Saskatoon CMA Population is distorted.. - Page 2

Jammon · #21 Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 3:28 AM**

I personally think the way in which Statscan establishes the CMA is dumb to begin with. Commuter patterns to and from work are only one piece of the commuter patterns that a major city centre sees over the course of a period of time. The US has a statistical measure that is more reflective of the true CMA of a major urban centre. Just because a community has enough of a self-sustaining economy, does not mean that people within that community don`t commute to the major centre. The problem with their statistical measure is that is doesn`t account for other commuter patterns such as shopping, sporting events, concerts (and I could go on and on). This has a detrimental effect on the urban centre because infrastructure funding is based on CMA populations. If I use Winnipeg as a example- Selkirk and Steinbach are not considered part of the CMA of Winnipeg, yet I would love to see how many times people in these communities travel to Winnipeg in a week or month for reasons other than work.

thefourthtower · #22 Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 12:01 PM**

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jmt18325 · #23 Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 3:18 PM**

I've heard it said many times that Statscan actually has a better measure of city size than the US. Daily usage is a much more important measure for things like funding.

mjpaul · #24 Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 5:47 PM**

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Just a stupid thread by someone who can't understand how things work and can't give up past delusions of grandeur. Get a life pal, it's all been laid out for you here if you can just focus long enough to try for clarity.

heh bubba, you really are a nasty and defensive person. I think its an interesting discussion.

try to r e l a x and have a great day.

bubba17 · #25 Posted **Mar 19, 2013, 5:22 AM**

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heh bubba, you really are a nasty and defensive person. I think its an interesting discussion.

try to r e l a x and have a great day.

I have nothing to be defensive about. I just calls 'em as I sees "em....

thefourthtower · #26 Posted **Mar 19, 2013, 12:02 PM**

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bubba17 · #27 Posted **Mar 20, 2013, 6:22 AM**

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Bubba 1.7 it was a nice friendly conservation until you went on an attack , mjpaul started a thread about the topic he is clearly from Moose Jaw and wanted to discuss it , enjoy your wonderful day .

thefourthtower · #28 Posted **Mar 20, 2013, 11:09 PM**

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