In 100 years, which metro will be Texas's largest (Houston, Dallas: earthquakes, living)

[imaterry78259]

San Antonio is going to boom like no other. It is already the third fastest growing city in America.

[bostoner]

Originally Posted by Kofi713

Only takes about 45 minutes now to get from San Jacinto Mall in Bayton to the Ford Center in Beaumont. Beaumont is growing west, and the East side of Houston is getting a lot of new jobs that some in Beaumont take. If commuter patterns increase, then they will merge. Development between the two is not the only way they can merge.

Anything's possible, but I don't see it happening. Some may take these jobs, but the trend in Houston is growing westward. The east side is not nearly as desirable, for good reason (too much industry).

[tgannaway89]

A new interstate (running parallel to I-35) connecting the SA and Austin metros in under construction. The first portion has been completed and the second portion is under construction. It is a toll freeway.

Also, New Braunfels has plans for a new loop.

[NEsananto]

That's not an Interstate Highway, that's State Highway 130, part of the TTC. It's supposed to just barely touch the far southside of San Antonio and go to Seguin and connect Seguin directly with the Austin area. It won't even be of much help in connecting San Antonio to Austin because it's so out of the way for the majority of both metro area populations.

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

The way San Antonio is growing, I doubt metro Austin will ever surpass metro San Antonio. It will never surpass S.A. city proper, thats for sure. San Antonio is almost twice the size, city pop. wise. The metros may come close by 2040. Cities don't keep up the same pace over the decades. Bexar was the fastest growing county in raw numbers between 2000-2007 in Texas. That should give you an ideal of San Antonio growth.

50 largest metros 2020
http://proximityone.com/msa06rnk.htm

1. New York-Northen NJ ...............................................19, 489,766
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa-Ana ...........................13,415,189
3. Chicago........................................... ............ 10,255,361
4. Dallas-Ft.Worth-Arlington ......................................... 8,022,433
5. Houston-Sugarland-Baytown..................................... 7,419,345
6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marrieta.................................. 7,291,964
7. Washington-DC-Arlington-Alexandria VA...................... 6,120,987
8. Philadephia-Wilmington........................................ ...... 6,095,446
9. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale........................................ .. 6,088,369
10. Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Miami Beach.............................. 6,023,996
11. Riverside-San Bernadino-Ontario............................... 5,735,261
12. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy....................................... 4,557,239
13. Detroit-Warren-Livona............................................ 4,409,268
14. San Francisco-Oakland-Freemont............................. 4,314,064
15. Seattle-Tacoma-Everett........................................ 3,825,817
16. Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington.............................. 3,635,478
17. Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater............................. 3,390,335
18. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos.............................. 3,161,815
19. St.Louis................................... 2,997,615
20. Denver-Aurora.................................... 2,982,418
21. Baltimore-Towson................................... 2,871,894
22. Orlando-Kissimme.................................... 2,802,272
23. Las Vegas-Paradise.................................... 2,731,563
24. Portland-Vancouver...................................... 2,626,123
25. San Antonio..................................... 2,582,903
26. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville......................... 2,555,024
27. Cincinatti-Middletown ............................. 2,366,078
28. Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord,NC-SC...................... 2,335,300
29. Austin-San Marcos-Round Rock....................... 2,278,323
30. Kansas City,MO......................... 2,260,809
31. Pittsburgh......................... 2,203,434
32. Indianapolis-Carmel........................ 2,022,063
33. Columbus,Oh........................ 2,018,391
34. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara............................. 1,994,421
35. Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor............................. 1,972,501
36. Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro............................ 1,961,485
37. Virgina Beach Norfolk-Newport............................. 1,808,892
38. Jacksonville ............................. 1,658,033
39. Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ........................ 1,613,544
40. Providence-Fall River......................... 1,576,328
41. Raleigh-Cary.............................................. ..........1,560,659
42. Richmond, VA................................................ .......1,458,047
43. Memphis........................................... ...................1,438,103
44. Oklahoma City.............................................. ........1,395,135
45. Louisville-Jefferson County.....................................1,383,3 81
46. Salt Lake City ........................ 1,370,089
47. Hartford-West Hartford......................... 1,252,127
48. Birmingham-Hoover............................................ ....1,230,570
49. Tucson ........................ 1,217,465
50. New Orleans........................................... ...............1,097,507

[imaterry78259]

I see New Orleans with about 2.5 million. There is too much natural resources for NO not to recover

[ABQSunseeker]

Finally some real numbers SweethomeSanAntonio rather than those made up numbers others posted...

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by CMDallas

Well Assuming Houston doesn't go underwater...I think it may be possible that they are both surpassed by a new Austin-San Antone Metro... but otherwise DFW, they are both growing at the same rate, and DFW has a lead right now, with global Warming Houston may become the next Atlantis (lol...thats mean... I would truly hope not) but It is hard to say they both have lots of room to grow unlike Los Angeles.

Hopefully Downtown Dallas' skyscrapers doesn't fall down like Chicago when the Big Earthquake hits. You're closer to the center than Houston. Of course another Weather Channel scenario also involves a tornado through Downtown Dallas--after all it's on the southern edge of Tornado Alley.

[txstate]

By then Texas will have suceeded from the US and we will be a country again and will gain back new mexico and oklahoma.

[Lakewooder]

Dallas has had only one major tornado in its history - April 1957 (10 killed).

No earthquakes that I've ever heard about (I arrived a year after the tornado).