Will Austin and San Antonio become one single Metro by 2030

[As Above So Below...]

I dont think people here seem to understand how Metro Areas are defined. It has nothing to do with continuous development. Its measured by commuting patterns. To qualify as a metro area, 20% of the county population has to commute to the core county. For CSA, its 5%. The Metroplex has well exceeded that threshold. In order for Austin and San Antonio to combine to a CSA, at least 5% of Travis County has to commute to Bexar County or vice-versa.

In all honest, you have a greater chance of seeing Waco become part of DFW's CSA, Killeen-Temple becoming part of Austin's CSA, and Beaumont becoming part of Houston's CSA than Austin and San Antonio combining. The cities are big enough and have their own economies and they are far enough apart where the need for large scale commuting between the two isn't really necessary. On the other hand, Waco, Killeen/Temple, and Beaumont don't have big enough economies to hold all their residents.

[RobertoSaldana4]

I do believe that San Antonio/Austin will merge but the timeline is something that nobody knows. San Antonio/Austin has been the some of the fastest growing metros and the area in between them is disappearing. Everyone says San Marcos is a part of Austin and that New Braunfels is a part of San Antonio. Those two cities are literally right beside each other!

[rynetwo]

Originally Posted by m1a1mg

Not sure how you got to Wimberly from 281?

You cannot get to Wimberly from 281 nor can you get to Austin from 281.

The point was they are growing to together in more areas than just along 35. The whole area from 281 to the west, 290 to the north, I10 to the south and 130 to east is developing.

I did not even notice the title of the thread. The two areas will never be a single MSA, but they might be because a CSA.

[RobertoSaldana4]

Originally Posted by rynetwo

You cannot get to Wimberly from 281 nor can you get to Austin from 281.

The point was they are growing to together in more areas than just along 35. The whole area from 281 to the west, 290 to the north, I10 to the south and 130 to east is developing.

I did not even notice the title of the thread. The two areas will never be a single MSA, but they might be because a CSA.

What would Blanco County be considered as? Austin or San Antonio metro? San Antonio sprawl is already nearing the Comal/Blanco County line but I don't know the development on 290 or 71 on the Austin side.

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by RobertoSaldana4

I do believe that San Antonio/Austin will merge but the timeline is something that nobody knows. San Antonio/Austin has been the some of the fastest growing metros and the area in between them is disappearing. Everyone says San Marcos is a part of Austin and that New Braunfels is a part of San Antonio. Those two cities are literally right beside each other!

Looks like you didnt read my explanation. Proximity of cities have nothing to do with it.

I did get confused on one part. It is 15% not 5% of commuters that you need for a CSA. That makes the likelyhood of the two joining smaller.

[RobertoSaldana4]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

Looks like you didnt read my explanation. Proximity of cities have nothing to do with it.

I did get confused on one part. It is 15% not 5% of commuters that you need for a CSA. That makes the likelihood of the two joining smaller.

I get that but one that you sure that they will never combine to form one big metro in the coming future.



Things are changing so quick but I'm very optimistic about this area and that we can integrate and become one huge metro.

[TexasHorseLady]

Originally Posted by RobertoSaldana4

I get that but one that you sure that they will never combine to form one big metro in the coming future.



Things are changing so quick but I'm very optimistic about this area and that we can integrate and become one huge metro.

Why on earth would you be optimistic about something like this? In what universe is this a good thing?