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Old 06-07-2009, 03:05 PM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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You know, a totally different way to rank "major" cities in Texas would be to quiz out-of-staters about what Texas cities they can name off the top of their head. That would probably help out Waco a bit, and hurt places like Lubbock, Midland/Odessa and the RGV. My guess is that the "off the top of their head" list for someone who has never been to TX would be:

Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Austin
Waco
El Paso
don't forget Galveston. I just happen to have a different definition of what is considered a major city from everyone else on here.

 
Old 06-07-2009, 06:27 PM
 
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You know, a totally different way to rank "major" cities in Texas would be to quiz out-of-staters about what Texas cities they can name off the top of their head. That would probably help out Waco a bit, and hurt places like Lubbock, Midland/Odessa and the RGV. My guess is that the "off the top of their head" list for someone who has never been to TX would be:

Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Austin
Waco
El Paso
A few years back, the final puzzle on "Wheel of Fortune" was a location, and only about two letters were lit up. Fortunately for the contestant, she solved the puzzle in about half a second, belting out "Lubbock."

Quite a few people around the world know about Lubbock because of the university, Buddy Holly and other musicians, and the events that happen there, good and bad (I happened to be there 11/1/08, which was a good day for the city).

Truthfully, there are four areas that people think of moving to the most in Texas: D/FW, Houston, SA, and Austin. Others with a national significance are Corpus (major port), El Paso (military), Lubbock (university, medicine, cotton), Midland/Odessa (oil), Amarillo (defense industry), and RGV (agriculture). I'm sure there are others that I missed.
 
Old 06-07-2009, 06:31 PM
 
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A few years back, the final puzzle on "Wheel of Fortune" was a location, and only about two letters were lit up. Fortunately for the contestant, she solved the puzzle in about half a second, belting out "Lubbock."

Quite a few people around the world know about Lubbock because of the university, Buddy Holly and other musicians, and the events that happen there, good and bad (I happened to be there 11/1/08, which was a good day for the city).
I thought about Lubbock, and the Buddy Holly connection.. I figure quite a few people know the name of Lubbock who have never been to Texas.. but then I decided against including it on the list. Truthfully, 11/1/08 may have had something to do with that decision.
 
Old 06-07-2009, 07:23 PM
 
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But, again, not WACO, not in the same breath with Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth, or not El Paso either.
 
Old 06-07-2009, 07:27 PM
 
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I thought about Lubbock, and the Buddy Holly connection.. I figure quite a few people know the name of Lubbock who have never been to Texas.. but then I decided against including it on the list. Truthfully, 11/1/08 may have had something to do with that decision.
Yeah, maybe not as good a day for Austin. Then a few weeks later Lubbock had a bad day while Norman, OK...well you get the picture.
 
Old 06-07-2009, 09:58 PM
 
Location: Denver
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I thought about Lubbock, and the Buddy Holly connection.. I figure quite a few people know the name of Lubbock who have never been to Texas.. but then I decided against including it on the list. Truthfully, 11/1/08 may have had something to do with that decision.
Thuth be told, I'm not sure Lubbock is very well known around the nation. It seems like many of the transplants hadn't even heard Lubbock until they were offered a job here.
Oddly enough, I think it is fairly well known outside the US. I spent a month in Spain two years ago, and I ran into a few people (mostly British) who had heard of Lubbock because of Buddy Holly. I even saw a Bangladeshi man wearing a Texas Tech cap on the Barcelona metro.
I don't think Lubbock will ever be very well known, but that's part of the appeal of the place IMO.
 
Old 08-28-2009, 07:20 PM
 
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You knuckleheads --

El Paso, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and Dallas-Fort Worth. The rest of Texas is quaint and liveable.
 
Old 08-28-2009, 07:21 PM
 
Location: Northeast Texas
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I find it funny that Tyler is very underrated.
 
Old 08-28-2009, 07:54 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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I find it funny that Tyler is very underrated.
Yeah, I know right? The Tyler metro area (Smith County) is around 200,000 in population & Tyler itself is just over 100,000. What I find funny is there are still old city limit signs that read 75,000. LOL
 
Old 08-28-2009, 08:25 PM
 
Location: Northeast Texas
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Yeah, I know right? The Tyler metro area (Smith County) is around 200,000 in population & Tyler itself is just over 100,000. What I find funny is there are still old city limit signs that read 75,000. LOL
Haha, yeah. I agree. Isn't the city limit sign say 83,000? These signs had to be back 1995 and now it's 108,000 or more, can't you believe that? Haha.

Since it's underrated, isn't Tyler the fastest growing compared to Midland-Odessa, Waco, Killeen-Temple, Amarillo and some others under 200,000?
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