Aha, I was caught by stats (various)

>The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of the
>City and County of Denver was 588,349 on July 1, 2007, making it the
>26th most populous U.S. city.

Reading further down my source I see that the 12 county Denver-Aurora-
Boulder Combined Statistical Area had an estimated 2007 population of
2,998,878.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver,_Colorado>

So we are both right, but perhaps you are more correct than I.

Cheers

GB




>Excellent
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>Not one to party poop but Denver is approx 2.7 million
> .. so we'd get just below 24k if Melb were 4 million
>no ..
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>Cheers
> K2
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>--- Graham B <am7plus@...> wrote:
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>> This article reports on the huge increases in
>> cycling in the US.
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><http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0825/p01s01-usec.html>
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>> Bike on Bus boardings are up by over 100% in
>> Houston, Texas.
>> Bike riders are being 'bumped' from trains because
>> racks are full in the
>> San Francisco area, and in Denver (Co.) a population
>> of a little over
>> half a million has 35,000 riders turn up to ride to
>> work day. Translate
>> that Denver figure to Melbourne or Sydney and that
>> would be over 200,000
>> riders. Now there would be some 'traffic' to
>> manage!
>>
>> If we adopted 'Idaho Rules' that would annoy the
>> hell out of some
>> motorists, but would in fact sanction what often
>> happens, and thus free
>> up police time to concentrate on other issues.
>>
>> Of course, there is always a thorn in the side of
>> any good thing and
>> this man has to be a prime candidate.
>> He claims that because bikes take up road space that
>> cars could more
>> gainfully use, traffic is slower, spends time in
>> jams and causes more
>> pollution. Therefore bicycle riding causes
>> pollution!
>>
><http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121919354756955249.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone>
>>
>> The response from riders has been predictable!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Graham B
>>
>>
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