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Originally posted by Carolyn Duncan
This is kinda off topic but mike, what city in VA?

I'm sorry I wasn't more clear.

The National Boy Scout Jamboree has a population of over 45,000 people. (Boy Scouts actually), plus a support population of over 2,000. (Army, National Guard and Food Service) for a total of around 47,000.

According to the 2000 Census,
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/...s/va_tab_6.PDF
The that would make the jamboree 13th largest in the state of Virgina. The 3rd largest number has been quoted to me for many years, since at least 1989. Scouting has had a large decrease in population in the last 10 years, so that could explain why I was so far off.

Still, 13th largest isn't bad for a city that exists for one week, every 4 years. (July 3rd - August 1 of this year)

They also have approximatly 500,000 visitors during the course of the 7 days.

I guess to wrap it up, there is no city that I'm refering to, it's just an event of proportions that Dean and Woodie want. FIRST wants to change the world, Scouting has done that a few times already. Too bad in recent years they made a few very large public relations errors. (The whole homosexuals in scouting thing)

The National Jamboree is hosted at Fort AP Hill, Bowling Green Virginia. So I guess you could say Bowling Green is the City I'm refering to, but i'm not counting there population in those figures.


This got a lot longer than I expected. But it is something I feel pretty strongly about.