good call. I'm a BWW boneless fan - that's probably where the differences of opinion are.
Buffalo Wild Wings Coming to Ames?
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good call. I'm a BWW boneless fan - that's probably where the differences of opinion are.
They arent just added in automatically because I'm sure many students, especially younger ones, are still dependents of their parents and are still residences in their hometowns. But I don't know for sure.
I'd say when school is in, Ames is closer to 75-80K, and when it's out, its around 56K.
No time to read this thread but BWW is lame in my opinion:
-It is overpriced for what you get.
-Their portions are very small.
-The quality of the food is poor.
-The service in the ones I have been to has been poor.
-It is overpriced for what you get.
-Their portions are very small.
-The quality of the food is poor.
-The service in the ones I have been to has been poor.
BWW definitely isn't a fad. Been around for quite a while and will continue to flourish. They definitely know how to make good food and have a great atmosphere.
I think that's wrong. Ames gets to about 100k when the Hawks football team is in town. 56k includes the students.
Over the summer, it can't be more than 35k. Having lived in a suburb of 33k for a few years, I can attest to what a place with about 30k is like as far as business of places, traffic, etc.
I remember someone telling me back when I was a freshmen that there was a reason in a previous census as to why the students claimed Ames as their residence. It had to do with saying if they reached the 50,000 threshold, they'd get more stores, like the Best Buy, Borders, Panera, etc., although I also thought they were told Old Navy would come too.
I think it was for tax reasons with the gov't. The city had people come to our dorms during our freshman year telling us to register for Story county.
Thatd be why i think the population not including students would be closer to that 56k. How many students do you think really bothered to register for story county, especially when so many dont like the city as it is with how much city vs students there seems to be going on there sometimes.
The government may have wanted it for tax reasons, but I guarentee they used the whole bringing more stores and restaurants in Ames... There's no way they say "register in Story County so we can tax you more"
Bigger, but ****tier. Just like Waco.
language filter didn't work at first. Caught it quickly. Mods, I wasn't trying to pull a fast one.
No, the reason they wanted it 10 years ago was because if you have a population over 50k, you are considered a metropolitan statistical area. That alone attracts businesses and industry.
CycloneErik
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Never realized that Lincoln was the 2nd biggest city of the Big XII cities. Seeing it in a list, that shouldn't be surprising, but it really was.
Nice work on that.
Exactly. 50k is the threshold for metropolitan status. It isn't for taxing individuals, it's for qualifying for federal money to use for things like housing, infrastructure, etc.
Again, I have no idea how many students are taken into consideration as part of a city's population, but just the fact that there is student turnover every year would make you think they can't be considered a part of the population unless their permanent residence is Ames. Another example, Carbondale, IL, home of SIU. The town itself is only about 25k. SIU probably has 18-20k students. Having been there multiple times, I can guarantee the city is much bigger than 25k, especially when students are around.
Yeah, I couldn't see Ames really being in the 35,000 range when students aren't living there. I think 50,000 some thousand sounds about right.
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Really? You think Legends is fine where it is? As I understand it, they have cut back on the nights that they are open during the week because they can't bring in enough business. Go to Legends for lunch during the week. See how many people are there. Now go to a place like Okoboji or Dublin Bay at lunchtime. The point is that students will leave campustown to go to sports bars and restaurants. Anyone who has been to Old Chicago on a Friday night will tell you that. However, the Legends situation shows us that non-students and families aren't as likely to go to campustown for a meal they can get elsewhere. There's a reason that you don't see any sportsbars in campustown. BWW would be stupid to alienate such a large segment of the Ames population, by putting a restuarant in a place where many people don't want to go.
