Saturday, October 01, 2005
Arivaca phone book
The Arivaca phone book came today. It looks like Arivaca has a lot more people than I thought. It looks like a little over 300 people, about double my original estimate. Some people including my uncle are not listed so it is hard to get an exact count. A couple of things surprised me. First, that Arivaca even has its own phone book. But, it has its own newspaper so I should not have been really surprised. Second, there is a Baha'i center along with two Baptist, one Catholic and one non-denominational church. That seems like a lot of religion for only 300 people. I had thought there was just one Baptist and one Catholic church in town. Finally, the number of Spanish names in the phone book is a lot fewer than I thought. Only about 25 out of 300, about a third of what I would have guessed given what I have seen in town. Obviously, a higher proportion of people working in visible jobs in town are of Mexican heritage than the population as a whole. It is a nice little phone book. Maybe next year it will have my uncle listed.
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Dude. You have waaay too much time on your hands...
Yes I do.
According to the 2000 census, within a 3-mile radius of Arivaca proper there are 700 people, only 175 which are of Hispanic. 607 are white and the median age is 48. The average annual income is a whopping $32,000, while the median income is only $22,000. The male to female ratio is pretty much even.
Sounds like a place i would like to live in :D
Chris, if there are 607 Anglos and 175 Latinos then the total population is 782 not 700. That sounds about right for a total population. I was counting listings. Each household probably has an average of a little over 2.5 people.
Kristin feel free to come on down. According to statistics given by Chris we have a shortage of women. :-)
ahaa... "The male to female ratio is pretty much even" means "a shortage of women"?? LOL
Like I said - I admire the way you think!!
OK, one question (and I'm serious): what can I do for living over there? I can do pretty much nothing except for writing, drawing and singing (and i suck at all of them LOL) Would you hire me as a toad shepherd? A counter of bugs that have drown themselves into your water glass? I could do THAT, I definitely could do that... (was watching Rain Man just yesterday LOL) "I'M AN EXCELLENT DRIVER" - NOT! :P
Kristin:
Well, food preparation is an option here I guess. You could pick mesquite beans and make prickly pear glaze.
You could translate all my writing into Estonian. I could pay you a $1.58 every six months. :-)
What do you do for work in Tallinn?
You're a curmudgeon, otto!
:(
Like all high-school-drop-outs I SELL something. Mainly faith and hope LOL... Can get some for myself at net value daily, in moderate amounts though ;) But it's cheap :D :D :D
Kristin:
Sorry, if the question offended you.
Offended??? :O
Is my English really that bad? :(
I thought I was just a little self-ironic ;) Sorry if I offended YOU! :P
No, your English is quite good and I am not offended. But, your response was similar to the standard one given by many Americans who do consider the question rude. At anyrate it is not important. I do not judge people by the type of work they do. I am very unusual among Americans in that respect.
Otto,
You need to brush up on your census statistics. Chris did it right other than going door to door.
Everything will change drastically once Sara and I move there, the population wil increase by 0.3%! At least the male/female ratio will remain fairly constant.
And kit... come on down! Or over.
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