The US measures their cities differently. If you count the metro area, Honolulu just ticked over 1m.
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The US measures their cities differently. If you count the metro area, Honolulu just ticked over 1m.
It could be more likely that islands are by their nature thought as remote w.r.t. to a land mass
and people are taliking about a city be remote w.r.t. a land mass.
Again, it's irrelevant as Hawaii doesn't have any teams in a national professional league.
Again, it's irrelevant as the physical and mental demands for AFL are unique.
Again, it's irrelevant as the scheduling and travel requirements in AFL are unique.
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It ticked over then has gone back down again.
Greater Honolulu is the same as Honolulu County, which is the entire island of Oahu.
The latest population estimates have it as a decreasing population below 1 million that it was measured at in the 2020 census.
If you're going to be pedantic, be correct.
Given the varied ways you can define "city" and the understanding that it has to have a minimum level of population, I think being too angry when people say Perth is the most isolated city in the world (with the implied suggestion referring to over 1 million people) is fine, even if I do agree Honolulu is "a city" and is more isolated.
People can just say "most isolated big city" and make the same point that they were trying to make.
Geezus this is ridiculous. Nobody is looking at that and going it's not a city of 1m people. It's 990k. Honolulu is the most remote city in the world. Get over it. We've spent too long derailing this thread over something that really doesn't matter or relate to it.
threenewpadlocks
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I'm not the one that introduced pedantry to this thread, you are.
You're right, I'm sorry, I couldn't let the claim that Perth is the most isolated city go unchecked.
I'm also sorry for being a pedant about the 1700km discrepancy, but rounding up to 1m for 990k.
Apologies all around.
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You've spent too long derailing this thread over something that really doesn't matter or relate to it.
Geezus this is ridiculous.
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How is it being pedantic, it's fact that American cities aren't measured the same, for example los Angeles has a population listed as 3.8 million, Melbourne's population is listed at 5.2 million.
I can assure you having been to l.a plenty of times it's about triple the size of Melbourne.
U.S. cities count their populations differently than Australian ones do.
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AFL in Bunbury: North Melbourne to sell two games to Western Australia in 2025, including one in South West
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North Melbourne is reportedly finalising a lucrative agreement with the AFL and Western Australian state government to play home games in Perth over the next three seasons.
In the mooted deal, the Kangaroos will play two ‘home games’ in Perth for each of the next three seasons, helping alleviate financial pressure on the struggling Victorian club and allaying the Eagles and Dockers’ fixture stresses.
According to Seven reporter Ryan Daniels, the Roos will ‘host’ the West Coast Eagles and Fremantle next season as part of a two-week venture, with one game to come at Optus Stadium and the other to be played in the state’s south-west — Daniels floated Bunbury’s Hands Oval as the ‘likely destination’.
It is understood that the deal is set to pocket North Melbourne in excess of $2 million per year — with the Optus Stadium fixture alone set to rake in approximately $1.2 million for the Roos — bringing the total to over $6 million across the arrangement’s three-year period.
Daniels added that North is expected to still play games in Hobart next season, though not as many as the four it hosted at Bellerive Oval this year. The Roos also played an away game in Launceston against Hawthorn.
The deal gifts West Coast and Fremantle an extra game in their home state, as well as a tourism kick for the WA state government.
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In the mooted deal, the Kangaroos will play two ‘home games’ in Perth for each of the next three seasons, helping alleviate financial pressure on the struggling Victorian club and allaying the Eagles and Dockers’ fixture stresses.
According to Seven reporter Ryan Daniels, the Roos will ‘host’ the West Coast Eagles and Fremantle next season as part of a two-week venture, with one game to come at Optus Stadium and the other to be played in the state’s south-west — Daniels floated Bunbury’s Hands Oval as the ‘likely destination’.
It is understood that the deal is set to pocket North Melbourne in excess of $2 million per year — with the Optus Stadium fixture alone set to rake in approximately $1.2 million for the Roos — bringing the total to over $6 million across the arrangement’s three-year period.
Daniels added that North is expected to still play games in Hobart next season, though not as many as the four it hosted at Bellerive Oval this year. The Roos also played an away game in Launceston against Hawthorn.
The deal gifts West Coast and Fremantle an extra game in their home state, as well as a tourism kick for the WA state government.
Roos set to sign $6m ‘landmark deal’ to play WA home games for next three years
Vic club set to sign $6m ‘landmark deal’ to play WA home games for three years
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Talks have advanced with the WA state government to play back-to-back matches in the west in 2025, against Fremantle and West Coast.
It is understood discussions have included one of those matches being played in Bunbury, two hours south of Perth, with the other to be at Optus Stadium.
The Roos would not shave off any Melbourne home games in the deal, with the club to still host seven matches at Marvel Stadium next year.
It is understood discussions have included one of those matches being played in Bunbury, two hours south of Perth, with the other to be at Optus Stadium.
The Roos would not shave off any Melbourne home games in the deal, with the club to still host seven matches at Marvel Stadium next year.
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