2014 Population estimates ranked by largest city (Houston, Dallas: school districts, tax, budget)

[JJG]

Originally Posted by gguerra

The numbers are misleading since they account only for the city itself and fewer and fewer people are moving into the city. The Dallas Metro area is the largest in the state.

List of Texas metropolitan areas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Dallas-Fort Worth Metro area.

This goes back and forth on this forum all the time, but people tend to only talk about the city limits itself.

[Spade]

I can see Austin and Fort Worth passing Dallas. But I think Dallas will be far denser than both those cities as well.

[JJG]

Originally Posted by Spade

I can see Austin and Fort Worth passing Dallas. But I think Dallas will be far denser than both those cities as well.

Both cities are working on that as well and (again) it's more Austin than Fort Worth.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by JJG

Both cities are working on that as well and (again) it's more Austin than Fort Worth.

I think Dallas is far ahead though than both.

[JJG]

Originally Posted by Spade

I think Dallas is far ahead though than both.

Well of course. That goes without saying.

But at least you're seeing more efforts within the core of all Texas cities. Even Waco.

[Matthew Duck]

I honestly like looking at city propers over the entire metro area, and wow, Austin! I've been waiting for the 2014 estimates to finally arrive and at this pace, our state will have four cities with over a million people by the next census. Probably five by 2025.

[NoClueWho]

Originally Posted by gguerra

The numbers are misleading since they account only for the city itself and fewer and fewer people are moving into the city. This is not to mention that many cities as stated above are land locked. Also, they are not isolated, they are surround by suburbs. The Dallas Metro area is the largest in the state.

List of Texas metropolitan areas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Exactly. Dallas still FEELS way bigger than SA and Austin (and will for many years to come) because the Dallas metro is so much bigger than SA's and Austin's. City limit numbers mean nothing. I thought y'all knew that by now.

[TheOverdog]

City limit numbers mean nothing.

Except that cities, not metro areas, determine tax rates, street expansion and quality, budgets for schools, what regulations pass, police & fire protection, etc. All that stuff matters and means a lot. Besides, this post is about specific cities. If you want to compare metro numbers, then either post them or create a separate thread.

[NoClueWho]

Originally Posted by TheOverdog

Except that cities, not metro areas, determine tax rates, street expansion and quality, budgets for schools, what regulations pass, police & fire protection, etc. All that stuff matters and means a lot. Besides, this post is about specific cities. If you want to compare metro numbers, then either post them or create a separate thread.

Another Dallas hater, I suppose.

[rynetwo]

Originally Posted by TheOverdog

Except that cities, not metro areas, determine tax rates, street expansion and quality, budgets for schools, what regulations pass, police & fire protection, etc. All that stuff matters and means a lot. Besides, this post is about specific cities. If you want to compare metro numbers, then either post them or create a separate thread.

Yep. That is why I capitalized the word city...

Originally Posted by Mentallect

Another Dallas hater, I suppose.

The thread is about city population. The metro numbers have been out and posted in a different thread for awhile....