Comments on: The Journal on the Demographics of Subprime http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/10/journal-on-demographics-of-subprime.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:33:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Pudentilla http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/10/journal-on-demographics-of-subprime.html#comment-1025 Pudentilla Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:51:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/10/the-journal-on-the-demographics-of-subprime/#comment-1025 <i>Since when is Lewiston, a metropolitan area? </i><br/><br/>All measures are relative. Lewiston is the second largest population center in the state of Maine. Portland, the largest, has about 65K residents. Now admittedly, when you factor in surrounding towns/suburbs, Portland has a metro population of almost 250K and Lewiston/Auburn (or L/A, or, "the Twin cities", as the locals like to call it), has about 90,000 residents. Maine's population is only 1.3 million - so from the point of view of the folks in my small farming town (pop < 5K), Lewiston/Auburn is "the city." Portland is where the yuppies live and the "people from away" eat in fancy restaurants. Since when is Lewiston, a metropolitan area?

All measures are relative. Lewiston is the second largest population center in the state of Maine. Portland, the largest, has about 65K residents. Now admittedly, when you factor in surrounding towns/suburbs, Portland has a metro population of almost 250K and Lewiston/Auburn (or L/A, or, “the Twin cities”, as the locals like to call it), has about 90,000 residents. Maine’s population is only 1.3 million – so from the point of view of the folks in my small farming town (pop < 5K), Lewiston/Auburn is “the city.” Portland is where the yuppies live and the “people from away” eat in fancy restaurants.

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