Talk:McAllen, Texas

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message: .  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.68.210.69 (talk) 23:00, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Are there any known people who came from McAllen? (supposed to be header for the above) ^^^ 

message: I hate Mcallen and think it's the scum of all Texas towns. I would much rather live in Corpus, Laredo or even Abilene or Lubbock bedore I'd have to live in McAllen. YUCK. ()I'm allowed to say that, this is a discussion page)
Nevertheless... does anyone have ANY history on the city of mcallen?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.79.9.129 (talk) 21:45, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not quite sure I'd say McAllen is the "scum" of Texas towns; I agree, except for the beach, the Valley definitely sucks.  But would you really rather live in Roma? La Feria? Donna??  Or Brownsville, for that matter?  Now those places SUCK. I lived my first 18 years in the valley, and if I never see it again, it will be too soon!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.13.141.100 (talk) 12:00, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: History?

message: === Justification for the  Deletion of University of Texas–Pan American ===
The University of Texas–Pan American has been deleted from this article due to the fact that the university belongs to another city thus making the statement irrelevant. If such statement is left uncorrected then one is giving erroneous justification for other users to input  Universities and/or  Important Locations on their page permeating counterfactual information- the ultimate offense to the philosophy of Wikipedia.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sglooney316 (talk • contribs) 20:05, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The city of McAllen doesn't have a University it only has a community college. Thus, I renamed the content section to read "Community College." --F15 sanitizing eagle (talk) 20:11, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a UTPA teaching center, with classrooms, in McAllen. I am not sure how much of a direct presence a university needs in a city to be listed (Texas A&M also has an office  and Health Sciences center in McAllen. 24.167.52.195 (talk) 22:59, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Education

message: The University of Texas–Pan American has been deleted from this article due to the fact that the university belongs to another city thus making the statement irrelevant. If such statement is left uncorrected then one is giving erroneous justification for other users to input  Universities and/or  Important Locations on their page permeating counterfactual information- the ultimate offense to the philosophy of Wikipedia.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sglooney316 (talk • contribs) 20:05, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The city of McAllen doesn't have a University it only has a community college. Thus, I renamed the content section to read "Community College." --F15 sanitizing eagle (talk) 20:11, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a UTPA teaching center, with classrooms, in McAllen. I am not sure how much of a direct presence a university needs in a city to be listed (Texas A&M also has an office  and Health Sciences center in McAllen. 24.167.52.195 (talk) 22:59, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Justification for the  Deletion of University of Texas–Pan American 

message: Does anybody have any info/statistics on crime and gangs?  That's what I came to the McAllen page to read about.  I remember passing through McAllen in the early 1960's on vacation on the way to Mexico and it was lovely, but I imagine that, like Houston etc that it now has a large component of crime and gangs.  Any info?  Perhaps somebody in law enforcement in McAllen who read this can add the info.  Thanks in advance to anybody who has this info and can put it up.109.154.26.227 (talk) 09:42, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Crime / Gangs

message: There was some unformatted data and a random link, neither of which seemed very helpful to the main idea of the paragraph. I've included it below if somebody want to clean up, cite, and put it back if they feel it's relevant.
> Obesity rate: 38.5%
> Pct. with high blood pressure: 26.6% (57th lowest)
> Pct. exercise regularly: 52.2% (79th lowest)
> Poverty rate: 37.7% (the highest)
> Pct. with at least bachelors degree: 16.0% (30th lowest)
Read more: America’s Fattest Cities – 24/7 Wall St. http://247wallst.com/2013/04/12/americas-fattest-cities/#ixzz2Y2ZKIhFw
164.107.222.225 (talk) 13:42, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Unformatted Health Data

message: After reading several parts of the article, the edits on here boast about the city too much. Also, poverty rate data is incorrect. Being that McAllen is the poorest area in the US, I find it odd when the poverty rate is 20%. When you type 'mcallen poverty rate', 33% of residents and almost 46% of children are below the poverty line. Editor(s) on here are trying to promote the city.
No city, especially one with a small population such as McAllen, places 2012 census estimates at the top of the Demographics section, while later mentioning 2000 census data, which by the way has inaccurate data. This is a lame attempt at promoting the city. De88 (talk) 04:35, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
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