What cities in Texas would you consider to be a major cities? (Houston: metropolitan, area)

[jluke65780]

Originally Posted by Angel713

Do you have a link?

no I don't

[nature's message]

That depends. On an international scale, it would most definitely be Houston and Dallas. National and regional, then I would add San Antonio and Austin in the mix.

[TXTwizter]

Originally Posted by Angel713

Do you have a link?

Here you go.

http://www.texasalmanac.com/populati...ty-history.pdf


Waco WAS larger than Dallas............from 1850 til mid 1870s, But Waco has NEVER been anywhere near the size of Houston. Even if Waco had annexed as much land as either Dallas or Houston, it still would not be as large as they are.

[j96g]

Don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but the major cities would be Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.

Obviously Houston and dallas with population and pro teams, but not one person has mentioned the Alamo in San Antonio? That's a tourist attraction there, most people visit Texas and think If you are there visit the Alamo, it's major in that sense in the least. Others just because are El paso, because really if you travel to west texas, what else is out there, but El Paso, same thing with Lubbock, Amarillo, Corpus, and McAllen/Brownsville. They are major cities in that they offer their regional residents ammenities and service them until you reach the above 3 mentioned. Laredo would be included because once you leave the Rio Grande Valley, it;s the next "major city" until el paso. There was just no definition on what was considered a major city. Population? Popularity? Major city due to history?

[Angel713]

Originally Posted by j96g

Don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but the major cities would be Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.

Nah, don't want to rain on your parade (), but San Antonio is no where near Houston and Dallas' level. It's on the same level with Austin though.

[spursfan]

Originally Posted by Angel713

Nah, don't want to rain on your parade (), but San Antonio is no where near Houston and Dallas' level. It's on the same level with Austin though.

It's above Austin and below Dallas and Houston. SA has about 400,000 more people in the metro area, is a major tourist attraction, and has the Spurs.

[Angel713]

Originally Posted by spursfan

It's above Austin and below Dallas and Houston. SA has about 400,000 more people in the metro area, is a major tourist attraction, and has the Spurs.

Okay?

Yes, SA has about 400,000 more than Austin, but Dallas has about 500,000 more than Houston (basically the City of Fort Worth), so does that mean Dallas more important/major than Houston? Nope. Plus, Austin is growing faster than SA anyway. Houston and Dallas are on the same level, then Austin and San Antonio are on the same level.

[spursfan]

Originally Posted by Angel713

Okay?

Yes, SA has about 400,000 more than Austin, but Dallas has about 500,000 more than Houston (basically the City of Fort Worth), so does that mean Dallas more important/major than Houston? Nope. Plus, Austin is growing faster than SA anyway. Houston and Dallas are on the same level, then Austin and San Antonio are on the same level.

Having a pro team is generally recognized as adding to the prestige of the city. And that is like saying a town of 100 people is on the same level as one of 501,000. The numbers matter more when they are lower. DFW and Houston's numbers are so high it becomes less important. But it's a subjective thing so no one can really prove this either way.

[Angel713]

Originally Posted by spursfan

Having a pro team is generally recognized as adding to the prestige of the city. And that is like saying a town of 100 people is on the same level as one of 501,000. The numbers matter more when they are lower. DFW and Houston's numbers are so high it becomes less important. But it's a subjective thing so no one can really prove this either way.

No it's not.

Austin and San Antonio's metro populations are high enough where the difference is hardly noticeable while you're in both cities. Yes, SA as a pro team, but Austin has the Longhorns, which act as a pro team really (especially football). I don't think having the Spurs puts SA over Austin at all.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by BillyH

Dallas/FT Worth (the Metroplex) is obviously a much larger area than San Antonio. The Metroplex is the largest metro is the state but San Antonio is still the second largest city in the state behind Houston.

You misunderstood what I'm saying. Even if you didn't add Fort Worth, the Dallas area is bigger than the San Antonio area. The true size of a city is the entire urban metropolitan area. Not some imaginary arbitrary political line.