMan (Columbus): 4954 ColDayMan (Dayton): 5323 xumelanie: 4133 MyTwoSense (Cleveland): 8934 MyTwoSense (New York): 56168 montecarloss: 1156 The_Cincinnati_Kid: 1130 mrnyc: 54445 richNcincy: 4899 Y-CityGuy: 310 no fair because it includes rural areas grasscat: 2984 PigBoy (Madison): 14061 PigBoy (Beavercreek): 1190
  18. PigBoy replied to a post in a topic in City Discussion
    I'll give you my Wisconsin zip code. 53703 City: Madison, WI Population (2000): 26,715 Age and Sex of Residents in zip code 53703 Zip code 53703 satellite photo by USGS Housing units: 13,097 Land area: 1.9 sq. mi. Water area: 0.0 sq. mi. White population: 23,125 Black population: 1,263 American Indian population: 103 Asian population: 1,330 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 17 Some other race population: 358 Two or more races population: 519 Urban population: 26,715 Rural population: 0 Median age: 23.3 Average household size: 1.84 Median household income (1999): $20,443 Madison, WI (53703) map Nearest zip codes: 53715, 53706, 53713, 53704, 537HH, 53716. Year house built: * 1999 to March 2000: 140 * 1995 to 1998: 223 * 1990 to 1994: 356 * 1980 to 1989: 951 * 1970 to 1979: 1882 * 1960 to 1969: 1735 * 1950 to 1959: 1275 * 1940 to 1949: 1342 * 1939 or earlier: 5144 Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Madison, WI (53703): * no bedroom: 15 * 1 bedrooms: 122 * 2 bedrooms: 549 * 3 bedrooms: 436 * 4 bedrooms: 216 * 5 or more bedrooms: 73 Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: * no bedroom: 3007 * 1 bedrooms: 4005 * 2 bedrooms: 2357 * 3 bedrooms: 1082 * 4 bedrooms: 497 * 5 or more bedrooms: 294 Vehicles available in 53703 zip code in owner-occupied houses: * no vehicle: 150 * 1 vehicle: 625 * 2 vehicles: 518 * 3 vehicles: 89 * 4 vehicles: 16 * 5 or more vehicles: 13 Vehicles available in renter-occupied housing units: * no vehicle: 4003 * 1 vehicle: 5081 * 2 vehicles: 1585 * 3 vehicles: 345 * 4 vehicles: 141 * 5 or more vehicles: 87 Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in zip code 53703: Zip code 53703 house values * $50,000 to $59,999: 10 * $60,000 to $69,999: 9 * $80,000 to $89,999: 32 * $90,000 to $99,999: 65 * $100,000 to $124,999: 155 * $125,000 to $149,999: 157 * $150,000 to $174,999: 103 * $175,000 to $199,999: 112 * $200,000 to $249,999: 77 * $250,000 to $299,999: 27 * $300,000 to $399,999: 49 * $400,000 to $499,999: 51 * $750,000 to $999,999: 7 Rent paid by renters in 2000 in zip code 53703: Zip code 53703 rent paid by renters * Less than $100: 49 * $100 to $149: 124 * $150 to $199: 65 * $200 to $249: 90 * $250 to $299: 224 * $300 to $349: 775 * $350 to $399: 1169 * $400 to $449: 1188 * $450 to $499: 1101 * $500 to $549: 1058 * $550 to $599: 1010 * $600 to $649: 818 * $650 to $699: 432 * $700 to $749: 508 * $750 to $799: 403 * $800 to $899: 581 * $900 to $999: 585 * $1,000 to $1,249: 580 * $1,250 to $1,499: 212 * $1,500 to $1,999: 196 * $2,000 or more: 9 * No cash rent: 65 Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,200 Median house value for: * White Non-Hispanic householders: $148,400 * Black or African American householders: $95,000 * Asian householders: $320,800 * Some other race householders: $187,500 * Hispanic or Latino householders: $187,500 Travel time to work * Less than 5 minutes: 665 * 5 to 9 minutes: 2765 * 10 to 14 minutes: 3772 * 15 to 19 minutes: 3633 * 20 to 24 minutes: 2571 * 25 to 29 minutes: 939 * 30 to 34 minutes: 1020 * 35 to 39 minutes: 92 * 40 to 44 minutes: 196 * 45 to 59 minutes: 244 * 60 to 89 minutes: 288 * 90 or more minutes: 90 53703 zip code travel time to work First ancestries reported: * German: 6538 * Other groups: 3457 * Irish: 2482 * Norwegian: 1323 * English: 1130 * Italian: 1067 * Polish: 1064 * Swedish: 587 * Russian: 479 * European: 469 * French (except Basque): 391 * United States or American: 357 * Scottish: 296 * Subsaharan African:: 294 * Scotch-Irish: 294 * Czech: 244 * Dutch: 232 * African: 215 * Danish: 177 * Eastern European: 173 * Greek: 129 * Arab:: 127 * Scandinavian: 127 * Austrian: 113 * Finnish: 105 * Belgian: 103 * Swiss: 100 * French Canadian: 97 * Welsh: 93 * Hungarian: 91 * British: 89 * Czechoslovakian: 68 * Ukrainian: 64 * Yugoslavian: 52 * Croatian: 45 * Israeli: 44 * Lebanese: 37 * Iranian: 36 * Lithuanian: 33 * Egyptian: 31 * Nigerian: 29 * West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 28 * Turkish: 28 * Arab/Arabic: 27 * Slovak: 25 * Northern European: 23 * Slavic: 21 * Armenian: 21 * Slovene: 19 * Romanian: 17 * Portuguese: 14 * Latvian: 13 * Sierra Leonean: 13 * Liberian: 12 * Serbian: 11 * West Indian: 11 * Other Arab: 11 * Basque: 10 * Celtic: 10 * Other Subsaharan African: 10 * Syrian: 10 * Canadian: 9 * South African: 9 * Haitian: 9 * Moroccan: 8 * Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 8 * Bulgarian: 6 * Ugandan: 6 * Jordanian: 3 * Luxemburger: 2
  19. Gas: Included in rent. :-) Electric: $23
  20. You wanna fight, CDM? :box:
  21. PigBoy replied to a post in a topic in Urbanbar
    That picture is Madison. (It's one I posted recently in the winter pictures thread.)
  22. PigBoy replied to a post in a topic in Urbanbar
    I'm a desktop neat freak... I hate having lots of icons there. Everyone's only downloading legal things with Limewire, right? :wink: :wink: (By the way, I also have it. Just no desktop shortcut, nor is it generally running.)
  23. The way I'd do it with your example (getting from 2400 x 1720 to 1600 x 1200): Resize it to a height of 1200, which gives you 1674 x 1200. Then, either resize the canvas to 1600 x 1200, or paste the image to a new one of that size. Adjust the lateral position as desired, since there's a bit of room to decide which parts get cut off. Looks like everyone's got their own slightly different way of doing it.