Talk:Midtown Manhattan

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[edit] Comma

Why is there a comma in the title? Should it not be Midtown Manhattan? As a word "midtown" functions much like "downtown" or "uptown". Nelson Ricardo 03:01, Sep 9, 2004 (UTC)

I agree. It's really known as Midtown Manhattan on maps. This really pisses me off! Pacific Coast Highway 02:28, Jun 27, 2005 (UTC) (10:28PM EST)

Fixed. —Nightstallion (?) ^{Seen this already?} 11:08, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More than 3 million commuters?

It said in the article that "more than 3 million commuters work in midtown", I find this doubtful being that manhattans entire daytime population is around 2.8 million (1.5 million residents + 1.3 million commuters). Not to mention that at around 3 square miles that would mean midtown would is 1/million people square mile during the day. That said, some of those 2.8 million people must work in the other districts of manhattan not least of the downtown area, I read in a travel book midtown has 700,000 workers, people need to cite things not just generalize "more than 3 million", I have changed the page to reflect this and will add a citation next time im in a bookstore and get the book that said that, however I can already back the 2.8 million up with this http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/19395/, being as that its daytime population is 2.8 million, 1/4 of that would be 700,000 which would be a more reasonable number for midtown during work hours.

There isn't a good image on this page. In fact, on the entirety of Wikipedia there isn't a single decent image of the midtown skyline, or even one I'd contemplate posting on a message board. Truly shameful for the most readily identifiable skyline in the world!

Dear anonymous contributor: Please sign your posts using four tildes (~). Also, why not add an image yourself, instead of criticizing everybody else? -- Ssilvers 20:39, 4 December 2006 (UTC)