Talk:St. Louis County, Missouri

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Population of St. Louis MSA

The article said St. Louis has over 3 million people. WRONG! That is a gigantic fudge of numbers and is totally inaccurate. St. Louis' MSA by 2006 census standards is just passing the 2.8 million mark (and at the MSA's current low growth rate it's probably not going to reach 3 million for at least another 10 years)-- and that's according to the article on Greater St. Louis. I am changing the wording to say "almost" 3 million people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Enorton (talk • contribs) 08:46, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Third most affluent: West county? I don't think so!

Where is the evidence presented in the statement that West County St. Louis is the third most affluent area in the midwest. Johnson County, Kansas is more affluent by most people's standards (it happens to be the third most affluent county in the nation). You need to cite that wherever it came from or I will remove it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.150.147.154 (talk) 04:28, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

The above comment was made by me. You all have one week from this post to present evidence that the western area of St. Louis county is the "third most" affluent area in the midwest or that statistic will be removed. That is being pulled out of thin air.

Found a source that says it is the second most affluent area. http://www.shopwestcountycenter.com/SITEPL~1.NSF/0/04D634F5103659868525739800755618/$File/WestCountyCenter_08_LS.pdf?openelement

"Facts West County Center is strategically positioned along I-270 and Manchester Road just south of I-64, and north of both I-44 and I-55, just 10 miles west of downtown St. Louis. More than 35% of this affl uent community offers an average household income of over $100,000 and is the largest area of high- income residents in the midwest with the exception of Chicago’s North Shore. In addition, St. Louis County is the largest county in Missouri and has the highest per capita income in the state. " —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.11.144.68 (talk) 04:46, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't think a pamphlet by WEST COUNTY MALL that cites no other source (a government source, census data, ect) is sufficient evidence to clarify this claim. If you want to make a claim that West County of St. Louis, Missouri is more affluent than places like southern Johnson County Kansas (the third most affluent county in America), or other areas in the midwest, you need to provide sufficient proof. A mall pamphlet that is written by a developer attempting to attract tenants is really not good evidence.

This sentence needs reworked

"St. Louis has an abundance of exceptional private schools although the public schools in the area are much more recognized throughout the nation." It's tone is all wrong for an encylopedia, sounds more like a Chamber of Commerce. Jon 17:57, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, the unintended humor of that heading... but, much of this article needs to be re-written. I've done West County to my taste since I'm a rich old money Bush-voting affluent Jew who grew up there and is therefore familiar with it.davewho2 04:48, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Politics

I feel that St. Louis is a significantly big enough county that I could place the past presidential election tables to give people the perspective of St. Louis County historical political beliefs... I need a go ahead because some people consider it vandalismJustinPacificaCA 02:11, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

saintlouis

hey you need to tell me who founded saint louis and and was it know by another by another name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.8.190.224 (talk) 21:39, 19 March 2009 (UTC)