Talk:Mesa, Arizona

message: Is this right? at 0.5 million population vs. Miami's 5.5 million. Mesa is only one tenth the size of Miami. It seems there is a mistake.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.18.220.74 (talk) 12:34, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Miami's city limits population is only 442,241, the metro population is 6.1 million. So, comparing city limits to city limits, Mesa is bigger. But I'm not sure why that matters enough to make it onto the page – just seems like weird bragging. Gepece (talk) 14:32, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  more populous than Miami? 

message: The demographics section states: "Mesa's residents exhibit jarring economic diversity, with low-income areas constructed somewhat close to high-scale neighborhoods with extravagant custom homes." While I agree with this statement based on general observations alone, Can't the same be said for most valley cities, especially Phoenix? I'd like to find out what particular neighborhood the author of this statement is referring to, if not see a source cited, one that would differentiate Mesa from any other large city/suburb in that respect. Thanks Roadiejay 20:26, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As a Mesan myself, I agree with you. I see huge economic disparities within the city. Perhaps we could find a government source for income levels? I know the areas around Mountain View High School are wealthier than the areas around, say, Westwood (with a few notable exceptions of course). We should find government statistics on the average income of families in these schools' boundaries. Pahoran513 00:13, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't believe Mesa's economic diversity is any different than that of, say... Phoenix, which also has many pockets of slum areas intermingled with nice neighborhoods. I think it's more or less characteristic of Arizona in general, and not a phenomenon exclusive to Mesa. So what I was getting at in my original post, is that I don't see why Mesa's "Economic diversity" even deserves a mention in the article. Roadiejay 10:53, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Ive read somewhere that the economy of Mesa resembels a post Soviet City. Take a look at the roads and its policies with new bussineses. 12.164.129.203 21:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Jarring economic diversity

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message: "The racial make-up of the city was 69.30% White, 13.30% Black or African American, 2.2% Native American, 2.00% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 9.3% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races. 52.70% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race."2candle 11:35, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The US Census considers Hispanic/Non-Hispanic independently of White/Black/Asian, etc. Therefore, someone can be both White and Hispanic or Black and Hispanic. As a result, the number usually add up to over 100%. However, someone vandalized the article and changed the numbers. I just changed them back to the official US Census estimates. -Nicktalk 16:28, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, people can be multiple races, so someone can be white, black, AND asian. --Node (talk) 10:00, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The person above you just said that...Lunamia (talk) 22:07, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Should these numbers add up to 100%?

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message: Undid edit. I can't find a source that supports Manaus, Brazil as a sister city. Ref these sites  and Revisethis (talk) 06:54, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Sister Cities

message: I reverted back to Mesa as a suburb and not a "satellite city" as was stated.  Most newspapers (see below) call it correctly as a suburb and not a satellite city.  Population alone does not mean a city is not a suburb.  Aurora IL is the second largest City in Illinois so is it still a suburb?  Long Beach is a massive City located with the LA metro area is it still a suburb? The answer to these questions are of course they are.
The City of Phoenix is by far the largest City in the Valley of the Sun (Phoenix Metro).  It owns and controls the largest airport in the State of Arizona, in addition to two other reliever airports.  In Mesa the Phoenix-Mesa Airport is controlled by a board of five members.  One of those members is appointed by the Phoenix Mayor (at current the chair of the airport board is Thelda Williams a Phoenix Council member).  This is different to other areas such as Dallas-Ft Worth and Minneapolis-St Paul who share ownership and control over the largest airports serving their metro areas.  Airports are just one example of this.
"The Chicago Cubs have held spring training in Mesa, Ariz., on and off since the 1950s, and residents of the Phoenix suburb obviously want them to stay."   http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/11/03/cubs-spring-training-to-stay-in-arizona-after-voters-approve-st/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oak999 (talk • contribs) 23:00, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Mesa Suburb?

message: This article states that Mesa is the largest city that is not a county seat.  What about Long Beach, CA?
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As of the 2020 census Mesa is larger than Long Beach, CA.
The two cities that are larger and not county seats are Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD neither of which are in any county. Washington, DC's partial counties were abolished in 1871 and the city was reorganized into a single Federal District. Baltimore has been an Independent City since 1851.
Gepece (talk) 14:39, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  County Seat 

message: Long Beach, California has a higher population than Mesa.  After all, isn't Long Beach a suburb of Los Angeles? ANDROS1337TALK 23:49, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Largest suburb? 

message: Hi.  I'm going through all the US Cities (as per List of United States cities by population) in an effort to provide some uniformity in structure.  Anyone have an issue with me restructuring this article as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline.  I won't be changing any content, merely the order.  Occasionally, I will also move a picture just to clean up spacing issues.  I've already gone through the top 20 or so on the above list, if you'd like to see how they turned out.  Thoughts?  Onel5969 (talk) 16:08, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Structure 

message: What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 10:39, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of Mesa, Arizona]] 

message: Anyone else think that Jonathan Dean deserves a place: 
http://blog.ucsusa.org/david-wright/ambassador-jonathan-dean-390?
https://books.google.de/books?id=Ys4lBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=%22jonathan+dean%22+interview&source=bl&ots=qRicaXwjT7&sig=mdRzB4dpiHcWMjyQP4t_SclHrSc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjKo76tmorPAhXCchQKHc0uBqYQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=%22jonathan%20dean%22%20interview&f=false
and so on... 
The notable people secion it quite sports-heavy at present. Dean was a real global heavyweight in security and peace policy and arms control. 
I added his name, but it was reverted. I can't imagine why.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by YusufAlBinVeryNaughty (talk • contribs) 16:04, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable people - Ambassador Jonathan Dean 

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message: How can
"According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:[21]
White: 77.1% (Non-Hispanic Whites: 64.3%)
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 26.5%
Black or African American: 3.5%
Two or more races: 3.4%
Native American: 2.4%
Asian: 1.9% (0.5% Filipino, 0.3% Chinese, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.3% Indian, 0.1% Korean, 0.1% Japanese)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.4%
Some other race: 5.8%"
and 
"As of the census of 2010...
The racial make-up of the city was 81.6% White, 2.4% Black or African American, 2.2% Native American, 2.00% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 9.3% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races. 24.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race."
both be true? Saudade7 06:59, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  2010 Census racial composition info 

message: Hello- I would like to update the "Demographics" section of this article. The article includes information from the 2010 census, while I found demographic information from 2017 on the U.S. Census Bureau website that is updated and more accurate. Would this be an acceptable edit? I've never done it before and I am trying to edit Wikipedia for my ASU class. 
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mesacityarizona/RHI125217#RHI125217
--Edavidson1220 (talk) 15:11, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Update 

message: Hello everyone, I am very new to the editing feature on wikipedia but I just wanted to share some ideas to include and add in this article about Mesa, AZ. In the Parks and recreation section of the article, where it says golf they mentioned the "numerous championship golf courses. I would suggest perhaps including things to do here as well like for golfing talk about Golfland Mini Golf Course or things in that nature. That was anyone who may be visiting can also use this as a reference to find things to do. Under education, I think it would be important to include the Red for Ed protests that happened here as well. I know that this happened everywhere but this affected different areas in many ways and this article can help share same of the facts about the protests. ChristopherRockers1 (talk) 18:06, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible edits