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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)
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)
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"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)
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Undid edit. I can't find a source that supports Manaus, Brazil as a sister city. Ref these sites [1] and [2] Revisethis ( talk) 06:54, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
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)
There are currently 8 churches listed in this section (with external links to each of their websites), but this search at the East Valley Tribune website has over 2000 entries for churches. There is no way to reasonably include all of the churches in Mesa in a list in this article, nor is there a fair way to include some but not others, even if this excludes some large &/or well established local congregations. Because of this, this section should be removed & not added back. -- 208.81.184.4 ( talk) 18:45, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
Mesa's history was strongly influenced by the LDS Church; that's just a fact, regardless if this is seen as positive or negative. If you want to fix a perceived bias towards coverage of Mormonism on this article, deletion is not the correct solution. Instead find Mesa related religious topics that meet Wikipedia (WP) guidelines (including wp:V, wp:N, wp:NOT, & wp:EL) and write about them either here in this article or (preferably) on their own article & wp:wikilink to that material. WP is about building an encyclopedia, not about creating lists of external links that can be used as a directory; if you want information about a particular topic included, help build the encyclopedia by following WP guidelines. -- 208.81.184.4 ( talk) 23:25, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
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)
Long Beach, California has a higher population than Mesa. After all, isn't Long Beach a suburb of Los Angeles? ANDROS1337 TALK 23:49, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
There is nothing in this article about Mesa's Parks and Recreation amenities. I would like to include The Trust for Public Land's 2013 ParkScore ranking of the city. Mesa was ranked as having the 46th best park system out of the 50 most populous US Cities. 2013 Park Score Ranking - Mesa
There should at least be a line about Mesa's well-known parks, such as Pioneer Park (the oldest park established in 1947) and Red Mountain Park (Mesa's largest park at 1,144 acres). Also, it should be noted that the park system is run by the "City of Mesa Parks and Recreation" agency. http://www.mesaaz.gov/parksrec/
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)
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)
Anyone else think that Jonathan Dean deserves a place:
http://blog.ucsusa.org/david-wright/ambassador-jonathan-dean-390?
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)
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The dividing lines given in the article between East vs. West Mesa don't seem to be what most people use. It seems like the most common divider is actually Gilbert Road based on my experience. Should I add this to the article? ANDROS1337 TALK 18:08, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
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)
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. [1] -- Edavidson1220 ( talk) 15:11, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
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)
Mesa is one of the best cities to retire in because of many of the same reasons it draws snowbirds to the area—the amazing weather and active lifestyle you can have golfing, hiking, or horseback riding! Its close proximity to Phoenix also allows retirees to enjoy the big city but live more comfortably in the suburbs.