Where do people on the board reside? Let's get an estimate of percentages

[Baroclinic Zone]

A very large percentage of the sne populous actually resides in ne MA....where we still have a very real chance, along with n orh co, the Monadnocks, and the Berkshires.

 

#Mathskillsftl

 

For Massachusetts alone , I just ran some quick #'s

N of Bos there are ~2.25m people in Essex and Middlesex Counties.

S of BOS there is ~1.96m people in all those counties.

Essex Counties which includes BOS has ~723,000 people.

So that's just under 5m people that live within roughly the western edge of the I-495 beltway or roughly 75% of Massachusetts population.

[moneypitmike]

To give a better sense of what is implied when people say "where no one lives" or "95% of the population lives", let's see if we can get a breakout of areas.  The breakouts don't describe each area perfectly, but use the one that best fits your city/town.  It would be neat if someone could take the results and map it.

 

 

Updated Results.

 

 

 

 

Poll Responder Results.pdf

[CoastalWx]

Anything past 495 is NY state and Canada.

[Baroclinic Zone]

Sorry my post in the other thread took over your thread.     Timestamp does this but I thought my post was relevant to this topic.

[CoastalWx]

What about BOS and Jerry? I don't see an option.

[ORH_wxman]

Anything past 495 is NY state and Canada.

 

 

2nd largest city in New England is in Canada....FTW.

[ORH_wxman]

Yeah there's no option for like anything near BOS.

[moneypitmike]

Anything past 495 is NY state and Canada.

 

LOL.

[CoastalWx]

2nd largest city in New England is in Canada....FTW.

 

I also work in Canada..lol. Obviously a joke on some of the views metro BOS people have, but you'd be surprised how many people think Braintree is practically Cape Cod and 128 is the NH border.

[moneypitmike]

What about BOS and Jerry? I don't see an option.

 

 

Yeah there's no option for like anything near BOS.

 

That area doesn't matter.

 

j/k.

 

Not sure if I can edit the poll options, but if I can (or if you can Will), add an "immediate Boston metro" option.

[Damage In Tolland]

if you lived in say Natick or Framingham..where would you vote yourself?

[40/70 Benchmark]

For Massachusetts alone , I just ran some quick #'s

N of Bos there are ~2.25m people in Essex and Middlesex Counties.

S of BOS there is ~1.96m people in all those counties.

Essex Counties which includes BOS has ~723,000 people.

So that's just under 5m people that live within roughly the western edge of the I-495 beltway or roughly 75% of Massachusetts population.

Exactly what I implied.

 

Ne MA represents a large percentage of the sne population.

[CoastalWx]

Exactly what I implied.

 

Ne MA represents a large percentage of the sne population.

 

Meh.

[moneypitmike]

if you lived in say Natick or Framingham..where would you vote yourself?

 

I can't see that I can edit the poll options.  Perhaps a mod can add a Boston/Metrowest option.

[ORH_wxman]

if you lived in say Natick or Framingham..where would you vote yourself?

 

 

That would be considered "metrowest" but there's no option for that.

 

Given I spend a bunch of time in ORH anyway, I voted Worcester hills.

[40/70 Benchmark]

That would be considered "metrowest" but there's no option for that.

 

Given I spend a bunch of time in ORH anyway, I voted Worcester hills.

You'll never admit to no longer living there...you grasp on to all last vestiges of association for dear life.

[40/70 Benchmark]

Meh.

You disagree??

[ORH_wxman]

You'll never admit to no longer living there...you grasp on to all last vestiges of association for dear life.

 

 

Well Natick is a temp stopover anyway...but I embrace the interior CP of E MA...it's always been an underrated weenie snow spot.

[moneypitmike]

That would be considered "metrowest" but there's no option for that.

 

Given I spend a bunch of time in ORH anyway, I voted Worcester hills.

 

You're no longer in Wormtown?

[apm]

That area doesn't matter.

 

j/k.

 

Not sure if I can edit the poll options, but if I can (or if you can Will), add an "immediate Boston metro" option.

Sheesh, kinda ruins the validity of the poll wouldn't you say?

[CoastalWx]

You disagree??

 

LOL, no of course not. In fact Essex and eastern Middlesex county into BOS is extremely densely populated. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

Well Natick is a temp stopover anyway...but I embrace the interior CP of E MA...it's always been an underrated weenie snow spot.

For real....how often have we seen spring events have an appendage of snowfall into my area from the ORH hills?

Often.

[Ginx snewx]

For Massachusetts alone , I just ran some quick #'s

N of Bos there are ~2.25m people in Essex and Middlesex Counties.

S of BOS there is ~1.96m people in all those counties.

Essex Counties which includes BOS has ~723,000 people.

So that's just under 5m people that live within roughly the western edge of the I-495 beltway or roughly 75% of Massachusetts population.

How awful, thank god I don"t have to deal with that traffic disaster everyday, NEEMA FTL

[ORH_wxman]

Ok, I added an option for metro BOS and westward to include the metrowest areas that were excluded from the original poll.

[moneypitmike]

Ok, I added an option for metro BOS and westward to include the metrowest areas that were excluded from the original poll.

 

Thanks--I couldn't take any more grief!!

[blizzardof96]

I also work in Canada..lol. Obviously a joke on some of the views metro BOS people have, but you'd be surprised how many people think Braintree is practically Cape Cod and 128 is the NH border.

Where in Canada? I live in Toronto but travel to Montreal all the time. 

[CoastalWx]

Where in Canada? I live in Toronto but travel to Montreal all the time. 

 

LOL, it was a joke about N&W of rt 495 being considered NY State and Canada.  I work near the NH border just past 495.

[40/70 Benchmark]

How awful, thank god I don"t have to deal with that traffic disaster everyday, NEEMA FTL

My commute is 20 minutes

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Us NW MA posters are in Franklin Co. 720 square miles, population a whopping 72,000. No one cares about us.

[ORH_wxman]

For real....how often have we seen spring events have an appendage of snowfall into my area from the ORH hills?

Often.

 

 

Yep...annual snowfall spikes up very quikly in E MA away from the water...esp near and N of the pike. The gradient is probably on the order of an inch per mile or so within the first 15 miles. You get like 43-44" on the water at Logan but by the time you are due west to Newton or Wellseley, its about 10" higher...about 12 miles by the way the crow flies.

 

Same goes for your area which is about 15 miles due west of Beverly on the north shore. They prob avg like 47-48" and you are just cracking into the low 60s...so again about an inch per mile in those first 15 miles. Then further west the gradient is more gradual. You have to wait until getting to the sharper elevation changes in N ORH county to see a more defined gradient again.