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See Interstate 69 in Indiana and the intro to List of auxiliary Interstate Highways for the context of this question. Interstate 469 is a beltway around Fort Wayne, Indiana, but there's no Interstate 269 in the state: why is there a 469 but no 269? Given the existence of Interstate 465 around Indianapolis, and given the fact that the northeastern chunk has been built for (comparatively) many years while Neo-Luddites are still trying to hold up the construction of the southwestern chunk, it doesn't seem reasonable for AASHTO to presume that they would need a 269 designation and thus relegate the only 69 auxiliary to the 469 designation. Nyttend ( talk) 00:53, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
The County Executive of Wayne County, Michigan, Robert Ficano, is under investigation by the FBI for offering absurdly high compensation to his employees. For example, he just gave a $200,000 severance payment to somebody who quit. While no severance is customary when somebody quits, I'm not sure it's illegal to give a whopping severance package (to a woman I assume to be his mistress, in this case). So, what laws govern this type of thing ? StuRat ( talk) 02:25, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Is there any connection between the proportions of the U.S. flag (10:19) and the fact that the British surrendered at Yorktown on October 19, 1781 (10/19)? I suspect it is just coincidence. — Michael J 04:23, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
I have an aunt who’s planning to move to Riverdale in the Bronx. She currently lives in Mott Haven in the Bronx. I know that the western part of the Bronx was part of NYC since 1874. So, if I were to send her a card (which I will do so) or any other thing by mail when she moves to Riverdale some time in the future, would I write “Bronx, NY;” “New York, NY;” “Riverdale, Bronx;” or “Riverdale, NY” in the address to her when she moves, or would any of them be equally acceptable to write in the address?
I know that one would only write New York, NY in the address when sending a mail to someone in Manhattan. I know one would write only Brooklyn, NY in the address if one were to mail something to someone in Brooklyn. I know that one would use one of Queens’ neighborhoods, the ones that used to be towns, in an address if one were to send some mail or write to someone in Queens. Willminator ( talk) 16:43, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the helpful information, but historically speaking, why wouldn’t “New York, NY” be written in the address for Riverdale and other neighborhoods in the western part of the Bronx? Willminator ( talk) 20:07, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Again, thanks for your answers. I will mail my aunt by using “Bronx NY” when she moves to Riverdale. That answered that part of my question, but as you might have seen, I asked being aware of the history behind the western section of the Bronx and how the history of the other boroughs have affected the way the addresses are written in those places. With all that in mind I asked about which address option should I use when I start mailing stuff to my aunt. After receiving the answer to my original question, I wondered why the western section of the Bronx gets to use the "Bronx, NY" address only. So, on my follow up question, I asked about why historically the western part of the Bronx, which includes Riverdale where my aunt is going to move, does not get the “New York, NY” address that only Manhattan gets since that part of the Bronx, as can be seen in this 1895 map, was part of the original city that existed before 1898. As it is in the histories of the other boroughs or parts of them, shouldn’t that history be reflected in the western part of the Bronx where my aunt is moving to? Willminator ( talk) 01:45, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Talking with respect to the relative difference (i.e. the ratio between them). The article List_of_largest_cities_and_second_largest_cities_by_country is the best resource I can find, but can't be used to answer the question directly. From this Barbados has the greatest ratio I can see from random checking ( Bridgetown (94,197) over Speightstown (2,364) is a ratio of 39.8). Is there anywhere with higher? What about only for nations with a population of over one million (Mongolia has a ratio of 11.1 so is a possible contender for this)? -- 90.215.0.177 ( talk) 17:26, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
You can't beat Vatican City, which is infinitely larger than its non-existent second largest settlement. -- Dweller ( talk) 12:27, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
When I look at this map of Kansas media markets I see that they are quite different from television stations' viewing areas. For example, Phillips, Smith, Jewell, Republic, Cloud, Clay, Geary, Morris, and Chautauqua counties are in the viewing areas of almost all Wichita television stations, and they report on news and weather in those counties as well. Republic, Ottawa, and Dickinson I also know are covered by WIBW-TV out of Topeka, and KSNW and KWCH out of Wichita also include some border counties of southwestern Nebraska, Yuma, Cheyenne, and Kit Carson counties in Colorado, and (also KAKE in this instance) several border counties of northern and northwestern Oklahoma. I would have thought media markets determined viewing area of TV stations, but apparently this is not the case. What determines the viewing areas of TV stations in the United States? Ks0stm ( T• C• G• E) 22:37, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
How is his name supposed to be spelled? I've seen at least five different spellings, and there doesn't seem to be one that's more common. -- 75.33.218.167 ( talk) 23:23, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
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See Interstate 69 in Indiana and the intro to List of auxiliary Interstate Highways for the context of this question. Interstate 469 is a beltway around Fort Wayne, Indiana, but there's no Interstate 269 in the state: why is there a 469 but no 269? Given the existence of Interstate 465 around Indianapolis, and given the fact that the northeastern chunk has been built for (comparatively) many years while Neo-Luddites are still trying to hold up the construction of the southwestern chunk, it doesn't seem reasonable for AASHTO to presume that they would need a 269 designation and thus relegate the only 69 auxiliary to the 469 designation. Nyttend ( talk) 00:53, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
The County Executive of Wayne County, Michigan, Robert Ficano, is under investigation by the FBI for offering absurdly high compensation to his employees. For example, he just gave a $200,000 severance payment to somebody who quit. While no severance is customary when somebody quits, I'm not sure it's illegal to give a whopping severance package (to a woman I assume to be his mistress, in this case). So, what laws govern this type of thing ? StuRat ( talk) 02:25, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Is there any connection between the proportions of the U.S. flag (10:19) and the fact that the British surrendered at Yorktown on October 19, 1781 (10/19)? I suspect it is just coincidence. — Michael J 04:23, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
I have an aunt who’s planning to move to Riverdale in the Bronx. She currently lives in Mott Haven in the Bronx. I know that the western part of the Bronx was part of NYC since 1874. So, if I were to send her a card (which I will do so) or any other thing by mail when she moves to Riverdale some time in the future, would I write “Bronx, NY;” “New York, NY;” “Riverdale, Bronx;” or “Riverdale, NY” in the address to her when she moves, or would any of them be equally acceptable to write in the address?
I know that one would only write New York, NY in the address when sending a mail to someone in Manhattan. I know one would write only Brooklyn, NY in the address if one were to mail something to someone in Brooklyn. I know that one would use one of Queens’ neighborhoods, the ones that used to be towns, in an address if one were to send some mail or write to someone in Queens. Willminator ( talk) 16:43, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the helpful information, but historically speaking, why wouldn’t “New York, NY” be written in the address for Riverdale and other neighborhoods in the western part of the Bronx? Willminator ( talk) 20:07, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Again, thanks for your answers. I will mail my aunt by using “Bronx NY” when she moves to Riverdale. That answered that part of my question, but as you might have seen, I asked being aware of the history behind the western section of the Bronx and how the history of the other boroughs have affected the way the addresses are written in those places. With all that in mind I asked about which address option should I use when I start mailing stuff to my aunt. After receiving the answer to my original question, I wondered why the western section of the Bronx gets to use the "Bronx, NY" address only. So, on my follow up question, I asked about why historically the western part of the Bronx, which includes Riverdale where my aunt is going to move, does not get the “New York, NY” address that only Manhattan gets since that part of the Bronx, as can be seen in this 1895 map, was part of the original city that existed before 1898. As it is in the histories of the other boroughs or parts of them, shouldn’t that history be reflected in the western part of the Bronx where my aunt is moving to? Willminator ( talk) 01:45, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Talking with respect to the relative difference (i.e. the ratio between them). The article List_of_largest_cities_and_second_largest_cities_by_country is the best resource I can find, but can't be used to answer the question directly. From this Barbados has the greatest ratio I can see from random checking ( Bridgetown (94,197) over Speightstown (2,364) is a ratio of 39.8). Is there anywhere with higher? What about only for nations with a population of over one million (Mongolia has a ratio of 11.1 so is a possible contender for this)? -- 90.215.0.177 ( talk) 17:26, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
You can't beat Vatican City, which is infinitely larger than its non-existent second largest settlement. -- Dweller ( talk) 12:27, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
When I look at this map of Kansas media markets I see that they are quite different from television stations' viewing areas. For example, Phillips, Smith, Jewell, Republic, Cloud, Clay, Geary, Morris, and Chautauqua counties are in the viewing areas of almost all Wichita television stations, and they report on news and weather in those counties as well. Republic, Ottawa, and Dickinson I also know are covered by WIBW-TV out of Topeka, and KSNW and KWCH out of Wichita also include some border counties of southwestern Nebraska, Yuma, Cheyenne, and Kit Carson counties in Colorado, and (also KAKE in this instance) several border counties of northern and northwestern Oklahoma. I would have thought media markets determined viewing area of TV stations, but apparently this is not the case. What determines the viewing areas of TV stations in the United States? Ks0stm ( T• C• G• E) 22:37, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
How is his name supposed to be spelled? I've seen at least five different spellings, and there doesn't seem to be one that's more common. -- 75.33.218.167 ( talk) 23:23, 20 October 2011 (UTC)