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[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

Houston Started building before Dallas.

we have had a longer history with Taller Buildings.

Dallas took over for a couple of years, but we didn't start building after them, they started building after us.

Did you read my post above?

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Dallaz

We had the first skyscraper over 600ft. Dallas did have the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. Praetorian Building was built in 1909, 15 stories 109 ft.

lolololol

The 711 main building was built in 1908 in Houston and it was 134 feet. The next year we got a 300ft tall building

we had a way taller building for a whole year before.
LOL nice try though

[Exult.Q36]

Originally Posted by Scarface713

Show me one analyst that believes DFW will gain more than three million people in less than ten years. That's the only way it an pass Chicago's metro. And combined, the Bay Area and Washington-Baltimore are bigger than DFW, by almost two million each. There is no reason why those two places should be divided. Both are more built up between the major cities than DFW is. Commuting patterns are high enough to where they should both form one MSA this next Census. This would push DFW to sixth, and Houston to seventh.

LMAO "I know right"

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Dallaz

Did you read my post above?

yes, but look at my post above.

we had a building that was taller before that.

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

lolololol

The 711 main building was built in 1908 in Houston and it was 134 feet. The next year we got a 300ft tall building

we had a way taller building for a whole year before.
LOL nice try though

In 1923 we got a 492 ft building and in the 40s we got a 522 ft building. Then we started to build buildings over 600ft

[blkgiraffe]

Actually you're all wrong; Waco was actually what started off the skyscraper craze in Texas when the Alico was built. It was the 5th tallest building in the world and was the tallest west of the Mississippi until 1929.

[DANNYY]

Originally Posted by Mister Nifty

The point being it will be the next census when things might change. Once again, what is at the heart of the San Franscico, San Jose, and Oakland area?

Silicon Valley. Have you heard of it? Its dead in the CENTER of the West Peninsula (San Francisco), East bay (Oakland), & South bay (San Jose).

It's a larger economic engine than 95% of America's niche centers. The corporate base for the Silicon Valley is only rivaled by New York City. There is nothing on Earth you can do to claim that DFW Airport is above that.

DFW Airport is the only airport in the Metroplex that has international flights. The Bay Area has three airports that have flights internationally. San Francisco International, Oakland International, & San Jose International.

Here look at the corporate base that lies between San Jose, Oakland, & San Francisco.

Look at San Jose in the South where it says San Jose. Look at where Oakland is where it says Oakland, and look at where San Francisco is where it says San Francisco, and look directly in between them and you will see Silicon Valley. The Worlds capital of Hi-Tech Industry. And then think about how absolutely ridiculous it is for you to compare that to DFW Airport. Oh and Stanford University one of the Top 10 schools in the world is also located in between San Jose, San Francisco, & Oakland.

Originally Posted by Mister Nifty

What is at the heart of the Washington DC and Baltimore area?

Bestheda, MD & Silver Spring, MD. Two Edge Cities where a lot of development and employment is taking place. The Maryland state capital of Annapolis is in direct proximity of the space near Baltimore & Washington DC. That adds another Governmental structure there.

Originally Posted by Mister Nifty

Indeed, many think that the Dallas - Fort Worth metropolitan area will surpass the Chicago area in as little as ten years and not twenty as projected.

Then those people are psychologically insane. Forget just the USA, no city or metropolitan area on Earth has ever gained 3.1 Million or so people in 10 years and little alone you're saying "in less than 10 years". That is absolutely not possible.

Cities in China & India grow fast and gain like 2-2.2 Million max a decade, and that is the highest ever recorded. America isn't growing at their rates first of all, and second of all its never happened before on a global scale where any Metropolitan Area has been able to do that.

What makes you think Dallas-Fort Worth will be the first place on Earth to do that in well about 10 years?

You discrediting Houston, I'm used to that already, but now you're a 4 point shooter too? You discredit Houston, you make Chicago your target ridiculously, you discredit the Bay Area (San Jose, San Francisco, & Oakland), & you fail to realize the importance of the stretch between Washington DC and Baltimore. You're slowly stooping to new levels of boosterism Nifty.

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

Houston Started building before Dallas.

we have had a longer history with Taller Buildings.

Dallas took over for a couple of years, but we didn't start building after them, they started building after us.

I know. I'm saying when Housyon syarted building again, the rest is history. Six of the top ten tallest buildings in Texas are in Houston, with one not even in Downtown Houston.

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Actually you're all wrong; Waco was actually what started off the skyscraper craze in Texas when the Alico was built. It was the 5th tallest building in the world and was the tallest west of the Mississippi until 1929.

But Dallas had the tallest buildings in the state and west of the Mississippi from 1942-1959, 1965-1969

[Mister Nifty]

Originally Posted by kdogg817

LMAO "I know right"

Having DFW airport at the heart of the metropolitan area, the major engine for the North Texas economy, is the difference. At the heart of the Bay area market is, well, a large bay. Ditto for Washington and Baltimore.