SA metro estimate just shy of 2 million (Houston, Dallas: condos, universities)

[King Koopa]

There is plenty in Austin, and he said DT. I listed those on the previous page (by the way, Victory Tower in Dallas is canceled for now). [

[NEsananto]

I just listed all office highrises that are under construction or will start construction. The highrise projects in Austin are residential with 1 or 2 floors of office space.

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

I guess Washington D.C. also has a lack of education. Going by it's skyline, has the be one of the least educated regions in the country then. Great reason? No hating on you, but you make yourself seem uneducated about San Antonio facts.

Originally Posted by traveler guy

The skyless skyline SA has is due to many things.

1. Lack of high education- SA is known for being a blue collar city and with 50% high school drop out rates it's not going away any time soon. This is a major contribution to Austin's boom in construction.

2. The "Shadow city"- Meaning with Dallas and Houston just hours away why come here they both have a international level relations and lack restrictions zones which brings us to #3.

3. Restriction zones- there are many along downtown. for one no building can surpass the 750 ft. Tower. second is the historic areas here are every where and skyscrapers can't block a good view. third is the fact that all tall buildings must be that brown color you see downtown which is why there aren't any Dallas type glass buildings here. I also think it would be kinda weird to see a all glass building in the downtown area.

4. Location- Many times a city has tall skyscrapers is cause of location. ex- Dallas was built near a oil rich area giving it some of those buildings. other examples are New Orleans, Mobile , Miami etc...

[King Koopa]

Originally Posted by NEsananto

I just listed all office highrises that are under construction or will start construction. The highrise projects in Austin are residential with 1 or 2 floors of office space.

You should see my post on the last page . And by the way, that isn't anywhere NEAR all of the office highrises being constructed in Houston especially, Austin, or Dallas.

Originally Posted by SweethomeSanAntonio

I guess Washington D.C. also has a lack of education. Going by it's skyline, has the be one of the least educated regions in the country then. Great reason? No hating on you, but you make no sense.

But there is a reason why DC does not have a skyline (within DC itself). No building can be taller than the Capitol building. That is why across the Potomac River in Arlington/Alexandria, Virginia, there are a bunch of highrises (office, residential, hotel, and add to that a subway system).

[ddrewa]

(Census Bureau 2006)

Management, professional, and related occupations
Austin 41.9% (163,016)
San Antonio 31.7% (178,117)
Houston 30.6% (298,880)
Dallas 28.5% (162,315)

Construction, extraction, maintenance and repair occupations
Dallas 14.6% (82,942)
Houston 13.8% (135,213)
San Antonio 11.9% (66,728)
Austin 11.4% (44,224)

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

Originally Posted by King Koopa

You should see my post on the last page . And by the way, that isn't anywhere NEAR all of the office highrises being constructed in Houston especially, Austin, or Dallas.

But there is a reason why DC does not have a skyline (within DC itself). No building can be taller than the Capitol building. That is why across the Potomac River in Arlington/Alexandria, Virginia, there are a bunch of highrises (office, residential, hotel, and add to that a subway system).

Thank you, and San Antonio has it's strict restrictions in the heart of it's historic urban core as well. Not as strict as D.C. but not anything as lenient as Austin's, Dallas or certainly Houston's. It has not anything to do with level of education. San Antonio has a well educated workforce, strong corporate base, and a large college population.


I have been to metro D.C many times,Tyson Corner, Arlington have some highrises but no real major skyline for a metro of 6 million people. Oh yea did you forget the 555 ft Washington Monument?

[oldmanshirt]

Use your heads people. SA is home to 3 Fortune 500 energy companies, the world's largest telecommunications company, the largest medical center in the South-Central Texas region, several universities, several banks, and a huge insurance/investment company. These organizations put hundreds of thousands of white-collar jobs into the local economy. To people cruising around SW Military Dr. or down Fred Rd. inside 410, SA might seem like a blue collar city, but I can assure you there are many "white-collar" jobs to be had.

BTW, I work for Harte-Hanks here in Kansas City (H-H is a multinational direct marketing firm based in SA, for those who don't know), and though I work in a cubicle, in an office, operating Windows Excel and a copy machine every day, I get paid an hourly wage. Does that make me white collar or blue collar?? Hmm. . .

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

Originally Posted by oldmanshirt

Use your heads people. SA is home to 3 Fortune 500 energy companies, the world's largest telecommunications company, the largest medical center in the South-Central Texas region, several universities, several banks, and a huge insurance/investment company. These organizations put hundreds of thousands of white-collar jobs into the local economy. To people cruising around SW Military Dr. or down Fred Rd. inside 410, SA might seem like a blue collar city, but I can assure you there are many "white-collar" jobs to be had.

BTW, I work for Harte-Hanks here in Kansas City (H-H is a multinational direct marketing firm based in SA, for those who don't know), and though I work in a cubicle, in an office, operating Windows Excel and a copy machine every day, I get paid an hourly wage. Does that make me white collar or blue collar?? Hmm. . .

Actually there is 6 Fortune 500 companies.

At&T
Valero Energy- Largets oil company in AMerica and now bigger than Exxon-Mobil. That says a lot right there about a city.
Nustar Oil
Clear Channel-
Tesoro Energy
USAA

[traveler guy]

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Originally Posted by traveler guy

Blue collar job is one that requires a certain uniform that all employs have to wear. Blue collar jobs well the construction work force, agriculture centers , toyota plant, the thousands of family owned shops dominating the inner city which include tire shops and restaurants, HEB, Tourist workforce, even the lower type medical worker, even military is considered blue collar which if you didn't check is anther top employer of SA along with the medical services, fiesta texas, and sea world just to name a few. That was the longest sentences I ever typed.

And for the up to date construction of high rises around Texas and the world for that matter go to Emporis.com
and type the city you want.[/quote


The military, especially in San Antonio, is not blue collar labor. It is mostly highly specialized medical specialties and aero-space technology. The civilian labor force at the bases, minus the janitors and grounds keepers, also are not blue collar. They are financial, computer, contract management, medical, administrative, and security specialist.
I am sure you can name many blue collar jobs, they however, do not represent this city any more than other cities. Maybe, you did not see I have already mentioned tourism/hospitalities and construction.
I can not think of a medical job, even lower level, that is considered blue collar. They all require a degree or certification. If you sweep floors and empty trash in a hospital or clinic, you are not a low level medical worker. You are a janitor. Also, I am aware of emperios. You mentioned we are not building high rise office buildings dt like other cities. I asked you to list a few high rise office buildings going in in Austin, Dallas, or Houston. Which you did not so I will assume there are none.

Well I didn't give you the buildings but I gave you a whole data base that gives you the info you want. and since you want to know here it goes
Austin
Atavida-416 ft. in construction
T Stacy & Associates- 805 ft. Approved
Austonian- 683 ft. construction

Houston
Memorial Hermann Tower- 500 ft. construction
One Park Place- 501 ft. construction
there are more but these are examples of what's happening there.

Also a janitor is a blue collar job no matter where your cleaning up it's a blue collar job. I also mislabeled the military that's white collar.

[traveler guy]

Blue collar- of or pertaining to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job.

the definition of blue collar which could also be translated as a uniform they were during work hours.