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Actually, I'd argue the opposite, and that in general St. Paul gets less remembered as part of the Twin Cities than Fort Worth does in DFW. However, one reason people mention St. Paul at all is because it's literally part of the metro name "Minneapolis-St. Paul", which makes up the "Twin Cities". Most people just call the Dallas-Fort Worth area "Dallas", it seems, and unlike the Twin Cities -- which is the official metro name for Minneapolis-St. Paul -- Dallas-Fort Worth is not usually called the "Metroplex", at least not to the same degree (I've never seen "Metroplex" listed for Dallas on most reports, but I do see "Twin Cities" almost every time, if not "Minneapolis-St. Paul").
Your explanation actually emphasizes why Fort Worth is more overlooked. There are many ignorant people around the country who refer to our metro area as simply "Dallas" instead of "Dallas/Fort Worth," thus giving Dallas credit for everything that's in and around Fort Worth. And you don't have to go further than this thread to see people referring to the D/FW metroplex as "Dallas."
Don't worry guys, I'm from the Metroplex. I know that Ft. Worth exists. I did look at the growth in Tarrant County and it was right behind the growth in Dallas County. Are you saying that people are moving to Fort Worth, or are they moving to the suburbs, like Arlington, Mansfield, HEB, Keller, etc.?
Tarrant County grew more than Dallas County last year. As far as I know, most new Tarrant County construction the past few years has been up towards Alliance in north Fort Worth proper, Keller, and Southlake, so that's my guess as to where most of Tarrant county's growth was last year.
Core Based Statistical Area 2011 estimate County 2011 estimate 2010 Census Change
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA 2,599,504 City and County of Denver 619,968 600,158 +3.30%
Arapahoe County 584,948 572,003 +2.26%
Jefferson County 539,884 534,543 +1.00%
Adams County 451,443 441,603 +2.23%
Douglas County 292,167 285,465 +2.35%
City and County of Broomfield 57,352 55,889 +2.62%
Elbert County 23,174 23,086 +0.38%
Park County 16,089 16,206 −0.72%
Clear Creek County 9,012 9,088 −0.84%
Gilpin County 5,467 5,441 +0.48%
Boulder, CO MSA 299,378 Boulder County 299,378 294,567 +1.63%
Greeley, CO MSA 258,638 Weld County 258,638 252,825 +2.30%
Total 3,157,520 3,090,874 +2.16%
It is starting to look like this will be the decade that Minneapolis passes Chicago as the fastest growing Midwest metro in terms of raw numbers. Census population growth estimates from 2010 - 2013 for Midwestern metros of over half a million:
Minneapolis 110,287
Chicago 76,184
Indianapolis 66,084
Columbus 65,092
Kansas City 45,131
Des Moines 30,156
Omaha 29,801
Grand Rapids 27,665
Cincinnati 22,826
St Louis 22,355
Madison 21,996
Milwaukee 13,751
Wichita 6,475
Dayton 3,257
Akron 2,486
Detroit -1,267
Toledo -1,856
Youngstown -10,267
Cleveland -12,515
Nice list. Do you think you could make one with all the metros above 2.5 million in the us?
Nice list. Do you think you could make one with all the metros above 2.5 million in the us?
Yes, I was also thinking about making similar lists for the other regions, but I have a pretty intense work schedule for the next few days so it will have to wait a while.
I added the smaller metros because I thought it was interesting that some of them were growing more in absolute terms than many metros that were significantly larger. IIRC Fargo has also grown by close to 20,000 but it is still only a bit over a quarter million and I had to draw the line somewhere.
Detroit–Ann Arbor–Flint Combined Statistical Area: 5,314,163 (+2,385)
-Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 4,294,983 (+2,151)
--Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Division: 1,775,273 (-17,223)
--Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Division: 2,519,710 (+19,374)
---Wayne: 1,775,273 (-17,223)
---Oakland: 1,231,640 (+10,997)
---Macomb: 854,769 (+7,059)
---Livingston: 184,443 (+1,348)
---St. Clair: 160,469 (-188)
---Lapeer: 88,389 (+158)
-Flint, MI Metro Area: 415,376 (-2,415)
---Genessee: same as metro
-Ann Arbor, MI Metro Area: 354,240 (+3,094)
---Washtenaw: same as metro
-Monroe, MI Metro Area: 150,376 (-547)
---Monroe: same as metro
Percentage wise, it all just about rounds out to net zero. Though that's still pretty positive considering it was all net loss from 2000-2010 (after peak metro population).
That is good for the area, I believe. It eliminates the boom/bust cycles that plague other areas. Its steady growth allows it to keep up with necessary improvements. It also holds back those people that move because an area is 'trendy' and the weather is 'nice.'
But in fairness, we can't keep up with improvements -- nobody can! It's a winless game. No city can actually maintain its 1960's infrastructure without MAJOR tax increases and/or major investment in alternative forms of transportation. Sadly, we found this out with the collapse of the I-35W bridge, but I'm very concerned that it won't end there.
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