Because of my two favorite readers, I have officially become obsessed with Fort Wayne, Indiana and Columbia, Missouri. I have done a little research on Mr. Internet to find some fact / factoids on my two new favorite cities. I wanted to do a little compare and contrast with these two fair cities and see how they stack up with Milwaukee the Great Place by a Great Lake.Population (2000)
Milwaukee: 596,974 - 47.8% Men, 52.2% Women
Fort Wayne: 205,727 - 48.4% Men, 51.6% Women
Columbia: 84,531 - 47.9% Men, 52.1% Women
Advantage: Milwaukee. I have to go where the women are at.
Elevation
Milwaukee: 634 feet
Fort Wayne: 781 feet
Columbia: 758 feet
Advantage: No one. Unless you have mountains to ski on, this factoid means nothing. Plus I like saying factoid.
Land Area
Milwaukee: 96.1 square miles
Fort Wayne: 79.0 square miles
Columbia: 53.1 square miles
Advantage: Milwaukee. I guess because there is just more room to move around in.
Median Resident Age
Milwaukee: 30.6 years
Fort Wayne: 32.8 years
Columbia: 26.8 years
Advantage: Columbia. I have to be where there are young people like myself. Apparently I am only .8 years over the average age. That is good.
Median Household Income (2000)
Milwaukee: $32,216
Fort Wayne: $36,518
Columbia: $33,729
Advantage: Fort Wayne. I like money.
Median House Value (2000)
Milwaukee: $80,400
Fort Wayne: $74,600
Columbia: $118,500
Advantage Columbia. I like houses, but hate taxes.
Race
Milwaukee: White Non-Hispanic (45.4%) Black (37.3%) Hispanic (12.0%) Other (5.3%)
Fort Wayne: White Non-Hispanic (73.1%) Black (17.4%) Hispanic (5.8%) Other (3.7%)
Columbia: White Non-Hispanic (80.4%) Black (10.9%) Hispanic (2.1%) Other (6.6%)
Advantage: I am not touching that one.
Ancestries
Milwaukee: German (20.9%), Polish (9.6%), Irish (6.3%), Italian (2.9%), English (2.6%), Norwegian (2.0%).
Fort Wayne: German (27.6%), Irish (10.5%), English (7.6%), United States (7.0%), French (3.8%), Italian (2.3%).
Columbia: German (25.7%), Irish (13.5%), English (12.9%), United States (7.2%), Italian (2.9%), French (2.7%).
Advantage: I am German, Welsh and Norwegian. Columbia has the most Irish, so that must be a city of lushes. I am mentally debating if that is a good or bad thing. Based on my past behavior I would say that is a good thing. But I am going to go with Fort Wayne on this one.
Education
Milwaukee: High school or higher: 74.8% Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3% Graduate or professional degree: 6.0%
Fort Wayne High school or higher: 83.2% Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.4% Graduate or professional degree: 6.5%
Columbia High school or higher: 91.1% Bachelor's degree or higher: 50.5% Graduate or professional degree: 24.0%
Advantage: Columbia. Big time. 50% with bachelor degrees! Good for you. We all know how smart I am. I would fit right in.
Marital Status
Milwaukee: Never married: 41.4% Now married: 38.3% Separated: 2.7% Divorced: 11.1%
Fort Wayne: Never married: 30.3% Now married: 47.6% Separated: 1.9% Divorced: 12.9%
Columbia Never married: 43.9% Now married: 41.7% Separated: 1.3% Divorced: 9.0%
Advantage: Columbia. More available women
Crime (2003) Based on per 100,00
Milwaukee: Murders (18.3), Rapes (41.2), Robberies (480.4), Assaults (346.1), Burglaries (1011.9), Auto Thefts (1043.8), Crime Index 573.5 (U.S. Average329.7) [Good God are we having some major problems here. How am I still alive?]
Fort Wayne: Murders (9.2), Rapes (57.4), Robberies (172.1), Assaults (136.6), Burglaries (1063.5), Auto Thefts (379.1), Crime Index 374.3 [Congratulationsns you beat us in burglaries]
Columbia: Murders (2.4), Rapes (20.1), Robberies (99.4), Assaults (377.4), Burglaries (543.0), Auto Thefts (207.0), Crime Index 294.8
Advantage: Columbia, unless of course you want to die.
Notable Natives
Milwaukee: Actor Gene Wilder, Murder Jeffrey Dahmer (yes that came up on the web search), basketball players Devin Harris, and Chris Mihm, Actress Heather Graham.
Fort Wayne: Basketball Player Brad Miller, Hockey Player Dale Purinton and I didn't recognize anyone else.
Columbia: Mathematician Norbert Wiener and that was about it and I don't even know who he is. What did he do discover the Pythagoreaniam theory?
Advantage: Milwaukee. Come on we have a serial murderer.
Weather
Advantage: Columbia, but not by much. They all look like they suck as far as weather goes.
Now for the intangibles, which by the very definition should not be quantifiable.
Milwaukee: 2 Professional Sports teams and Summerfest.
Fort Wayne: I have no idea what you have.
Columbia: Believe it or not I have been there, once when I was 24. It was nearly impossible to rent a car. Small airport. The people were very nice. The University of Missouri is there. That is a Big 12 School. Although I don't know how hard you cats can party.
Advantage: Milwaukee
So what is the final tally
Milwaukee: 4
Fort Wayne: 2
Columbia: 6
1 comment:
Counselor,
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