Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Week 3 Project 3C:Inland Areas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseville,_California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis,_California

http://www.roseville.ca.us/

Http://www.ci.clovis.ca.us/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl-WXBN6Ssw

Interesting facts about Roseville:
1. As of 2005 there 103,845 people in Roseville 86.03% of them were white, 1.31% were African American, 4.31% were Asian and 11.54% were Hispanic.
2. Roseville is the smallest of the fifteen top ranked cities in California for retail sales.
3. Roseville's total area is 30.5 square miles and only .04 square miles consist of water.

Interesting facts about Clovis:
1. As of 2000 there 68,468 people in Clovis 75.82% of them were white, 1.90% were African American, 6.49% were Asian and 20.27% were Hispanic.
2. Clovis has 8 high schools, 5 middle schools and 30 Elementary schools
3. Clovis' total area is 23.03 square miles and 0 square miles consist of water.

Roseville and Clovis are similar in the following ways:
1. Both Cities have an extensive history dating back to the late 1800's early 1900's. Each location has a historical downtown area.
2. Both cities have a lot of Hiking/bike trails
3. Both cities economic base are developed from shopping and retail sales.
4. Both Cities have 3 zip codes and one area code.

Roseville and Clovis are different in the following ways:
1. Roseville has a density of 2,622.5 square miles, while Clovis' density level is 4,004 square miles.
2. The City of Clovis was named after its public-spirited pioneer, Clovis M. Cole. While Roseville was named after fields full of flowers and roses prior to the incorporation of the railroad.
3. In the city of Roseville for every 100 females there are 88.8 males, while in the city of Clovis for every 100 females there are 92.3 males.

Although both towns are inland and considered smaller cities, they are rapidly developing into amazing places to live. Roseville is only 16 miles north of Sacramento, while Clovis is only 10 miles north of Fresno. There are a lot of assumptions that both cities have a strictly "red-neck" popluation when although they stay true to there country roots, both have a rock and hip hop following.

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