Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Municipalities – Question 1
Question for Matt B and Xavier D. If you look at the list of cities in South Carolina, most all of them are small and only a couple are in the 100,000 population range. The state could be characterized as a state of small towns, yet that is not quite accurate. If you add up all the populations of all the cities, the number falls far short of even half the population of the state. At the same time most people do not live in rural areas as they once did (that would have been true prior to about 1950). If they do not live in cities or in rural areas, where do they live? Hint: the answer to this is related to the fact that many people who think they live in a city like Columbia or Aiken really do not live in that city.
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I would say that the reason why the populations of the cities only adds up to half the population of the state even though people say they live in these cities is because these people don't officially live in teh cities. The lines which are drawn for the boudaries of cities are more specific than where the people actaully say they live. So in this case people must live in the suburbs or outskirts of the major cities. An example of this that many people who live in Aiken County say they live in Aiken however their address in not in the city of Aiken. Another example of this is myself. I actually live in Bedford, NH which is a surrounding town of Manchester, the largest city in the state, yet when people ask me where I live I say Manchester. Also people may believe that they live in a city such as aiken or columbia, yet the way the boundaries of the city are drwan they do not.
matt Burroughs
Well, in the beginning, S.C. like most states started as a farming state and at the time most people would have lived in rural areas. But since times have changed the citizens of the state are now living in an urban setting, but this takes the form of cities, towns, or in the outskirts of the city. Most people in S.C. live in suburban areas than in the city. Determining where you belong, as a citizen is a confusing task. The postal address may refer to you living in a city, but you are a citizen of a different county, thus you are not allowed to vote for heads of office in the specific city you are addressed to. Usually citizens are unincorporated to a county, but near a city or town. The boundaries drawn up may determine where you belong but many of the public services also are also interchanged. I have a similar case like Mike Burrough, I live in Edgefield County, but I'm address to North Augusta since I live so close to the city. The system in S.C. is very different from when I lived in VA. I lived in a town called Woodbridge in a county called Prince William, so I was marked as a citizen of Woodbridge. But if you lived outside that town or live a suburban area near any town, your address was marked under Prince William County so it was not interchanged like S.C. I could have voted for the city and county, while others may not.
Xavier de Jesus
Both Matt B and Xavier gave excellent answers -- the one word answer is "suburbs," but both gave good background and explanation.
Bob B
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