Will Austin and San Antonio ever be in the same CSA? (people, difference)

[PDX_LAX]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Is this a serious question? lol

YES

You have a few small towns and couple of subdivisions here and there, but it's lots of undeveloped land.

Haha I've never been to Texas before! With the current population explosion in these two cities, 80 miles could be swallowed up in a decade.

[WanderingImport]

Originally Posted by PDX_LAX

Haha I've never been to Texas before! With the current population explosion in these two cities, 80 miles could be swallowed up in a decade.

A decade?? I seriously doubt that. At a fast rate, half a century maybe.

Of course, in a worse case scenario, unchecked sprawl can happen at BREAKNECK pace, but in Texas, that won't happen. At least not like in places such as Miami where they gained somewhere near 100,000 people in ten years sometime last century. Hence what I said above. (Not to say TX doesn't have unchecked sprawl)

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by WanderingImport

A decade?? I seriously doubt that. At a fast rate, half a century maybe.

Of course, in a worse case scenario, unchecked sprawl can happen at BREAKNECK pace, but in Texas, that won't happen. Hence what I said above.

Agree. this is Texas and you pretty much have an unlimited amount of land to build on.

[mikey1984]

Originally Posted by PDX_LAX

Haha I've never been to Texas before! With the current population explosion in these two cities, 80 miles could be swallowed up in a decade.

It's actually 78 miles from city center to city center, it's more like 40 miles in between, but you have New Braunfels 60k and San Marcos about 60k and these are very fast growing cities in between. I'd say 15 years and they could be a csa.

[wpmeads]

Originally Posted by mikey1984

It's actually 78 miles from city center to city center, it's more like 40 miles in between, but you have New Braunfels 60k and San Marcos about 60k and these are very fast growing cities in between. I'd say 15 years and they could be a csa.

It seems like the rural places along I-35 between Austin and San Antonio keep getting smaller and smaller. I think another good question is will Austin ever be in the same CSA as Kileen and Temple? Kileen is growing really fast (mainly because of Fort Hood) and Austin and Kileen seem to be growing toward each other.

[Lovely95]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

^^^
truth

Plus the region between San Antonio and Austin is really attractive (away from 35); sprawl would kill it.

What do you think about the Killeen Area and Austin?

What's interesting is that I always thought that San Marcos was unattractive, mostly because I just found myself driving through on the highway or to stop by the outlet mall, but once you actually see that city, it is very pretty.

[Spade]

Well Austin has grown into Round Rock and now it's growing into Georgetown. They are widening the highways between Killeen/Salado and Georgetown. BUT I don't see it happening.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by PDX_LAX

I was just doing my geography nerd stuff and I saw on google maps that Austin and San Antonio are only 80 miles apart!

Dallas and Fort Worth are less than half that apart... and with a lot in between.

Originally Posted by PDX_LAX

I don't know anything about the landscape or growth patterns in Texas, but I am wondering is it possible that they will ever combine into a metro of 3.6 million?

I mean Baltimore and Washington are considered the same CSA and they are 50 miles apart. Los Angeles and Riverside are in the same CSA and they are 60 miles apart.

Couldn't Austin and San Antonio eventually be grouped into the same CSA?

Hmm, I don't know. I'd say no, at least not for a really long time.

[shoe01]

There are people who commute between the two cities. I think the biggest inhibiting factor for a continuous sprawl nightmare on I-35 is the water supply, though. They would need to build another big reservoir or two someplace to accommodate that sort of mess.

[west336]

Would anyone really WANT this to happen?