Dallas and Fort Worth separate economic and population stats (Houston: how much, professionals)

[JimBaker488]

Originally Posted by isawooty

I didn't say DFW, I said Dallas. The point of this thread was to point out the difference size between Dallas and Forth Worth and their economies. Right, or wrong?

Exactly !
But see though, they've always got to fall back on that metroplex thing, or the North Texas thing, or the DFW thing, or the "Dallas area" thing. Always hiding behind somebody else's stats. Keep 'em honest there isawooty, 'cause they are slickers.

[Aceraceae]

Originally Posted by isawooty

Does it really? Because what I just read was that Dallas has a $299,330,000,000 economy. Atlanta has $304,900,000,000 economy. I'm pretty sure Atlanta's 304.9 is greater than Dallas' 299.33, but hey maybe that's just me.

Does anyone else on city data think that the figure $299.33 billion is greater than $304.9 billion? Or can you cite me where you read that for 2013 that Atlanta's economy was less than what I've read elsewhere?

Dude, link it! I'm searching, but apparently in all the wrong places .

[Exult.Q36]

Originally Posted by isawooty

And I can respect that. Peter said though that Dallas without Fort Worth has a larger economy and I was simply pointing out that it wasn't accurate according to what I've read. But then I was quickly attacked as usual. I didn't come here to pick fights, just to point out facts. Which is that Dallas w/o Fort Worth is essentially Atlanta with a slighthly smaller population and smidget smaller GMP. I also realized just now that this is a Texas thread post that somehow ended up in the City vs City section, which is how I saw it.

I might needs to pack my post and run. It makes sense now why no one refuted that claim and I'm probably about to be eaten alive for wandering into this territory. My bad.

I originally posted this in the Texas thread. The mods appeared to have moved it to City vs City. I guess they realized the mistake and moved it back to Texas thread.

[isawooty]

Originally Posted by Aceraceae

Dude, link it! I'm searching, but apparently in all the wrong places .

Originally Posted by isawooty

Again. I didn't say DFW, I said Dallas. The point of this thread was to point out the difference size between Dallas and Forth Worth and their economies. Right, or wrong?

And FYI, I got the Dallas figure from the OP of this post. If you want to know where I got Atlanta's 2013 number from, here ya go.

http://www.usmayors.org/metroeconomi...311-report.pdf

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by isawooty

Does it really? Because what I just read was that Dallas has a $299,330,000,000 economy. Atlanta has $304,900,000,000 economy. I'm pretty sure Atlanta's 304.9 is greater than Dallas' 299.33, but hey maybe that's just me.

Does anyone else on city data think that the figure $299.33 billion is greater than $304.9 billion? Or can you cite me where you read that for 2013 that Atlanta's economy was less than what I've read elsewhere?

There seems to be some dispute on exact numbers. This shows Atlanta at 294 billion which is where I got the number:

http://www.bea.gov/iTable/drilldown....ill=1&nRange=5

I also noticed the OPs links put the combined economy's of both at less than 400 billion while my link puts the at 420 billion.

Also, the Atlanta metro area has one million more people than the Dallas "Metropolitan division". The fact that they have the same size economies (roughly) shows the economic power Dallas hold.

[Aceraceae]

Originally Posted by isawooty

I scanned through all 60 pages of that report, but didn't see the numbers you're claiming. What page is it on?

[isawooty]

Originally Posted by peterlemonjello

There seems to be some dispute on exact numbers. This shows Atlanta at 294 billion which is where I got the number:

http://www.bea.gov/iTable/drilldown....ill=1&nRange=5

I also noticed the OPs links put the combined economy's of both at less than 400 billion while my link puts the at 420 billion.

Also, the Atlanta metro area has one million more people than the Dallas "Metropolitan division". The fact that they have the same size economies (roughly) shows the economic power Dallas hold.

Yeah, but your link is for 2012. That's the reason for the difference. Dallas punches way above its weight but I was just pointing out a minor flaw.

Also, to be technical, yes Atlanta has more people than stand alone Dallas. But when cities get to about 5 million people, you don't really notice a million more or a million less. Detroit can feel just as busy as Atlanta and Atlanta feels just as busy as DFW. It's weird how that plays out in real life.

[isawooty]

Originally Posted by Aceraceae

I scanned through all 60 pages of that report, but didn't see the numbers you're claiming. What page is it on?

I'm not feeding trolls on here. You didn't see the 2013 figures for The United States GMP? I don't know how to help you, sorry.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by isawooty

Yeah, but your link is for 2012. That's the reason for the difference. Dallas punches way above its weight but I was just pointing out a minor flaw.

Fair enough.

[Aceraceae]

Originally Posted by isawooty

I'm not feeding trolls on here. You didn't see the 2013 figures for The United States GMP? I don't know how to help you, sorry.

I am not trolling. I do not see in the report any numbers of Atlanta GMP higher than Dallas GMP. Currently looking through it again. Perhaps my brain is being an idiot today.

Edit: I was only looking at the US mayors link wondering how in the heck you got stand alone Dallas data out of that thing.