New Britain herald., 1929-01-12

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 include Brookline. Dorchester. Ever.
 cit. somerville. Cambridge. Chelses
 and others and although inhabitant,
 of these places state that they live
 in Boston. they really are not par
 of the great city. as each of thss<
 towns and cities has its own admin.
 istration and is listed separately ir
 the list of cities.
 Greater Boston. if ever listed al
 one. would net the metropolis |
 figure close to if not exceeding g..
 100000 inhabitants should all the
 adjoining towns and cities be in-
 corporated into the city proper. Al
 1t is, Boston ts 70 hemmed in on all sides by these places having their own governments. that it has no chance to grow.
 The other cities closely approach ing the figures of the exclusive ''set" are Baltimore with over s00.00o in- habitants. and St. Louis, which is close on the heels of the metropolis of the south.
 What ts New York?
 New York alone stands supreme among the big six with nearly G. y00,0o0 humans within its limits. Of course here again crops up the ques- tion What is New York?" Is 1t Manhattan and Bronx exclusive of Brooklyn. Queens and Richmond or all five boroughs taken together. Brooklynites of late maintain that they are not a part of New York and do not wish to be called New Workers. especially since Brooklyn began to outstrip limited Manhattan in population. Figures show that the "$24 island" has shown a drop in population since the war of nearly 300.000. whereas Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx have taken in the deserters. forced out by the in- ftux of enormous office buildings.
 The next class boasts of seven members. This circle of cities hav- ing more than 600.00O inhabitants, but not approaching even the "would-be exclusives" includes San Francisco, Washington. Buffalo, Pittsburgh. Milwaukee. Minneapo- lis and Newark. Of these. Washing ton shows the greatest gain since 1920. from 437,00o to nearly 575,0O0 or increase of 13s,000 in eight years, & record comparatively not surpassed by any other city in the union.
 Four 10O, 900 Cities in State
 The fourth group has l9 mem- bers-cities of over 250,O00. This pretentious group numbers among its members Oakland, Denver, At lanta, Indianapolis. Louisville, New Orleans. Kansas City. Mo-, Jersey City, Rochester. Cincinnati, Colum- bus, Toledo, Providence. Seattle, Portland. Ore. Birmingham. Oma- ha, Dallas and San Antonio. The 100000 group lists 4S cities, making the total of cities of 10000 popula- ton and more. S3. Connecticut has four cities belonging to the last named group, New Haven, Hartford, and Waterbury, and four other cities of more than 30.- poo inhabitants. New Britain, Mai- len, Stamford and New London.
 Massachusetts has the largest of cities belonging to the last group. total of IT. Pennsyl- vania next with 16, Illinois third with IS, and New York fourth with il. There is only one state in the union which cannot boast of a single ,ity with @ population not even ap- preaching 30,000, and that is Me- ,ada. Massachusetts takes first place again in the 100000 or more group, having nine cities. with New York second. the Empire state list ng eight.
 The largest percentage gain dur ng the past eight years was made ,y Dallas, which shows an increase If 5S.3 per. cent: San Antonio. 55.S: forth Worth. 62.e: Tulsa, f43 .ent: Fl Paso. 65.9: Flint, Micn.. '3.7,