User talk:MontanaOldTimer

Who do you think you are?

Please Don't come to my user page, and post things which could create an argument. I am not looking for one. I am just trying to represent my city. Missoula is the second largest city in Montana, so I see it as the second largest downtown. I have been to every city you stated, and the only two that are close are Butte, and Billings. Great falls have fallen apart (recession related), and Helena is far to small to even consider it. I deleted your post on my user page, because like I said- "I do not want to argue". I have my opinion. You have yours. I have been on Wikipedia far longer than you, and I have been very "neutral" in anything to do with Missoula's downtown.

Missoulian (talk) 15:07, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Great Falls is healthy their economy is is stronger than Missoula's which has been shrinking with the economic downturn. Regaurdless their economy has nothing to do with the size of their downtown, downtown Great Falls is far larger than downtown Missoula.and you are correct uptown Butte is larger than downtown Missoula and downtown Billings is massively larger. Not that downtown Missoula isn't nice it is. It is just simply not the "largest downtown in Montana" as you claim on your page. even in your response here you say it is the "second largest downtown". Just because Missoula is the second largest city in state does not mean it's downtown is the second largest. Butte is the fifth largest city in Montana but it has a large uptown. I only pointed it because because I was not aware if you realized it is NOT the largest downtown in Montana. As I can see you do realize it is NOT the largest downtown in Montana. Thank you for getting back to me, I am reponding to you here because you asked me not to come to your page. Yes you have been on Wikipedia far longer than me but I'm pretty sure I am much older than you and have lived in Montana all my life. Like I say downtown missoula is nice it is just not all that large and that is not a bad thing. MontanaOldTimer (talk) 18:23, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Lewis and Clark and Cascade counties were the state's most stable economically in 2011, due to high numbers of government workers.

Missoula County's economy declined 0.3 percent in 2011 because of continued declines in construction and manufacturing, as well as a three-year state worker pay freeze.

http://missoulian.com/news/local/um-economists-say-energy-development-will-boost-montana-in/article_c3d81b36-495e-11e1-afc7-0019bb2963f4.html MontanaOldTimer (talk) 20:43, 25 July 2012 (UTC)